Architecture and interior design thread

Want.

rather it was on a second floor building, instead of the tenth..

where from?

:)

Private sale (not in the UK)
;/)

http://www.honestr.com/Archleaks_UK/Rogers%20Stirk%20Harbour%20%2B%20Partners

an afternoon lost in the interwebz... brilliant though, apologies if this is a repost

think I saw the CGIs of this a while back, very detailed and looks like true to the real thing. unless...

Alas, missed out on the above chairs. Did pick up a nice sideboard. It's in storage until I can find an affordable way of getting it over here and if not it'll go on the bay :(

what an amazing room
i'd change the furniture to make it more homely but i love it

http://visitatworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Crooked-House-1.jpg

if dali did houses

Crooked House, Sopot, Poland

what an amazing room
i'd change the furniture to make it more homely but i love it

too 'bond villain' for me. the lamps look like laysersss

I have the chance of getting some photography work on behalf of an architecture firm. I normally do portrait and modelling stuff so have nothing to show them. Ergo I'm going to get on me bike and hit the streets and hopefully photograph things beyond the norm.

So other than the obvious stand out addresses and Googling to find buildings does anyone know of any hidden gems around central/south London ? I'm thinking both commercial and residential with a lean to the modernist and graphic style. I thought I knew London pretty well but my mind has turned to mush coming up with places.

Ideally somewhere quiet too, I really just want to shoot a building with as little going on around it as poss. Mebee the city on Sunday morning.....

All ideas welcome, could do with some sharp looking interiors too.

http://modernarchitecturelondon.com/pages/index.php

Has everything you will need.

Brilliant Fox ! Thanks v. much.

I have the chance of getting some photography work on behalf of an architecture firm. I normally do portrait and modelling stuff so have nothing to show them. Ergo I'm going to get on me bike and hit the streets and hopefully photograph things beyond the norm.

So other than the obvious stand out addresses and Googling to find buildings does anyone know of any hidden gems around central/south London ? I'm thinking both commercial and residential with a lean to the modernist and graphic style. I thought I knew London pretty well but my mind has turned to mush coming up with places.

Ideally somewhere quiet too, I really just want to shoot a building with as little going on around it as poss. Mebee the city on Sunday morning.....

All ideas welcome, could do with some sharp looking interiors too.

I own a book that came out in 1997 (Small House Designs - ISBN - 0-88266-854-4) that showed a house on Hoxton Square that I really liked, but the book only had illustrations, no photos. The one time I searched for it I had no luck. I'm in Canada, so I don't have regular opportunities to look around there. Megan Williams is the architect, so you could contact her; based on this house, she probably has continued to do innovative work.

visited the Branch Hill Estate last weekend. amazing development.

I have the chance of getting some photography work on behalf of an architecture firm. I normally do portrait and modelling stuff so have nothing to show them. Ergo I'm going to get on me bike and hit the streets and hopefully photograph things beyond the norm.

So other than the obvious stand out addresses and Googling to find buildings does anyone know of any hidden gems around central/south London ? I'm thinking both commercial and residential with a lean to the modernist and graphic style. I thought I knew London pretty well but my mind has turned to mush coming up with places.

Ideally somewhere quiet too, I really just want to shoot a building with as little going on around it as poss. Mebee the city on Sunday morning.....

All ideas welcome, could do with some sharp looking interiors too.

I highly recommend the Economist Building on St. James' Street by Alison and Peter Smithson. One of the best modernist buildings in the country and a fantastic space. The plaza around it is usually pretty quiet too.

Good call.

^^ The view from the top floor meeting rooms in the Economist Building are stunning. It's a lovely building.

http://the-shard.com/inauguration/

8.5 hours until The Shard opens with a laser-show. Simon Jenkins won't be watching.

Come on Londron.

I have the chance of getting some photography work on behalf of an architecture firm. I normally do portrait and modelling stuff so have nothing to show them. Ergo I'm going to get on me bike and hit the streets and hopefully photograph things beyond the norm.

So other than the obvious stand out addresses and Googling to find buildings does anyone know of any hidden gems around central/south London ? I'm thinking both commercial and residential with a lean to the modernist and graphic style. I thought I knew London pretty well but my mind has turned to mush coming up with places.

Ideally somewhere quiet too, I really just want to shoot a building with as little going on around it as poss. Mebee the city on Sunday morning.....

All ideas welcome, could do with some sharp looking interiors too.

You could just buy the new Open house guide? http://www.londonopenhouse.org/

http://the-shard.com/inauguration/

8.5 hours until The Shard opens with a laser-show. Simon Jenkins won't be watching.
Some funny comments about this on Facebook from hard-core Shard enthusiasts.

Neck on chopping-block - I like The Shard. A city is judged on the quality of its architecture as much as anything else - how you define quality is the issue. High and mighty is usually reserved for nations other than ours. Maybe that's the problem though. 'We don't do things like that here'. Perhaps that's been heard too much. A new St. Paul's isn't going to appear any time soon.

Having said that, I don't want London to become a facsimile of New York. Too much is too much, and that's their identity rather than ours. Historically we don't go for massive structures here, but I'm more interested in what's happening on the ground once these things exist. It's better to judge a city by its character, which is the same as saying the inhabitants. A new building causes a shift in the regular pattern of life, but London has the ability to absorb far greater a shock to it than a new building. I'd like to see how it assimilates itself into its position as latest hot-ticket in town. Something will be along to replace it soon enough, then its worth can begin to settle.

Shard good.

Pinnacle bad.

i like the shard. its a nice visual contrast from the brown boredom everywhere.
its also a good orientation point.
thats a brilliant thing in shanghai that you know where you are most of the time by just looking
at the various landmarks.

I actually quite like it too, but not the lorries that were used to build it, especially during that mammouth concrete pour.

What interests me more than the building itself though are the wider implications:

What is the social and economical impact on the surrounding area?
Will it create local jobs?
Could it put local businesses out of business? Or will it provide customers for local businesses?
How much bike parking will be provided?
Etc.