ORNAMENTAL PASSIONS

Devoted to the unexpected details that help to make life in the city worth living

Friday, 29 January 2010

Steel House, Tothill Street SW1

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I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to make of Steel House. When I first saw it I mentally wrote it off as a cheaply-built 1970s governm...
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Norway House, Cockspur Street SW1

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Norway House was converted into the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in 1920 by an architect from Stavanger called J.T. Westbye. It is pure h...
Monday, 25 January 2010

Norway House, Cockspur Street SW1

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When architects Metcalfe and Greig were designing 21-24 Cockspur Street as war broke out in 1914 there was no tenant for the building, so th...
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Monday, 18 January 2010

Stationers' Hall, Ave Maria Lane EC4

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Stationers' Hall is one of those secluded yards that make the City of London so attractive. The hall was rebuilt after the Fire and ...
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue WC2 (now Odeon Covent Garden)

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  High on the plain brick facade of the Saville Theatre in 1931, Gilbert Bayes placed these medallions representing Art through the Age...
Thursday, 7 January 2010

Southwark Bridge SE1

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The pedestrian underpass at the south end of Southwark Bridge has been considerably brightened up by a line of engraved slates by Richard ...
Friday, 1 January 2010

80 Fetter Lane, EC4

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The firm of Treadwell and Martin was one of those Division Two architects who never got the chance to build anything really big, but who n...
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