Arundel Great Court was an immense Brutalist mixed use complex of offices and hotel designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd & Partners and built from 1971-6 running from the Embankment all the way up to the Strand. At its heart was a courtyard, originally proposed to be opened to the public, but was closed off long […]
Standing 7-metres (21 ft) tall, the immense male torso, with its organs partially exposed, faces across to the Lloyds Building, designed by Richard Rogers which too has its organs exposed, albeit in a different way in the distribution of its building services. The cleverly-located “Temple” by Damien Hirst is one of the centrepieces of this […]
It’s the sort of area where streetart or graffiti might be expected, but this is not Brick Lane and, while the area is a little run down, there is little streetart apart from underneath the flyover leading to the M40. But wait, on a white-painted wall, the bold letters “Build Up On”, have been perfectly […]
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