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Open House 2012: Lend Lease
The Lend Lease HQ at Regent’s Place was an unexpected addition to our Open House 2012 schedule. Strolling by the entrance at day’s end, we were invited in by a security guard, who was happy to let us photograph the vast lobby and atrium. A few more people wandered in after us, and soon there was a sufficiently […]
View of the week: New concourse for Kings Cross
March 27, 2012
The new concourse at Kings Cross St Pancras, designed by John McAslan and Partners, was recently unveiled and has been grabbing lots of attention from media and architecture enthusiasts alike. On the day we visited, there seemed to be as many people photographing the steel roof as there were scurrying to catch trains. It certainly is striking […]
View of the week: Spring Festival
March 2, 2012
Is it really springtime in London? The British Library says so, and has a fashion & creativity-themed Spring Festival, running from 1 – 5 March 2012, to prove it. Today, the library forecourt hosted a pop-up craft market, made up of a dozen competition winners including Cole of London, Ketchup on Everything, Phoebe Richardson, Ruby Red and Squid […]
Gothic Revival reborn – behind the scenes at the new St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel
June 3, 2011
After a six year, £200 million restoration project by the Manhattan Loft Corporation, the former Midland Grand Hotel building has finally re-opened to the public as the 5-star St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, part of the Marriott hotel group. Locals and commuters know the imposing Gothic Revival edifice, straddling Euston and Midland Roads in Kings Cross, as the gatekeeper […]
Christopher Frayling & Deyan Sudjic @ British Museum
May 9, 2011
On Thursday 5th May, the British Museum’s Stevenson lecture theatre hosted “Meeting of Minds 2011 – an evening with Sir Christopher Frayling & Deyan Sudjic OBE”. The event was organised and chaired by Jan Casey. The topic for discussion: ”How can design not only meet a client’s commercial objectives but also enhance our lives and the culture […]
London Bytes
- View of the week: Alien doppelgänger March 28, 2013 Belinda
- Noam Chomsky @ British Library March 27, 2013 Belinda
- View of the week: Lichtenstein @ Tate Modern March 12, 2013 Belinda
October 11, 2012
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