#London architecture

[ancientsstudies]

Covent Garden Hotel by sparrowinlondon.

[mahgnolias]

[modernistdelights]

How could I have let this beauty linger in my photo library for a year?

[architectureandfilmblog]

Barbican Estate, Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, London, 1965-1976

....and we're back! I'd like to apologise for the long absence, and to thank everyone so much for their patience, and for sticking around! Architecture+Film will be resuming regular fortnightly posting from now x

THE KITCHEN (2023)

London's Barbican can be visited cinematically in dozens of movies, documentaries and music videos, many of which have been discussed here in previous posts. Its most recent appearance is in dystopian thriller The Kitchen, starring rapper Kano. The movie makes use of a near-future sci fi scenario to comment on present-day housing inequality. It was filmed in both London and Paris, and the Barbican Conservatory provides the interiors for the central character's workplace, an ecological funeral home. (Photo: me, via instagram)

[prodboycat]

barbican estate, london

[pamelaaminou]

Embracing Creativity as a Journey

We often think of creativity as something to be achieved an end goal, a finished artwork, a perfected skill. But what if creativity is less about reaching a destination and more about an ongoing process of self-discovery? To create is to engage in a constant dialogue with ourselves. Each photograph, painting, or piece of writing reveals something new—not just about the subject but about the way…

[skintyfry]

the thought of jimmy wandering the halls as he admires every little detail ..it’s beautiful

[f0restpunk]

[mostlyuk]

London, 2024

[londonadayatatime]

Two-tone, April 2024

[ancientsstudies]

Fulham by sparrowinlondon.

[scarletbonansea]

The Cosmic House. Created 1979-1983 from an original 19th Century stucco house in London by architect Charles Jencks. The first post modern building to receive Grade I listed status.

London, UK, June 2024

[modernistdelights]

Angel Way car park, Romford, East London. It has all the mod-cons a car park needs:

Season tickets available

Business parking available

"Video surveillance"

Faded red detailing

[thegardenofdepravity]

Went to the Barbican Conservatory last weekend. It’s so much bigger than I had initially expected.

I love London’s brutalist architecture. I want to live in one of the flats there so bad.

[a-vision-in-lilac]

[pamelaaminou]

Rediscovering the Familiar

One thing I never tire of is visiting the same place over and over again. What I’ve learned over the years is that each time I return, the place shows me something new—not because it has changed, but because I have. In 2017, I captured a photograph of St Mary’s Axe called The Knight, focusing on its sleek curves and the interplay of geometric lines that crisscrossed its surface. The image was…