Category: Buildings and Architecture

• July 4, 2018

  The Design Museum

  

  The absolute best thing of London is that all the big museums are free to enter. Whilst there are often great events, great places to eat, great people and great buildings those things will not last like the great museums. For the most part they are free, there are exhibits that will be by paid…
• June 28, 2018

  Arundel Town

  Surrounding Arundel Castle is the town of Arundel. Not marred by chain stores, Nandos and grotesque new builds, the town benefits from both a civic duty to maintain the aesthetic of the town and wealth of Victorian, Georgian, Edwardian and Tudor buildings. A walk about the town will find galleries, boutique shops, fine restaurants and beautiful…
• June 24, 2018

  Arundel Castle

  The town of Arundel, located in West Sussex, is what one would expect to find in a 1000 year old time capsule. The streets are winding and cobbled, the buildings are ingloriously stone, brick or wood and castle looms over miles of green fields. The most prominent feature of Arundel is the castle, the photograph…
• May 27, 2018

  Town Hall, Bromley

  

  The former town hall of Bromley, Kent, constructed in 1906. The now vacant town hall has unfortunately little prominence as the development of the A20 bypass now runs four lanes of traffic in front of the main entrance. Historic photos show the road here was much smaller, almost pedestrianised. The main entrance is barred and…
• February 5, 2018

  Knole house

  

  The most stately of stately homes, Knole house has been the residence of Henry VIII, The Archbishop of Canterbury, and many Lords, Ladies, Counts, Earls and Dukes. Now it is managed by the National Trust and open to all who are willing to part with £3.50. This fee does not extend to the grounds which…
• January 14, 2018

  Bloomberg Building

  

  Bloomberg’s new offices in London is nearly complete with the building already partly in use. The Building is constructed to the highest possible environmentally friendly standards (at the time of writing). So whilst appearing to be a shades of bronze and gold it is actually very green.  Architect Norman foster and owner Bloomberg set out…