The Arsenale was the largest naval production center in the pre-industrial era, producing the extensive fleets of Venice. The site spread across 110 acres, around 15% of Venice, housed […]
Hex colour reference: #fb7efd More images and information on shocking pink here and here – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 4 January 2018 Posted as part of Color Your World – Shocking Pink
London’s Old Bailey courthouse has undergone change, renewal and growth since its first days in 1674. A remnant of the old city wall still lies beneath the building, yet the […]
The alien is back in London! David Breuer-Weil’s Alien first dropped into London in May 2013, near Victoria Station. After a visit to a National Trust property in Hampshire, he […]
The flooding city of Venice has plenty of water, or so you would think. Parts of the city are flooded each year, including St Mark’s Square, but whilst they are […]
Construction of the Sagrada Família commenced in 1882 under architect Francisco Paula de Villar. In 1883, Gaudí took over as chief architect and devoted himself to the project until his death in […]
Freelance photographer Iain Macmillan perched on a stepladder in the middle of Abbey Road on 8 August 1969. Using his Hasselblad camera with a 50mm wide-angle lens, aperture […]