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Agatha

This sculpture of the famous English author was the work of Carol van den Boom-Cairns. It was unveiled in September 1990 to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of her birth in the area […]
Agatha

Flying Beetles

Elytra Filament Pavilion formed part of the 2016 V&A Engineering Season.  This overhead structure was inspired by the shells of flying beetles known as elytra. The result was an undulating expanse of […]
Flying Beetles

Busy Blackfriars

Blackfriars Bridge was packed on New Year’s Eve with eager viewers of the fireworks.  The lights at a lower level are the railway station on the neighbouring Rail Bridge.   […]
Busy Blackfriars

Conservation

    Hex colour reference:  #ff5349 A colourful note:  red orange appeared in the Crayola boxes in 1930, an obvious mix of the two named colours.  Many of the shades provided by Crayola […]
Conservation

Reconstruction

  Hex colour reference:  #bc5d58 A colourful note: chestnut is a reddish shade of brown named after the nut of the chestnut tree.  This colour joined the family of Crayola crayons […]
Reconstruction