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Rooftops and Chimney Pots

Curvy Architecture

The Francis Crick Institute will be moving into its new laboratory building pretty soon.  Right next to St Pancras International station, there is an almost complete, striking building full of […]

Serene Snow

No signs of a white Christmas here in the south of England, so this will probably be the only snow I’ve seen in the whole of 2014, and what a […]

Kew Palace

I’ve featured Kew Gardens with its vast array of beautiful, and sometimes, rare plants on several occasions.  What isn’t so well known about the Botanical Gardens is that they are also home […]

Orange Modernism

This beautiful orange roof towers above the Plaça Catalunya, at the corner of Passeig de Gràcia and Ronda de Sant Pere. Linked to Mandarin Orange Monday.

Inside Mercat Santa Caterina

Most visitors to Barcelona will recognise and admire this colourful, flowing roof. It is, of course, the roof of the Mercat Santa Caterina, designed by husband and wife Enric Miralles and […]