As regulars here know, I am very fond of Richard Seifert‘s One Kemble Street (that link will now get you to this posting again but keep scrolling down). I am fond of One Kemble Street because of its repetitively yet I think elegantly sculpted outside walls but chaotic roof clutter topping. One of Seifert’s best. … Continue reading One Kemble Street from the ME Hotel
Yesterday, before Gurrelieder, I had twenty minutes to fill, and ran up to the top of the RFH and took photos. This was one of my favourites, of a favourite London building, and a favourite other place to photo London buildings. That’s Richard Seiffert’s One Kemble Street, with its seldom noted other than by me … Continue reading One Kemble Street and the ME Hotel Radio Bar photoed from the Royal Festival Hall
Recently I went out looking for another good shot of Richard Seifert’s One Kemble Street, of which I am very fond, having already posted some fun photos of it as seen from the ROH Bar and two more rather so-so photos of it, along with a photo of another circular Seifert edifice, also with an … Continue reading A better photo of One Kemble Street
The best thing about seeing Turandot at the R(oyal) O(pera) H(ouse) earlier in the week was definitely seeing Turandot. But almost as good was what I saw during one of the intervals. So, do you remember this? The “this” I am referring to is the disembodied rectangular box hovering up near the roof there. I … Continue reading One Kemble Street and its roof clutter as seen from the ROH floating bar
One of London’s more impressive architectural survivals from the Brutalist era is this building: That’s the Tower Hotel, with Tower Bridge in the foreground. I am fond of this edifice, not only because of its Brutalism, but also because of its impressively cluttered upper reaches, which look like this: Both of the above photos were … Continue reading The Tower Hotel could benefit from Magic Paint
The Park Tower Knightsbridge Hotel is what Wikipedia calls it. Sheraton now calls it the Sheraton Park Hotel. Whatever we call it, this is one of my favourite London buildings from the concrete monstrosity era, partly because nobody who worries about being aesthetically elevated likes the work of its architect Richard Seifert. Such people also … Continue reading The Park Hotel seen from the park
It’s no great surprise that, at the website of the hotel that now calls itself Park Tower Knightsbridge, they are keener to show you pictures of the hotel’s interiors and of the views to be seen from the hotel, than they are to show you what the hotel itself looks like to the outside world. … Continue reading Two Seifert roof clutter clusters