Before my recent trip to London, the last time I stayed there was in 2016. I stayed in a hotel just one block from where I stayed on this recent trip so I had a good feel for the neighborhood around the hotel. However, back in 2016 I always seemed to walk east and south and never really explored the area to the west.
So I made a point of doing just that on this recent trip. I walked all through the neighborhood which turned out to be right in the heart of the University of London campus. Here are a few images I captured in that area of London.
At the top, a brutalist building I encountered. I believe this building was full of apartments.
To the left is a sculpture that sits in front of a very large Chinese Restaurant.
This building appeared to hold university offices and possibly classrooms. I think I'd call this brutalist architecture too. I have no idea what those concrete objects were on the roof of the building.
This building is definitely Art Deco, one of my favorite architectural designs. I love the looks of this building.
Not far away from the building above I found this apartment building that also had that Art Deco look. I like the way it was squeezed in between the more traditional buildings.
It was a great area to walk in. It was buzzing with young people all speaking a variety of foreign languages and looking studious and eager.
This is the same area where I found the very tall "Senate House" building I posted two weeks ago.
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I miss London, we were there briefly in March of 2020.
I really love the Art Deco buildings that you spotted, Sharon. They could be in a Poirot episode.
That's a nice sculpture at the Chinese restaurant.
I like the art deco look too. London has such alot of history and things to see.
The art deco building is so looking classic.
I love art deco.
Some good studies of the variety of buildings, Sharon. I'm with you: I prefer the deco to the brutalist styles.
recently refurbished
https://www.ribaj.com/buildings/regional-awards-2023-london-north-burwell-architects-institute-advanced-legal-studies-education
https://www.burwellarchitects.com/content-item/institute-of-advanced-legal-studies-bloomsbury#
https://www.dezeen.com/2022/02/14/burwell-architects-denys-lasduns-charles-clore-house-renovation-architecture/#/
England loves its Brutalism -- I'm not sure why.
@ Mr. Reed — a hypothesis…
"plane spotting…"
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-of-grey-gq-interview
&
"A senior member of the British government has been forced to admit that he was involved in a relationship with a woman who worked as a professional dominatrix."
S&B ;^0
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