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In a twist worthy of any classic London tale, No 1 Poultry has gone ... Once christened the fifth ugliest building in the city by our own faithful readers, No 1 Poultry is a postmodern enigma ...
“But it fits me perfectly, and is a classic.” Another must-do ... “With its iconic buildings, history, and culture, London is a place you might think you know―but there’s so much more ...
Conran Building is one of those hidden London architecture gems. Tucked away in one of the narrow streets of South London's Bermondsey at 22 Shad Thames, the building was originally designed by ...
London's Classic Restaurants 10mo A classic restaurant is like a classic car. They’re familiar to lots of people, often endearingly imperfect, ...
According to a ranking of the world’s 10 most important buildings and infrastructures, it’s Battersea Power Station and The Shard that come out on top in London. The same list, created by ...
To the poet Shelley, “Hell is a city much like London— / a populous and smoky city.” To the late-Victorian industrialist and statesman Joseph Chamberlain, London was the proud “clearing ...
One thing about London is that it has buildings galore. There are weird futuristic towers, imposing brutalist monuments, gothic spires and centuries-old landmarks. The capital is an architecture ...
If the Shard is becoming complacent in its status as London’s tallest building, a new generation of giants is about to snap at its heels. The City of London last month approved a skyscraper as tall as ...
On the other side of the palace of Whitehall, the Raffles London hotel just opened in September in a building that once housed the formidable Department of War, the UK’s engine of planning ...
Over a quarter of London’s high-rise residential buildings with dangerous cladding are yet to have remediation work completed, more than six years after the Grenfell Tower fire. Over a quarter of ...
A Jacobean mansion and a concert venue in a Baroque church are among 26 sites across London to be added to ... track record of protecting our heritage buildings. "However, like many councils ...