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Photography of the built environment, including public art. Usually Creative Commons licences, temporary posts. Images, descriptions and opinions expressed are my own, unless otherwise indicated. United Kingdom. Flickr: flic.kr/ps/yqAoq (No Meta or X)

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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 23m
Tower Bridge / Raised Horace Jones, George D. Stevenson, John Wolfe Barry, 1894 #architecture #photography #GothicRevival #monochrome #TowerBridge #london flic.kr/p/2sFfCKx
London's Tower Bridge designed by Horace Jones and George D. Stevenson, engineer: John Wolfe Barry, opened 1894. Gothic revival style using concrete, steel and masonry. Grade 1 listed. Here showing the roadway bascules in a partly raised position. Viewed from London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
London Bridge / 20261004 William Holford, 1973 #architecture #photography #modernism #LondonBridge imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/10/lond...
Photo of a reinforced concrete box-girder construction designed by William Holford. This latest incarnation of London Bridge was opened 1973. The building in view is One London Bridge, designed by the John S Bonnington Partnership, 1986. Photographed from the north bank of the river Thames in the City of London.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
London Bridge / Vista City of London's financial district #architecture #photography #cityscape #london #modernism #ccbysa flic.kr/p/2sEKrQe
View, from the south end of London Bridge, of the City of London's financial district, a.k.a. the Square Mile. The tower under construction is 50 Fenchurch Street (Eric Parry Architects / Arup).
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
St Laurence Falmer / 20260925 Rebuilt c.1815 in a Norman Revival style #architecture #photography #falmer #church #monochrome imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/10/st-l...
Monochrome photo of a church rebuilt circa 1815 in a Norman Revival style, using knapped flint with stone and brick dressings. Architect not known. Remodelled some time in the mid-C19. Grade 2* listed. East Street, Falmer, Sussex, UK.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Meeting House / 2026 Sir Basil Spence, 1966 | University of Sussex #architecture #photography #modernism #sussex #spence #ccbysa flic.kr/p/2sDRDt4
Circular plan, spiritual space at the heart of the university campus. Copper-clad conical roof, concrete blocks inset with multi-coloured glazing. Designed by Sir Basil Spence, Grade 2* listed. University of Sussex, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Attenborough Centre / 2026 Sir Basil Spence, 1969 | University of Sussex #architecture #photography #modernism #sussex #spence #ccbysa imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/09/atte...
Photo of what used to be called 'The Gardner Centre', designed by Basil Spence and completed in 1969. After a major refurbishment (R H Partnership Architects, 2015) it was renamed in honour of Richard Attenborough, a former chancellor of the university. The brick cylindrical forms enclose a theatre, exhibition space, studio areas, rehearsal spaces and café bar. Grade 2* listed. University of Sussex, City of Brighton & Hove,
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Arts A / 2026 Sir Basil Spence, 1966 | University of Sussex #architecture #photography #modernism #sussex #spence #ccbysa flic.kr/p/2sDwuYc
Photo of Spence's Arts A building, constructed of reinforced concrete and red brick, with an entrance pylon given a spectacular modern interpretation. Grade 2* listed. University of Sussex, City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Platform 37 / South Heatherwick Studio and BIG , 2026 #architecture #photography #google #modernism #london imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/09/plat...
New building at King's Cross by architects Heatherwick Studio and BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), previously named 6 King's Boulevard, now Platform 37, still being fitted out. Here showing the south end of Google's landscraper. London Borough of Camden.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Avenue Gardens / Detail Regent's Park, City of Westminster, London #garden #photography #FlowerBed #RegentsPark #flowers flic.kr/p/2sD61yz
Photo of a flower bed with ornamental vase in Avenue Gardens, Regent's Park, City of Westminster, London.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brutalist 2024 / Detail Matyas Chochola | Frieze Sculpture London #sculpture #photography #frieze2026 #RegentsPark imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/09/brut...
Photo of a sculpture by Matyas Chochola (b.1986, lives and works in Prague). 3D concrete printing, post-transformed by hand. Titled 'BRUTALIST 2024', this a close-up of the middle section. On display at the 2026 Frieze Sculpture exhibition, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
MACE II 2024 / (Foreground) Matyas Chochola | Frieze Sculpture London #sculpture #photography #monochrome #frieze2026 flic.kr/p/2sCW1Dp
Sculptures by Matyas Chochola (b.1986, lives and works in Prague). 3-D printing, concrete, copper powder and steel. Title: 'MACE II 2024'; in middle distance is 'BRUTALIST 2024' by the same artist. On display at the 2026 Frieze Sculpture exhibition, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Held / 2026 Carolina Aguirre | Frieze Sculpture London #sculpture #photography #frieze2026 #RegentsPark flic.kr/p/2sCzyP2
Photograph of white quartz held between two bronze forms. By Carolina Aguirre (b.1990, Santiago; lives and works in London). On display at the 2026 Frieze Sculpture exhibition, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Eye of the Needle / 2026 Conrad Shawcross | Frieze Sculpture London #sculpture #photography #frieze2026 #RegentsPark imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/09/eye-...
Photo of an elliptical monolith made from perforated anodised aluminium. Full title: 'Eye of the Needle (Time Pebble (E30A13))', 2026. By Conrad Shawcross (b.1977, London).  On display at the 2026 Frieze Sculpture exhibition, Regent's Park, London Borough of Camden.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Brighton Uni / AEC Advanced Engineering Centre designed by HASSEL c.2017 #architecture #photography #modernism #brighton flic.kr/p/2sBT8zN
Photo of the Advanced Engineering Centre designed by HASSEL c.2017 at the Moulsecoomb campus of the University of Brighton. City of Brighton & Hove.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Shelter / Worthing Beach Adshead & Ramsey, 1920s #architecture #photography #NeoBaroque #worthing imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/09/shel...
Photo of a seaside shelter designed by Adshead & Ramsey in the 1920s, in a similar Neo-Baroque style to the Pier Pavilion Theatre. Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Shelter / Denton Gardens 1920s, possibly by borough architect C H Wallis #architecture #photography #worthing #monochrome #ccbysa imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/09/shel...
Photo of a pavilion flanked either side by additional shelters at the south end of Denton Gardens. Thought to have been built in the 1920s, possibly designed by borough architect C H Wallis. Within the Steyne Gardens Conservation Area, Worthing, West Sussex.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
120 Fleet Street / 2026 Redevelopment of the former Daily Express Building of 1932 #architecture #photography #ArtDeco #streamline #london flic.kr/p/2sApNx6
Photo showing the redevelopment of the former Daily Express Building,  built 1932 and the first curtain wall building in UK. Original Art Deco design by Sir Owen Williams (with Ellis, Clark et al), Grade 2* listed. The current project designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), completion estimated 2028. City of London.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NT 2026 / IV National Theatre by Sir Denys Lasdun, 1976 #architecture #photography #brutalist #london #NationalTheatre #lasdun flic.kr/p/2sA3ko5
Monochrome photo of the National Theatre by architect Sir Denys Lasdun, opened 1976. Grade 2* listed theatre complex in the Brutalist style. South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NT 2026 / III NT logo designed 1974 by Ian Dennis #architecture #photography #NT #NationalTheatre #london #logo flic.kr/p/2szUpXW
Monochrome photo looking up at London's National Theare logo  designed 1974 by Ian Dennis while working at FHK Henrion's London studio. National Theatre opened 1976. Grade 2* listed.  South Bank, London Borough of Lambeth
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Colonnade / BN2 Designed by borough engineer David Edwards, 1927-1929 #architecture #photography #brighton #colonnade #monochrome imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
Monochrome photo of The Colonnade on Brighton's Marine Parade. Now mainly occupied by vendors of snacks and souvenirs, plus at the far end the Volks night club.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Drakes Hotel / BN2 Amon Wilds and Charles Busby, c.1825 #architecture #photography #regency #brighton #georgian imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/08/drak...
Photograph of Regency-style buildings designed by Wilds and Busby, originally as terraced houses. The complete terrace (numbers 41-45 Marine Parade) is Grade 2 listed, numbers 43 & 44 now Drakes Hotel. Kemptown, City of Brighton & Hove.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Former Methodist Church / BN2 Thomas Lainson, 1873 #architecture #photography #romanesque #victorian #brighton flic.kr/p/2sxH1DG
Photo of a former Methodist church in Kemptown designed by Thomas Lainson, 1873, using English bond brick and stone dressings. Slate roofs, tower lead clad. Style described as a High Victorian adaptation of Italian Romanesque. Grade 2 listed and now owned by Brighton College. Montague Place, City of Brighton & Hove.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Spiritualist Church / BN2 Overton & Partners, 1965 #architecture #photography #brutalism #brutalist #modernism #brighton #spiritualism imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/08/spir...
Photo of a Spiritualist church designed in the Brutalist style by Overton & Partners, 1965. A curving, windowless structure finished in shuttered concrete. Locally listed as a "good example of a modern design of place of worship". City of Brighton & Hove.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Cabinet Art / BN2 Utilities cabinet on Richmond Square, with street art decoration. City of Brighton & Hove. #architecture #photography #StreetArt #brighton flic.kr/p/2suvf63
Photo of a large utilities cabinet standing on Richmond Square, Brighton, with street art depicting a terrace of four brightly-coloured town houses.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Palace Pier / 20260708 By R. St George Moore, c.1899 #architecture #photography #victorian #brighton #PleasurePier #PromenadePier #monochrome imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/07/pala...
Monochrome photo of Brighton's Palace Pier, designed by R. St George Moore, circa 1899. City of Brighton & Hove, UK.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Serpentine Pavilion 2026 / V LANZA atelier of Mexico City #architecture #photography #LANZAatelier #SerpentinePavilion #westminster #london flic.kr/p/2snbiqD
Photo of this year's pop-up pavilion designed by LANZA atelier of Mexico City, founded by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo. The bricks of the serpentine (a.k.a. crinkle crankle) wall are slotted onto vertical metal rods  — without using mortar — allowing for easier recycling. By the Serpentine South, City of Westminster, London.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
CP&B '26 / VI Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, 1962 | Barbican Estate #architecture #photography #monochrome #brutalist #BarbicanEstate #CityOfLondon flic.kr/p/2sfzXyJ
Monochrome photo of the large UKPN smoke vents dating from the beginning of the project in 1962. Barbican Estate, City of London, UK.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
CP&B '26 / II Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, c.1973. City of London #architecture #photography #brutalist #monochrome #BarbicanEstate flic.kr/p/2seNkNS
Monochrome photo of a colonnade beneath Bryer Court, c.1973. Barbican Estate, City of London, UK.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Underline / BN1 City of Brighton & Hove, UK #architecture #photography #monochrome #seascape #WindFarm #brighton #ccbysa flic.kr/p/2s8ueTv
Monochrome photo of a Brighton beach fishing groyne, with the Rampion wind farm just visible on the horizon.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
East Beach / Art Studios Worthing, West Sussex, UK #architecture #photography #worthing #sussex flic.kr/p/2s6Latr
Photograph of a section of the East Beach art studios on Worthing seafront. Crittal style metalwork, painted orange.
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Images George Rex @imagesgeorgerex.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Bayside / Balconies Allies & Morrison, 2021, for Roffey Homes #architecture #photography #modernism #residential #worthing #AlliesAndMorrison #bayside imagesgeorgerex.blogspot.com/2026/04/bays...
Photo looking up at the 15-storey Horizon block with its curvilinear balconies facing the sea. Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
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