Minutes from Paddington Station and sandwiched between the Westway flyover, the Regent’s Canal and the railway line into the station is this wonderful building. It is outside of what was once a depot for a bus company, then turned into headquarters for the Monsoon fashion organisation and now offices for Nissan Cars. It may wellContinue reading “Automotive delights revealed beneath Westway”
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Getting to the heart of Manchester
The first day of Spring was spent staring at warehouse buildings in Manchester. Here is ‘Labour and Wait’ a plaque on the side of one of the earliest Co-operative Movement buildings just off Balloon Street in the centre of the city. As a Co-op Bank customer who sends his cheques to number 1 Balloon Street,Continue reading “Getting to the heart of Manchester”
Deconstructing tourism information
The new Tourist Information Centre opposite St Paul’s Cathedral designed by Make Architects with new landscape by the City of London in the foreground. This deconstructed building has a yellow interior and a stainless steel exterior. This now complements One New Change immediately opposite.
Star-gazing with Winston Churchill
Bracken House, the former home of the Financial Times. An astrological clock with Winston Churchill at its heart.
