InnerSpace

03/04/2023

The Carreras Cigarette Factory (aka Black Cat Factory) built in 1928 with a design in thrall to the Egypt-mania that swept the globe following the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb six years earlier.

Apart from being the largest reinforced concrete factory in the country at the time, it boasted being the first to incorporate an air-conditioning and dust extraction system, presumably so workers could enjoy breathing in clean air before heading out for their employer-sanctioned cigarette breaks.

All the Egyptian Art Deco details were removed when it was converted into offices in the 1960s but all was restored to its former glory in the 90s. Today it makes amends for its past sins by housing the British Heart Foundation.

22/03/2023

16/03/2023

The iconic Isokon Building by Wells Coates (1934). I love driving by this place - occasionally I just have to stop and take a good look.

15/03/2023

The Residencial San Felipe is one of the most ambitious housing projects ever built by the Peruvian government, completed in 1966 and consisting of gardens, plazas and 1599 housing units over 27 hectares of land.

14/03/2023

Hornsey Library, saved from closure and demolition in 2000 and now a grade II listed building. Architects: Frank Ley and GFS Jarvis, 1965.

07/03/2023

Mosaic Business Centre, formerly House of Political Education in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1978.

14/02/2023

Low tide

10/02/2023

A shot of my block soon after we first moved in two winters ago… Still haven’t discovered who the architect was, all I know is it was completed in 1964.

05/02/2023

West Hill Park, designed by Ted Levy in the 1970s and refurbished by

04/02/2023