Bert Danckaert

Simple Present / Bert Danckaert, 2011

Great images from global cities by Belgian photographer Bert Danckaert. Such a great sense of colour & composition.

Exploring Aldwych

Aldwych station / photographs, 2012

New photography on my Flickr page  – exploring the now disused Aldwych tube station (more info here)

Shoreditch Snapshot

Shoreditch / Tudor Prisacariu, 2012

Tudor from Sennep has just produced this great series of landscape shots documenting Shoreditch in East London.

Borrow Build Abandon

Borrow Build Abandon / Jamie McGregor Smith, 2012

Now that London 2012 is in full swing, I think more or less everyone has agreed that we’ve built some bloody beautiful buildings for the Games. What will prove to be the real test though, in terms of ‘successful’ architecture, is what happens in the years to come.

The planners and architects for London 2012 were determined that we wouldn’t be saddled with useless buildings for years, so many structures will come down completely, whereas others, like the main stadium and aquatic centre, will be ‘deconstructed’ into smaller versions.

Greece, however, did not plan so well. Photographer Jamie McGregor Smith has been documenting the mess that resulted from the Athens games in 2004. Only 3 of the 22 purpose-built structures remain in use, the others costing $100 million a year in upkeep costs. Ouch!

An exhibition of Jamie’s photographs opens in September.

Fogo Island Arts Corporation

Bridge Studio & Squish Studio / Fogo Island Arts Corporation, 2012

Absolutely stunning artists’ studios in the wilderness of Canada’s Fogo Island, for the Fogo Island Arts Corporation.

Architecture by Saunders.

Modern Architecture London

www.modernarchitecturelondon.com

OK, this is a pretty astonishing resource for people interested in London’s modern architecture. Mark Osborne has so far catalogued over 250 buildings on his site, each plotted on a map, and shown with photographs, info, and in some cases, floorplans.

Back in 2009 I posted about my attempt to start a Google Map of all my favourite buildings in London. I thought I was doing well (see the current state of the map here), but my efforts absolutely pail in comparison with this guy! Nice one Mark!

This Is Not A House

This Is Not A House / Edgar Martins, 2009

An exhibition of Martins’ project exploring the US housing crisis is opening at The Wapping Project this week. Can’t wait to see some of these stunning images up-close. See my previous post about Martins here.

Cristoffer Rudquist

Cristoffer Rudquist

Stupidly awesome photography from Cristoffer Rudquist. I like his Japan series especially — really makes me want to fly to Tokyo with a camera.

Allandale House

Allandale House / William O’Brien Jr, 2011

Beautiful renderings for a residence in the wilderness, by William O’Brien Jr.

Via Cabin Porn

Russell Bell / new website

Cape Schanak House, Shakespeare Tower & Empire State Building

Illustrator Russell Bell has updated with a new portfolio site. It’s a nice bit of web design; super minimal, letting his astonishingly awesome illustration speak for itself. The attention to detail in his architectural drawings just blows my mind. The Empire State Building has to be seen to be believed — drawn with a technical pen & set squares no less. Nice.