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IBM Southbank

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[lukasnovo]

Advanced copy of the book arrived! You can PRE-ORDER a signed copy and see inside spreads in my shop here - https://shop.lukasnovo.com/product/modernlondon/. It's a result of more than three years of writing and illustrating! I wouldn't do it without support and advice of these great people: Lilly Marques ( @_lillymarques ) Nina Cosford ( @ninacosford ) Anna Watson ( she doesn't have Instagram!) Christopher Beanland ( @christopherbeanland ) Thaddeus Zupanic ( @notreallyobsessive ) Mark Ovenden ( @londonbookmark )

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Counting down my top 8 posts from 2016- In at number 3 is National Theatre by Denys Lasun.

© 2016 Alex James Bruce

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For sale 1 Bedroom Flat Hallfield Estate London W2 £450,000

Following the second world war, Paddington underwent a series of rehabilitation and renewal programmes. The decision to redevelop the partially bombed site between Gloucester Terrace and Inverness Terrace was taken by the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington in 1947.

The Borough invited several architects to prepare designs for a new estate, initially called Bishops Bridge Road Housing Estate.  The original design for the estate was conceived by Tecton but then executed after the firm split up by two of its members, Lyndsay Drake and Sir Denys Lasdun, the latter perhaps best known as the architect of the National Theatre.

If you want to help keep the owner’s cupboards stocked with champagne, view the listing here. 

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IBM Southbank

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IBM Southbank

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IBM Southbank