Double Vision in Coal Drops and Granary Square

 In the 1850s, wagons from northern England dropped eight million tonnes of coal every year, to be loaded on to horse-drawn carts and carried across London to power the city. Now after a history of increasing decay, architect Thomas Heatherwick has transformed the sheds into a shopping and cultural centre by linking the two long Victorian brick and cast-iron sheds with two "kissing" roofs that just seem to touch. The roof area is not yet open but will give great views over London. I played around with double exposure and window reflections. I also took sequences of students arriving at St Martin's College and stacked these.

 

Shadowlands: Kings Cross London

King's Cross area (Granary Square and the new Coaldrop Yard development) looked stunning in the bright sunlight on Friday morning after our night in the Travelodge - lots of shadows and reflected light to play with.

The Francis Crick Institute

The Francis Crick Institute is located opposite St Pancras and consists of four reinforced concrete blocks up to eight storeys high plus four basement levels. The building incorporates a combined heat and power plant and solar panels to provide low-carbon onsite power.  A third of the building is below ground to reduce its visible size and provide protection to sensitive scientific equipment.The Institute also includes a public exhibition space with small cafe; the present exhibition is Deconstructing Patterns - involving light and sound. ‘Paradigm’, a 14-metre high sculpture made of weathered steel and designed by the British artist Conrad Shawcross,  is one of the largest public sculptures in London.

Level of Study in the British Library

The British Library was busier than I'd seen it before with people working in every spare area making intriguing patterns. 

Night Walk in the Rain in London

After attending the RPS Awards Ceremony last night at the Royal Society off Pall Mall, we walked via Trafalgar Square to Leicester Square to catch an Underground back to King's Cross area where we were spending the night. It had been raining and continued lightly giving great reflections on the pavements. Hand held down to 1/8th second so not all sharp

Winter on the Cam

Yesterday felt like winter on a walk along the Cam. Parties of workers were out clearing up the banks. Lots of derelict punts and bicycles removed from the river.