studies in contrast

Last weekend many of London's architectural treasures were open to the public for the Open House festival. On Sunday we found our way to a few and, as always, wandered past a smorgasbord of other built gems.

Architectural bricolage at Shaftesbury & High Holborn


The striking deco lobby of the now defunct Daily Express


Mary Ward House: an inclusive community & learning centre when opened in 1898


A wedge of Tudor on Fleet Street

The Hall in the Art Workers Guild

The guide noted that all Guild Members' names are painted on the walls in silver. Once a Member dies their name is gilded. That's golden boy William Morris looking down at her.

Roof tops, bricks, and window panes behind the Guild

Studies in geometry by our flat in Bloomsbury