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Holmfield House, Kensal Town, London, 2025

A mid-century modern building with geometric patterns, large windows, and shops, including RELLIK, on a sunny street. Cars are parked along the kerb, and a red van is in the foreground. A leafy tree stands at the left, and a blue sky is above.

A person walks past a modern, grey brick block of flats with horizontal windows and blue accents. Bicycles are parked along the pavement. A shaft of sunlight highlights part of the building. The sky is clear and blue.

A three-storey, modernist building with long horizontal windows, blue tiles, and geometric designs stands at a street corner. Several cars are parked beside it. A person in a high-visibility vest is near a bicycle rack. Trees frame the image on the right.

A grey and blue modern block of flats with horizontal windows, round vents, and blue tile detailing. Parked cars and a motorbike line the street. A leafless tree stands near the pavement under a bright, clear sky.

Standing in the shadow of Trellick Tower on the day that I shot it, this is one of my favourite buildings. So much so, I have a Mandy Payne print of it in the office.

Beaufort Court, Canary Wharf, London

Modern multi-storey office building with large glass windows, angular balconies, and external staircases. Surrounded by high-rise buildings, parked cars, and leafless trees. Two no entry signs and a bicycle are visible near the entrance on a cloudy day.

Modern concrete building with multiple staggered balconies and white railings, viewed from below. The structure has sharp angles and visible weathering. In the background, taller buildings and a blue sky with scattered clouds are visible.

64 Essex Road, Islington, London, 2025

Three-storey brick building with large vertical windows, geometric brick pattern around windows, a grocery shop named Mint Organic at street level. Several people stand and walk near the entrance. Bicycles are parked outside. The number 64 is visible.

Former Victorian warehouse with an attractive brick façade.

199-200 Upper Street, Islington, London, 2025

A four-storey modern building with circular windows, metallic panels, and a central frame. Ground level has shops including American Dry Cleaning Company. Two people stand outside; a street lamp and kiosk are visible.

An alien spacecraft has landed in Islington – even extraterrestrials can see the opportunities in London’s red hot property market.

If this Rightmove listing is anything to go by, you couldn’t swing a cat in the kitchen, but the living room with the large terrace is to die for.

Signage, boundary of Freeman’s Wood, Lancaster, 2026

A red, hand-painted sign with white text hangs on a tall metal fence surrounded by greenery, plants, and trees. The sign reads: They hang the man & flog the woman that steals the goose from off the common but let the greater villain loose that steals the common from the goose

They hang the man & flog the woman that steals the goose from off the common

But let the greater villain loose that steals the common from the goose

Islington Fire Station, London, 2025

Modern brick fire station with five red-and-white garage doors, blue window frames, projecting blue-finished windows above, and vertical blue glass panels on the left. Two people walk outside on the pavement; a bare tree stands to the left of the entrance.

Designed by the Fire Brigade’s in-house architect, Peter J Smith, built in 1992. I would normally dislike many of its’ individual features (blue window frames? No, thank you), but as a whole it’s totally whimsical.