#concrete

External stairs & vent, National Theatre, London, 2025

A brutalist concrete staircase with three steep flights leads to upper levels, framed by thick railings. Metal barriers and a traffic cone block the lower entrance. The building’s geometric, angular lines dominate the symmetrical design.

Stairwell, National Theatre, London

A dimly lit concrete stairwell with dark carpeted steps leads upward and turns left; stainless steel railings line both sides. The walls are textured concrete, and a small sign reading “STAIRS” is visible above the landing.

De Breyne Building, Keble College, Oxford, 2025

A tall, fortified-looking building made of yellow-brown brick, with multiple vertical columns and narrow, slit-like windows. The geometry is angular and brutalist. The sky above is cloudy, and a bicycle is parked at the far left.

A narrow, empty street curves alongside modern brick buildings with distinctive vertical buttresses. On the left, a stone wall with blooming white flowers and leafy trees contrasts with the architecture. The sky is mostly cloudy, and a white van is visible in the distance.

A rectangular metal vent with horizontal slats is set into a weathered brown brick wall. The vent is framed by a concrete border, and a white vertical line runs up the wall and across the vent, dividing the image symmetrically.

If I knew it was listed, I’d have attempted to take better photos. There’s some photos of the other side of the building on manchesterhistory.net.

Details at the Barbican Estate, London, 2025

A sunlit shot of balconies covered with shutters on a curved building at the Barbican Estate. Most of the shutters are closed, but on the floor which is in the middle of the shot, several of them are open to differing degrees.

A sunlit ground-level shot of the corner of one of the towers at the Barbican Estate. In the centre of the image, the inflecting shape of the concrete balconies is captured. Several floors in the middle of the bulding are visible.

A ground-level shot of one of the concrete towers at the Barbican Estate. Many floors repeat up towards the top of the image, with the shapes of balconies visible.

Close up of 4 concrete balconies, with blue metal and glass balustrades. Behind each, are some rectangular brown windows and bright red doors. The shot is taken from ground level, looking up at the balconies, filling the image geometrically.

A shot of the Barbian Estate, with multiple parts of it visible. In the foreground, on the left, the edge of one of the buildings with corridors and stairways visible, as well as a concrete ventilation shaft on the right. Across the middle of the shot, a covered glass walkway. In the back, another concrete shaft and the conservatory.

A multi-coloured contraption for holding bike locks, mounted against a red wall. It has several sections, all of different colours, with labels in different fonts and of different ages. Some have bike locks attached to them.

Front-on close up of the Seddon House at the Barbican Estate, focusing on the ground floor and the 4 floors above that.

Heatwave at the Barbican Estate, 2025

A wide geometric shot of flats at the Barbican estate. In the background, more modern glass buildings of central London. In the foreground, a fountain with water flowing into the pool beneath.

Wide shot showing many features of the Barbican estate. From left to right: Guildhall School of Music and Drama, an algae-green pool, a tall tower, a shorter tower with view of its balconies, and the main Barbican library building.

A shot from one of the balconies at the Barbican estate. In the very front of the shot, the concrete balcony is out of focus. Further out, there is a tree, a pool green with algae, and even further back, one of the apartment buildings and the modern glass buldings of the City of London in the background.

A shot of the Barbican estate, featuring greenery in the very foreground, followed by Barbican buildings further back, and the glass buildings of the City of London in the very background.

A shot of balconies, mostly covered with wooden shutters, at the circle-shaped building at the Barbican estate. In the foreground, concrete planters.

A ground-level shot looking up at one of the buildings at the Barbican estate, showing 6 floors of balconies full of plants.

A shot of one of the covered walkways of the Barbican. It is fairly dark, with light only coming in at the back of the image, where silhouettes of two people can be seen standing.

Concrete ramp, London Euston station, 2025

A ramp with short sides made of concrete. In the sky, the sun is breaking through the clouds. There are trains either way of the ramp, as well as other central London buildings in the background.

As the train snaked its’ way through outer London, I thought to myself “how long until I find some concrete to photograph” – turns out, I only needed to wait until it pulled into Euston and I caught glimpse of this ramp, once used for British Rail’s Red Star Parcels service, in the moody summer sundown.

Horton Building, University of Bradford, 2025

A wide shot of a modernist building with repetitive patterns of windows. The block is made out of time-dirtied textured concrete. There is a larger textured concrete mass on top of the building, just at the corner. There's also a steep angular drive in the foreground.

A staircase climbing around a rounded central block built out of brick

A textured concrete block. The texture is the shape of long, narrow slits. The block has strongly rounded corners. Discarded Harris fencing rests against the block.

To the right of the picture there is a modernist block with a repetitive pattern of windows and textured concrete. To the left is a rounded concrete block, with the concrete being textured in long, thin slats. In the foreground, there is some sort of air conditioning device.

Ceiling at the National Theatre, London, 2025

A geometric concrete ceiling with a grid of square recessed panels, intersected by a concrete column on the left. Vertical fluorescent lights, some glowing orange, white, and yellow, hang downward at various angles, adding color to the architectural scene.

Perennial concrete favourite — Griffin House, Manchester, 2025

A large, modern concrete and glass office building with many windows, featuring a glass-walled stairwell section. The sun casts shadows on the facade, and the sky is clear and blue. There are cars and street signs along the road in front.

Former bank in Manchester, 2025

A grey, four-story, vacant building with boarded windows, some broken glass, and protective green fencing around the base. Two red dumpsters sit at the left. A silver car is parked on the right. Overcast sky and a tall red-brick building behind.