#modernism — Modernist Delights

Scarisbrick New Road Baptist Church, Southport, 2025

Side/front view of a smallish church building, fairly plain, made out of brick. Side windows are made out of rectangular patterned concrete, there is large BAPTIST CHURCH lettering above the door, and there is also a small all-glass foyer at the front of the building.

Front view of a plain brick church building, showing BAPTIST CHURCH lettering above the all-glass entrance foyer.

Passed this on the way to the British Lawnmower Museum. I’m not sure if its’ exact age, but I enjoyed it for its’ patterned windows at the side, typography above the door, and the all-glass entrance foyer (extension?).

Posted on July 18, 2025.

Sunwin House, Bradford, 2025

A large, semi-derelict art deco building made from brown brick. Featuring TJ Hughes branding, and all windows blacked out in navy.

Posted on July 7, 2025.

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.

Posted on June 29, 2025.

Bradford Magistrates’ Court, 2025

Check out the tiling at the bottom of the first picture, as well as the funky geometric pattern on the wall in the second picture.

Posted on June 26, 2025.

Bradford Telephone Exchange, 2024

A tall, white, modernist building with large, wavy rows of windows stands beside a street under a cloudy sky. A white wall and metal fence border the building, and a smaller brick building adjoins it on the right.

A tall, gray, modern building facade features a central cylindrical stairwell with vertically ribbed concrete and zigzagging tinted windows, flanked by flat walls with rectangular windows and louvered vents, all under a cloudy sky.

A tall, white, rectangular building with many small, square windows and a rounded corner stands on a street corner. The sky is cloudy, and a few cars are parked nearby. The building appears old and weathered, with some stains on its exterior.

Posted on June 21, 2025.

Pebbledashed substation in the Northern Quarter, Manchester, 2025

A city street scene with a dark brick wall covered in graffiti, including a large white and silver EARL tag. Modern and older buildings stand behind the wall, and the street in front is empty with visible road markings. The sky is clear and blue.

Posted on June 11, 2025.

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.

Posted on June 9, 2025.

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.

Posted on June 4, 2025.

Unnecessarily good looking staircase at Manchester Oxford Road railway station, 2025

A spiral metal staircase with blue railings is attached to a small, white building at a train station. People walk along the platform, with a white train on the left. Bright daylight casts shadows, and city buildings are visible in the background.

Posted on June 2, 2025.

Side door in Manchester, 2025

A tall, grey, tiled building entrance with a glass double door, partially open. The doors are flanked by metal frames and two rectangular wall lights. A reflection of another building is visible in the upper glass. Graffiti and markings are on the sidewalk.

Posted on May 25, 2025.