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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.

Dunelm House behind Kingsgate Bridge, Durham, 2023

A large, angular concrete pedestrian bridge crosses over a lush river, supported by V-shaped pillars. Behind it, a modernist grey building with angular rooftops sits among dense green trees under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

Sir Thomas White Building was an Arup design, which made me realise I never posted this – Kingsgate Bridge, the last structure designed by Ove Arup.

Sir Thomas White Building, St John’s College, Oxford, 2025

A small car park with several cars is surrounded by older brick buildings with ivy on the left and modern windowed buildings ahead. Trees and greenery line the area. A white barrier and a “danger” sign are visible in the foreground. The sky is overcast.

A modern concrete and stone building with angular windows and vertical supports stands beside a cobblestone path, bordered by a stone wall. Lush green trees partially obscure the structure, and the sky is overcast.

A concrete and stone building with tall, narrow windows and vertical, ribbed concrete supports on the facade. The structure has a modern, brutalist style and is partially shaded by a leafy tree on the right. Sunlight appears from the upper left corner.

A close-up of a brutalist building features large concrete bay windows with black frames and curtains drawn inside. Moss grows on ledges, and leafy green trees are visible on the left side, adding contrast to the angular concrete structure.

London College of Fashion, Shoreditch, 2025

A building with a single square-ish mass, three storeys, and an additional smaller mass featuring a door and stairwall just out of shot to the right. The building is made out of London brick, with large thin-framed windows on the upper two storeys. The lower storey has windows, shutters, and graffiti. On the lower two storeys, the frontage is covered in large cream tiles, with a light-blue border around that and the front door.

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.

A staircase on the UMIST campus, 2022

I had a thing for exposed staircases during the summer I moved out of Manchester. Still do.

A modern brick building features large geometric windows with purple panels, revealing an indoor staircase. There is a wooden door at ground level, a small window to the left, and a glass rooftop structure above, all under a clear blue sky.

Ellen Wilkinson Building, Manchester, 2022

A four-story modern building with large rectangular windows framed in black and some outlined in orange. The entrance has glass doors, a canopy, and a sign. In front, there are green shrubs, a black railing, and a paved pathway leading to the door.

There’s more of it, from 2024, here.

And as if on cue, Steve Marland has posted some archive pictures of it, too.

Ellen Wilkinson Building, Manchester, 2024

A modern, brown concrete building with geometric patterns on its facade stands on a cloudy day. Several cars, including a red, blue, and silver one, are parked in front. Small windows line the building, and some trees with autumn leaves are visible on the right.

A four-story concrete and brick building with large windows, some lit from inside. The building forms an L-shape around a neatly trimmed green lawn. Leafless trees and a few small trees with yellow leaves are in the courtyard. The sky is overcast.

A narrow outdoor spiral staircase ascends alongside a tall, concrete building with textured, vertical patterns. The staircase has black railings and white steps, winding up multiple floors between two closely placed structures. The sky is overcast.

A triptych of buildings at the UMIST campus, Manchester, 2024

A multi-story building complex under a gray, overcast sky. The foreground features modern, white-and-black structures with many windows and metal staircases. Behind them, a taller, older concrete tower rises, flanked by a red-brick building.

Ridley Building 1, Newcastle University, 2024

A gray, four-story modern building with many windows stands behind lush green bushes and plants. Yellow flowers and various shrubs grow on tiered garden beds in the foreground. The sky above is overcast and cloudy.

A touch of brutalism framed by vegetation, what else is there to say!