#windows

Boarded-up building, Shoreditch, London, 2025

Brick building with a concrete brick and window facade. The first floor features grates, as if for a semi-underground car park. All windows on the floor above are boarded up. Windows on the higher floors are not boarded up, but are largely graffitied.

Posted on August 28, 2025.

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.

Posted on August 15, 2025.

Commercial Union House in the sharp summer sunshine, London, 2025

A close up of 3 storeys of windows, with a little bit of the sky visible in the top right corner. The building itself is clad with different shades of brown tile. The windows span the width of the building at equal intervals, and are darkened. Behind them are dishevelled vertical blinds.

Show me a darkened window and I’ll be there.

Posted on August 11, 2025.

Rear of Wardley House, Bradford, 2025

Posted on June 24, 2025.

Northumbria University campus, Newcastle, 2024

A modern building with a grid of reflective windows occupies most of the image. At street level, there is a black awning labeled café central. Two leafy trees are partially visible on either side. The sky is overcast.

A close-up view of a gray, multi-story building facade, showing several rows of rectangular windows. The windows vary between open, closed, and partially covered with blinds. The building exterior looks aged, with a grid pattern of window frames.

Posted on October 8, 2024.

The side of Merz Court, Newcastle University, 2024

A multi-story building with dark brown brickwork, evenly spaced windows, and a flat roof. A tall black streetlamp and a parking restriction sign are in front, with green bushes lining the base. The sky is overcast.

Posted on October 2, 2024.

Assorted windows, Sheffield, 2024

A large, grey, three-story concrete building with black trim sits on a street corner. The ground floor hosts “Penny Black” pub with orange and green signs. Three people and a man in sunglasses with a cap stand in the foreground under a partly cloudy sky.

A tall, modern office building with a grey and black facade, multiple rows of large windows, and a flat roof stands against a cloudy sky. At ground level, there is a dark entrance and a sign reading St James House.

The image shows the exterior of a gray, windowed building with dirty white tiles. Some windows are covered with black panels, while others are exposed. A single orange curtain is visible in one window. A black streetlamp stands in front of the building.

Assorted windows to finish off the Sheffield trip.

The Royal Mail delivery office located above the Penny Black pub.
St James House, a 1960’s office block (a hardy perennial of modernism).
Side of the old John Lewis building.

Posted on September 21, 2024.