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17/05/2025

Brussels hustle. Guiding visitors from Belgium on a fascinating tour of recent architecture in King’s Cross. A lovely way to spend a sunny Saturday.

08/04/2025

Exploring Clerkenwell on perfect spring morning for an architectural walking tour.

06/03/2025

Space House is a brutalist London landmark. Designed by Richard Seifert and completed in 1968, it has recently been transformed by developer and architects

On 27th and 28th March, the ground floor will be open for a pop-up ceramics exhibition, curated and produced by

It sounds like a great opportunity to explore the architecture and some beautiful ceramics and furniture before the space is subsequently transformed to a restaurant.

23/02/2025

Great Arthur House dominates Golden Lane Estate in the City of London. It stands roughly in the centre of the development and contains flats on 16 storeys – the highest block of flats in England when it was completed in 1957. The architects were Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, who subsequently designed the adjacent Barbican Estate.

31/12/2024

We had such a magical walk in the city yesterday - not too cold and remarkably quiet, tanks to this being Twixtmas. Given it’s success, we are repeating the walk on Thursday 13th February. Please come along. If you haven’t joined our City of London tour before, you’re sure to enjoy it.

02/12/2024

For just £30 per person, you can order a gift certificate for any of our scheduled walking tours.

If you purchase the certificate before Christmas, it is valid until 30 June 2025.

Just email us to order the gift. Contact details on our website. Follow the link on our Instagram account.

02/11/2024

It’s definitely worth catching the current exhibition at White Cube Gallery - Tracey Emin: I Followed You to the End. See it before it closes on 10 November.

16/09/2024

Interesting emerging details at the the ex-American Embassy in Mayfair. An iconic Saarinen structure getting a transformation.

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12/08/2024

“Infinite Accumulation”, a new installation by Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, has appeared outside Liverpool Street Station.

“London is a massive metropolis with people of all cultures moving constantly,” Kusama said about her inspiration for the work. “The spheres symbolize unique personalities while the supporting curvilinear lines allow us to imagine an underpinning social structure.”

22/07/2024

Unbuilt London Projects (aka, thank goodness for planning).
1. Trafalgar Square Grand Buildings competition - Future Systems 1986
2. National Gallery Extension competition - Richard Rogers 1982
3. Mansion House Square - Mies van der Rohe 1969
4. Regent Street Monorail - proposal by the Conservative Party 1967
5. Soho demolition and redevelopment - Geoffrey Jellico, Ove Arup and Edward Mills 1954
6. Southbank megastructure - Misha Black 1946
7. Imperial Monumental Halls and Tower - Edward Buckton Lamb and John Seddon 1904
8. Thames Quay - Colonel Trench 1825
Do you think any of these should have been built?

20/07/2024

Mulberry House, 1911. Smith Square, London SW1. Architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens.

As viewed on our tour today, The Westminster of Edwin Lutyens.

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