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Flâneur. Enjoyer of towns, cities and buildings. Uses words like flâneur, then has to go and look up what they mean.

London, thence the world.
Joined September 2014
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There's a secret space under the Barbican where they tried out different finishes for the concrete. Exciting! #Barbicantours
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The perils of installing a gate on a slope #Coulsdon
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You can just smell the axonometric graph paper.
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New Town-y vibes from Birkenhead.
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Niche genre: 1980s Victorian polychromatic.
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Completed in 1938, this Art Deco apartment block in Hastings was modelled on the RMS Queen Mary. 🚢 At the time of opening, Marine Court in Hastings was the tallest residential building in Britain. It was designed by architects Kenneth Dalgleish and Roger K Pullen.
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And here's my photo of Battersea Power Station from 12 years ago today.
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Improbably excellent slab (I'm guessing a telephone exchange) in #Stoke ❤️
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Today's award for the Most Gratuitous Cantilever goes to:
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The world needs more yellow-framed hi-tech pomo.
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Space Frame klaxon! :)
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The all time classic Maidenhead
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Couple of banging libraries. Well done everyone involved.
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Milton Keynes on a sunny day ❤️
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Conservation group Twentieth Century Society has announced its 2025 Risk List of UK buildings under threat of demolition or neglect, which includes "millennium-era buildings" for the first time. dezeen.com/2025/04/09/uk-und…
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Apollo Pavilion by Victor Pasmore. Peterlee. 1969.
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Best New Town in a building. Bite me🤤
Best building in a New Town. Fight me.
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Best building in a New Town. Fight me.
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@subtopian Sheffield University - The Arts Tower
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Thames-side postcards: Millennium calling 📸🐻‍❄️
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10/10 for the hi-tech wigwam Iceland in Chelmsford.
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