I'm working on a piece about architectural angles at the moment, which means a lot of looking upwards, craning my neck, looking for interesting corners. I can't resist catching a few other things, though. This friendly finial dragon, for example, or the Notting Hill TV aerial garden. That looks like a nice place to hang out, of a summer evening.
London, like all cities, has greenery among the greyery, London Planes and thoroughly modern maples, and the tough noughties acacias here and there. But the real excitement comes when the greenery starts to spill up the walls, over the balconies and take back the roofscape.
The most modern of the buildings know that already and are faking it with organic curves, coloured glass and fairy lights, like Nova Victoria there, owning its Carbuncle prize grand style.
London, like all cities, has greenery among the greyery, London Planes and thoroughly modern maples, and the tough noughties acacias here and there. But the real excitement comes when the greenery starts to spill up the walls, over the balconies and take back the roofscape.
The most modern of the buildings know that already and are faking it with organic curves, coloured glass and fairy lights, like Nova Victoria there, owning its Carbuncle prize grand style.
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