PaulOfHorsham's photos

Misty morning Coniston Water

Token greenery

20 Sep 2014 282
Balfron Tower is arranged such that residents get a sunset view over Central London to the west (subject to there being an actual sunset on the day of course). These days, The Shard provides striking reflections earlier in the day as well.

Directory

20 Sep 2014 259
Sign above the lifts in the ground floor lobby

Blackwall Tunnel northern aproach from on high

Towers of greater power

20 Sep 2014 238
When the flats have been renovated and sold on, I expect many high-fliers from Canary Wharf will move in.

To adjust the heating

20 Sep 2014 173
An original feature in one of the rooms of the "Home Bodies" works

The artists desk

20 Sep 2014 247
This is part of the "Home Bodies" piece in flat 137 on the 24th floor.

3 bar heater

20 Sep 2014 189
Some flats have great need of all the heating they can get; others not so much, apparently

Down the stairs

20 Sep 2014 271
Traipsing down the stairs to find more studios

Up the stairs

20 Sep 2014 297
One of the artists I had a chance to speak to told me that she had only known both lifts to be simultaneously defective twice in the 8 months or so she had lived there, so she may not be so familiar with this view.

London murky

20 Sep 2014 187
An ironic description of some of the new London beers re-purposed for the "view" from the upper floors

Behind bars

20 Sep 2014 192
Getting up close to the filthy windows. I love the effect and I'm glad the picture has come out as I remember it.

A street in the sky

20 Sep 2014 270
These run at every 3rd floor on the east side of the building. Why only every 3rd floor? Well, the flats are arranged such that some are on a single floor, while others have internal stairs either up or down. We were able to see examples of each.

Balcony view

Flat that goes up

N20

20 Sep 2014 172
This must be floor 20 then

Burnt out

20 Sep 2014 147
An electrical fitting of some sort on the stairs seems to have shorted out

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