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Lloyds London Upper Atrium
Made by Edwinjones
The Shot I was not sure whether to process this or post it to flickr. The problem was that the upper floors of the Atrium are all glassed in resulting in reflections. Although these can be cut down by placing the lens flat against the glass to get the full scale of the building and in particular to show the floor it was necessary to point the camera down a little. The result was reflections cutting down detail and blurring the bottom corners. I decided to go ahead anyway as only a shot from this viewpoint can get across the full scale of this amazing building. I cut the reflection down in the processing, see details further down. On Saturday 17 September 2011I took the train to London for The Open House London Weekend. This involves about 700 buildings not normally open to the Public being open for free just for this one weekend of the year. This is usually the 3rd weekend of September. This was the first time I had tried it. After a lot of History in the Loire I went for the ultra modern visiting Lloyds of London and the New City Hall on the South Bank. I caught the first train and got to Lloyds by opening time at 10.00. There was a very long queue round the block. Still they coped with it well and it was only about 30 minutes to get in. It is a really dramatic building outside and even more so inside. There is a large Atrium going up the middle of the building from the trade floor to the top. The shot below was an HDR taken from the 11th floor near to the well known Adams Room. The building consists of three main towers and three service towers around a central, rectangular space. Its focal point is the large Underwriting Room on the ground floor, which houses the famous Lutine Bell. The Underwriting Room (often simply known as 'the Room') is overlooked by galleries, forming a 60 metres (197 ft) high atrium. This provides light naturally through a huge barrel-vaulted glass roof. The first four galleries open onto the atrium space, and are connected by escalators through the middle of the structure. The higher floors are glassed-in, and can only be reached via the outside lifts. The picture was taken with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 wide angle zoom at 10mm. Taken handheld. 3 raw images 2EV spacing. Opened in Photoshop first and each image noise reduced with Noiseware Pro and saved as tiffs. Photomatix Outputted in Photomatrix to detail enhancer. Click the Camera name top right for Exif details and the settings used. Photoshop General adjustments in levels and curves to enhance with layer masks to exclude the highlight areas Vibrance layer increase 53 points Saturation layer reds to reduce the intensity of the reds in the distant cranes through the window. Noiseware Pro Unsharp Mask a little sharpening. Extra Adjustments used to reduce effect of reflections. All these layers had layer masks applied to apply the adjustments only to the bottom corner areas – Extra Vibrance layer reducing Vibrance to match tones Extra saturation layer with reduced saturation using a blend mode of overlay. Found this was best by trying out different layer blend modes. Duplicate background with extra noise reduction Duplicate background layer with extra sharpening at high radius Resources For Licensing and more pictures see Edwin Jones Photography
Lloyds Building Lower Atrium
Made by Edwinjones
The Shot On Saturday 17 September 2011I took the train to London for The Open House London Weekend. This involves about 700 buildings not normally open to the Public being open for free just for this one weekend of the year. This is usually the 3rd weekend of September. This was the first time I had tried it. After a lot of History in the Loire I went for the ultra modern visiting Lloyds of London and the New City Hall on the South Bank. I caught the first train and got to Lloyds by opening time at 10.00. There was a very long queue round the block. Still they coped with it well and it was only about 30 minutes to get in. It is a really dramatic building outside and even more so inside. There is a large Atrium going up the middle of the building from the trade floor to the top. The shot below was an HDR taken from the 4th floor. The location where I took this there was a railing lined with Photographers. I heard a few other HDR clicks. Click, Click, Clack, 3 auto bracketed pictures at different exposures. One lady told me my Camera made a nice noise! The building consists of three main towers and three service towers around a central, rectangular space. Its focal point is the large Underwriting Room on the ground floor, which houses the famous Lutine Bell. The Underwriting Room (often simply known as 'the Room') is overlooked by galleries, forming a 60 metres (197 ft) high atrium. This provides light naturally through a huge barrel-vaulted glass roof. The first four galleries open onto the atrium space, and are connected by escalators through the middle of the structure. The higher floors are glassed-in, and can only be reached via the outside lifts. The picture was taken with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 wide angle zoom at 10mm. Taken handheld resting on a railing. 3 raw images 2EV spacing. Opened in Photoshop first and each image noise reduced with Noiseware Pro and saved as tiffs. Photomatix Selected semi manual for deghosting and drew selections round the floor and people on the right so the software could correct people movement between exposures by using one exposure in those areas. Outputted in Photomatrix to detail enhancer. Click the Camera name top right for Exif details and the settings used. Photoshop General adjustments in levels and curves to enhance with layer masks to exclude the highlight areas Vibrance layer increase 63 points Original image -2EV copied in as new layer with layer mask and used to darken the floor and escalators Original image 0EV copied in as new layer with layer mask and used to lighten some areas to the sides. Noiseware Pro Unsharp Mask a little sharpening. Resources For Licensing and more pictures see Edwin Jones Photography
One Man
Made by TurnipFarmer
Bank Underground Station - Waterloo and City Line Foot Tunnel Sorry for not putting a description in earlier for this photo, I uploaded it and then had to dash out. Anyway, this is another photo from one of recent visits to London. I have seen this tunnel loads in photos around Flickr and other photo websites but never been sure where it is, I always though it was at Waterloo Underground station but infact this is at Bank Underground station. It is a really awesome tunnel in that the ceiling is really low and wide arches. I came here when it was quite quiet and the photo that I have uploaded is exactly what I wanted to achieve. I was glad the gentleman in the photo had such a contrasting suit on. To take this photo I adjusted the white balance when taking the photo as it was odd fluorescent lights that produce a orange/yellow hue and I also knocked up the exposure bias a bit to help with make the difference in contrast between the white wall and suit of the man. The post processing included importing into PTLens to correct barrel distortion and then edited in Lightroom 3, thats it really. I hope you all like it as its one of my personal favourites. Photo Details Sony A700 Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR f/2.8 17mm ISO100 Exposure Bias 1 3/10 1/30s exposure Software Used Lightroom 3.0 PTLens Information Bank and Monument are interlinked London Underground and Docklands Light Railway stations that form a public transport complex spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London. Bank station, named after the Bank of England, opened in 1900 and is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo and City lines and the Docklands Light Railway. Monument station, named after the Monument to the Great Fire of London, opened in 1884 and is served by the District and Circle lines. The stations have been linked as an interchange since 1933. The station complex is the eighth busiest on the London Underground network and is in London fare zone 1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank-Monument_station
Leadenhall Market London
Made by vulture labs
Leadenhall Market is a covered market in the City of London, located at Gracechurch Street but with vehicular access also available via Whittington Avenue to the north and Lime Street to the south and east and additional pedestrian access via a number of narrow passageways. The market dates back to the 14th century. It is open weekdays from 7am until late, and primarily sells fresh food; among the vendors there are cheesemongers, butchers and florists. Originally a meat, game and poultry market, it stands on what was the centre of Roman London. A number of commercial retailers are also located in the market, including clothes shops and a pen shop. The ornate roof structure, painted green, maroon and cream, and cobbled floors of the current structure, designed in 1881 by Sir Horace Jones (who was also the architect of Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets), make the market a tourist attraction. It was used to represent the area of London near The Leaky Cauldron and Diagon Alley in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and is featured in the films The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Hereafter and Love Aaj Kal. It is also popular among local City workers. The main entrance to the market is on Gracechurch Street. The double height entrance is flanked by tall, narrow gabled red brick and Portland stone blocks in a C17 Dutch style. The adjacent buildings to the south have a continuous retail frontage which is punctuated by narrow entrances to pedestrian ways into the market. From 1990 to 1991 the market received a dramatic redecoration which transformed its appearance, enhancing its architectural character and detail. The redecoration scheme received a special mention in the Civic Trust Awards 1994. The market is a Grade II* Listed Building, being listed in 1972. In 1991 pop group Erasure used the market to film the video for their hit single Love to Hate You. Every year, the market is decorated with Christmas lights and a large Christmas tree is erected at the north entrance.
Uomo del mio tempo / Man of my time
Made by AndreaPucci
Regno Unito, Londra, Bank Underground Station, Estate 2011 La metropolitana di Londra è un sistema di trasporto rapido su rotaia che collega gran parte della Greater London ed alcune parti del Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire ed Essex in Inghilterra. E' la più antica metropolitana del mondo, la prima parte della quale è stata inaugurata nel lontano 1863. Nel 1890 divenne la prima ad operare con treni elettrici. L'intera rete viene comunemente definita dai londinesi come “Tube”. La metropolitana conta 270 stazioni e si estende per 402 chilometri, e rappresenta così la seconda più grande metropolitana al mondo in termini di estensione, dopo la metropolitana di Shanghai. Nel 2007, è stata utilizzata da oltre un miliardo di passeggeri, diventando così la terza metropolitana più trafficata in Europa, dopo Mosca e Parigi. Il “tubo” è un'icona internazionale per Londra, con la sua mappa è considerato un classico del design ed ha influenzato molte altre mappe di trasporti pubblici in tutto il mondo. The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England. It is the oldest underground railway in the world, the first section of which opened in 1863. In 1890 it became the first to operate electric trains. The whole network is commonly referred to by Londoners and in official publicity as the Tube. The Underground serves 270 stations and has 402 kilometres of track, making it the second largest metro system in the world in terms of route miles, after the Shanghai Metro. In 2007, more than one billion passenger journeys were recorded, making it the third busiest metro system in Europe, after Moscow and Paris. The tube is an international icon for London, with the tube map, considered a design classic, having influenced many other transport maps worldwide.
Wands For Sale
Made by Todd Huffman
Leadenhall Market, a gorgeous piece of architecture. No surprise part of Harry Potter was filmed here. The entrance to ‘The Leaky Cauldron’ was an empty shop, now an optician store – The Glass House, 42 Bullís Head Passage in Leadenhall Market in the City of London (it’s just beneath the famous Lloyd's Building). The market itself has been a frequent film location. Within the market, The Lamb pub was the site of the raucous pub brawl in John Wayne's only English movie, Brannigan. More recently, Angelina Jolie zoomed through the arcade on her motorbike in Lara Croft – Tomb Raider, while Russell Crowe enjoyed a Chinese meal here in Proof of Life. And the history of the place... A meat and fish market occupied a series of courts behind the grand lead-roofed mansion of Leadenhall on Leadenhall street in the 14th century. It was an established meeting place of the Poulterers as early as 1321, whilst the Cheesemongers from the countryside were bound in 1397 to take their produce into the market of Leadenhall. In 1408 the occupational leasehold title of the Manor of Leadenhall was assigned to Richard Whittington (the Lord Mayor of the time) and citizens of London, and the freehold was conveyed in 1411 to the City of London. The market continued to be used for the sale of fish, meat, poultry and corn, although in 1666 portions of the market were destroyed by the Great Fire. In 1881 the City's architect, Horace Jones, designed the present wrought iron and glass-roofed buildings. A celebrated character in Leadenhall during the 18th century was 'Old Tom', a gander which managed to escape execution even though it is recorded that 34,000 geese were slaughtered there in two days. He became a great favourite in the market and was fed at the local inns. After his death in 1835 at the age of 38, he lay in state in the market and was buried there.
I had to do it too.. :))) - 2
Made by Katarina 2353
Location on which this beautiful was built is confining, and the view on it is mostly blocked. I believe it’s impossible to take the complete, quality shot of it, and avoid other buildings that surround it. I did all I could, and saw fit, to highlight fascinating uniqueness of this building.. I just had to do it :)) 30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin, The Egg and the Swiss Re Building, is a skyscraper in London's main financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened at the end of May 2004. With 40 floors, the tower is 180 metres (591 ft) tall. After the plans to build the Millennium Tower were dropped, the current building was designed by Norman Foster, his then business partner Ken Shuttleworth and Arup engineers, and was erected by Skanska in 2001–2003. The building is on the former site of the Baltic Exchange building, the headquarters of a global marketplace for ship sales and shipping information. In 1996 Trafalgar House submitted plans for the Millennium Tower, a 386 metres (1,266 ft) building with more than 140,000 m2 (1,500,000 sq ft) office space, apartments, shops, restaurants and gardens. This plan was dropped after objections for being totally out-of-scale with the City of London and anticipated disruption to flight paths for both City and Heathrow airports; the revised plan for a lower tower was accepted. The gherkin name dates back to at least 1999, referring to that plan's highly unorthodox layout and appearance. Due to the current building's somewhat phallic appearance, other inventive names have also been used for the building, including the Erotic gherkin, the Towering Innuendo, and the Crystal Phallus (also a pun on Crystal Palace). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_St_Mary_Axe
Escalators above the atrium in Lloyd's Building, London
Made by charlietyack
We visited Lloyd's Building this weekend as it was open house day in London. It's a really interesting design. All the insides are on the outside. Featured in Explore September 18th, 2006. According to Wikipedia: The Lloyd's building is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London, located in Lime Street in the City of London. It was designed by architect Richard Rogers and built over eight years from 1978 to 1986. Like the Pompidou Centre (designed by Renzo Piano and Rogers), the building was innovative in having its services such as staircases, lifts, electrical power conduits and water pipes on the outside, leaving a clean uncluttered space inside. The 12 glass lifts were the first of their kind in the UK. The building consists of 3 main towers and 3 service towers around a central, rectangular space. Its focal point is the gigantic Underwriting Room on the ground floor, which houses the famous Lutine Bell. The Underwriting Room (often simply known as 'the Room') is overlooked by galleries, forming a 60-metre (200-foot)-high atrium lit naturally through a huge barrel-vaulted glass roof. The first four galleries open onto the atrium space, and are connected by escalators through the middle of the structure. (The higher floors are glassed-in, and can only be reached via the outside lifts.) The 11th floor houses the Committee Room, an 18th century dining-room originally designed for the 2nd Earl of Shelburne by Robert Adam in 1763: it was transferred piece-by-piece from the previous (1958) Lloyd's building across the road. The first (1928) Lloyd's building was demolished to make way for the present one. However, its main entrance at 12 Leadenhall Street was preserved, and forms a rather incongruous attachment to the 1986 structure.
Leadenhall Market at Night
Made by vulture labs
The market dates back to the 14th century. It is open weekdays from 7am until late, and primarily sells fresh food; among the vendors there are cheesemongers, butchers and florists. Originally a meat, game and poultry market, it stands on what was the centre of Roman London. A number of commercial retailers are also located in the market, including clothes shops and a pen shop. The ornate roof structure, painted green, maroon and cream, and cobbled floors of the current structure, designed in 1881 by Sir Horace Jones (who was also the architect of Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets), make the market a tourist attraction. It was used to represent the area of London near The Leaky Cauldron and Diagon Alley in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and is featured in the films The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Hereafter and Love Aaj Kal. It is also popular among local City workers. The main entrance to the market is on Gracechurch Street. The double height entrance is flanked by tall, narrow gabled red brick and Portland stone blocks in a C17 Dutch style. The adjacent buildings to the south have a continuous retail frontage which is punctuated by narrow entrances to pedestrian ways into the market. From 1990 to 1991 the market received a dramatic redecoration which transformed its appearance, enhancing its architectural character and detail. The redecoration scheme received a special mention in the Civic Trust Awards 1994. The market is a Grade II* Listed Building, being listed in 1972
Lloyds Building London
Made by vulture labs
The Lloyds Building was designed by architect Richard Rogers and built between 1978 and 1986. Bovis was the management contractor for the scheme. Like the Pompidou Centre (designed by Renzo Piano and Rogers), the building was innovative in having its services such as staircases, lifts, electrical power conduits and water pipes on the outside, leaving an uncluttered space inside. The twelve glass lifts were the first of their kind in the UK. It is important to note that (like this Centre Pompidou) this building was highly influenced by the work of Archigram in the 1950's and 60's. The building consists of 3 main towers and three service towers around a central, rectangular space. Its focal point is the large Underwriting Room on the ground floor, which houses the famous Lutine Bell. The Underwriting Room (often simply known as 'the Room') is overlooked by galleries, forming a 60 metres (197 ft) high atrium lit naturally through a huge barrel-vaulted glass roof. The first four galleries open onto the atrium space, and are connected by escalators through the middle of the structure. The higher floors are glassed-in, and can only be reached via the outside lifts. The 11th floor houses the Committee Room, an 18th century dining-room designed for the 2nd Earl of Shelburne by Robert Adam in 1763: it was transferred piece-by-piece from the previous (1958) Lloyd's building across the road. If you like this photo, please fave it and leave a comment. Many thanks :)
London's Little Piece Of 'Gotham' (London,England)
Made by Mr Andy Bird
I walked along London Wall and saw some pretty big and imposing buildings, but it got to the point where they all seemed to blur into each other and nothing really stood out amongst the sleek lines of glass and steel. Nevertheless I kept going, in search of the impressive 'Gherkin' building at St.Mary's Axe but when I got there the building in this photo caught my eye. This is the Lloyds Bank building which in my opinion is much more interesting than the neighbouring 'Gherkin' building. The exposed pipes, vents, elevator shafts and other weathered-looking metallic things alongside raw, harsh concrete made it look almost unfinished or like it was part of a fururistic, derelict industrial site from some cool, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi movie - I loved it! I look at this photo and wonder what it would have looked like at night. I could just imagine the bat-signal appearing in the clouds above it! Very cool indeed! POST PROCESSING - I had to fix the foreground where all the vehicle and people movement had caused damage to the Photomatix original. The Photomatix original also had really dark, dirty looking unrealistic clouds which I had to have in order to get the building look the way I wanted it to. So, to remedy this I selected an area following the light haloing around the building caused by Photomatix, I then added a cool radial blur to make the clouds look ace and then used an adjustment layer to desaturate and then lighten the skies.
the gherkin | swiss re tower in the city of london. uk | londra
Made by Paolo Margari
30 St. Mary Axe - the new headquarters for Swiss Re is located in the heart of The City of London on the site where the Baltic exchange building used to stand and very close to the by now classic Lloyds Building (Richard Rogers 1978). The tower is an important addition to the city’s skyline. With its distinctive ‘inflated’ bullet form and 40-story height it stands out as an icon from the cluster of buildings that make up London's financial centre “The City.” In fact it is the second highest structure in that area of town and is also the first tall structure to be built in ‘heritage conscious London’ since the 1970’s Foster and Partners claim the tower to be London's first ‘environmentally progressive tall building’ sharing an ethos of sustainability with the developer the Swiss Reinsurance Company who posts in their website: “Following a common definition of sustainable development given by the World Commission on Environment & Development 1997: ‘…development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.’” source: www.0lll.com/lud/pages/architecture/archgallery/foster_sw... the gherkin, london, uk - hdr, may 2009 www.30stmaryaxe.com on Flickr Explore
Lloyds of London
Made by vulture labs
The present Lloyd's building, at 1 Lime Street, was designed by architect Richard Rogers and was completed in 1986. It stands on the site of the old Roman Forum. The 1925 facade still survives, appearing strangely stranded with the modern building visible through the gates on the northern side on Leadenhall Street. In the great Underwriting Room of Lloyd's stands the Lutine Bell, which was struck when the fate of a ship “overdue” at its destination port became known. If the ship was safe, the bell would be rung twice; if it had sunk, the bell would be rung once. (This had the practical purpose of immediately stopping the sale or purchase of “overdue” reinsurance on that vessel.) Now it is only rung for ceremonial purposes, such as the visit of a distinguished guest (two rings), or for the annual Remembrance Day service and anniversaries of major world events (one ring). The Lloyd's building was recently used in the beginning of the film Mamma Mia! to represent a New York office building from where Pierce Brosnan's character left for the Greek island. Lloyd's was named Business Insurance Readers Choice winner 2007 for Best Reinsurance Company. Lloyd's is also the main plotline in English author Penny Vincenzi's novel An Absolute Scandal (2007), which centres around the scandals during the 1980s and 1990s told via a large ensemble cast.
'Ave a Butchers at this me ole China
Made by dahil ŧ
This was taken in Leadenhall Market in London, UK. Once a thriving market, it has been extensively restored and now houses several fine shops, restaurants and pubs as well as providing a location for several films including Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone. It is also very close to Bow Bells, the bells of St Mary-Le-Bow church in Cheapside. Traditionally, anyone born within the sound of Bow Bells is known as a Cockney. These days, with traffic noise, that limits Cockneys to a very small area but, years ago, they would have been heard over much of East London. In the 1500’s, Cockneys invented a language based on rhyming slang. It was used by costermongers or street traders when they were engaged on things slightly less than legal and they didn’t want the punters (customers) or peelers (police) to know what they were up to. It has been evolving ever since. The title of this shot is in rhyming slang. Translated it means “Please have a look at this, my friend” Hang on, I hear you say. What’s rhyming about that? Well …………………. Butchers is short for butcher’s hook which means look. China is short for china plate which means mate. Easy innit! Now you can rabbit to the Cockneys in their own language!
Lloyd's Building HDR
Made by Neil_Henderson
The Lloyd's building is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London, and is located at One Lime Street, in the City of London, England. It was designed by architect Richard Rogers and built between 1978 and 1986. Bovis were the management contractor for the scheme.[1] Like the Pompidou Centre (designed by Renzo Piano and Rogers), the building was innovative in having its services such as staircases, lifts, electrical power conduits and water pipes on the outside, leaving an uncluttered space inside. The twelve glass lifts were the first of their kind in the UK. The building consists of three main towers and three service towers around a central, rectangular space. Its focal point is the large Underwriting Room on the ground floor, which houses the famous Lutine Bell. The Underwriting Room (often simply known as 'the Room') is overlooked by galleries, forming a 60 metres (197 ft) high atrium lit naturally through a huge barrel-vaulted glass roof. The first four galleries open onto the atrium space, and are connected by escalators through the middle of the structure. The higher floors are glassed-in, and can only be reached via the outside lifts.
london
Made by Paolo Margari
London, UK HDR, 2009 Il 30 St Mary Axe è un edificio di Londra, situato nella City. Informalmente è conosciuto come The Gherkin (il cetriolo) oppure, facendo riferimento al proprietario (il gruppo assicurativo Swiss Re) come The Swiss Re Tower, Swiss Re Building o Swiss Re Centre. Alto 180 m, è famoso per la sua audace architettura, opera di Norman Foster e del suo ex socio, Ken Shuttleworth. 30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin and the Swiss Re Building, is a skyscraper in London's main financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened on 28 April 2004. It is 180 metres (591 ft) tall, with 40 floors. Its erection symbolised the start of a new high-rise construction boom in London. The building was designed by Lord Foster, his then business partner Ken Shuttleworth[1] and Arup engineers, and was erected by Skanska in 2001–2004. (source: Wikipedia)
Essex Strobist Meetup
Made by emilanos
Lighting info: SB800 1/16 in a softbox right the model gelled 3/4 CT0 SB800 1/32 bare bouncing off a white wall left the model to fill up shadows gelled 3/4CTO SB800 1/4 Snooted behind and left the model Photography: www.emilanos.co.uk Model: Victoria Assistants: Gavin Chapman & Karen make up artist: TBC Location: DTZ london I spotted this angle and really like that greenish feeling so i thought it could match perfectly the model outfit and red chair. I set the WB in 4050K I haven't corrected WB so skin tones might be a bit off but I like it anyway. I might play with WB later. Many thanks to the model who was very patient during the setup of lights and to Gavin & Karen who assisted me during the day *** I have cropped it a bit to make Simon happy
UK - London - Willis shadows sq mono
Made by Darrell Godliman
The curving Norman Foster designed Willis Building, adjacent to Lloyd's of London, creates some wonderful shadows when the sun is in the right spot. From Wikipedia : The Willis Building at 51 Lime Street, is a large office tower in London's main financial district, the City of London. Designed by architect Sir Norman Foster and developed by British Land, it stands opposite the Lloyd's building and is 125 metres (410 ft) tall, with 26 storeys. The building features a stepped design, which was intended to resemble the shell of a crustacean, with setbacks rising at 97 m (318 ft) and 68 m (223 ft) respectively. In total, there are 475,000 square feet (44,128.9 m2) of office floorspace, most of which was pre-let to the Willis Group, a risk management company and insurance intermediary.
UK - London - One New Change 01
Made by Darrell Godliman
Apologies to a couple of my London Flickr Contacts who I never quite manage to meet up with despite several trips to London. This shot of the astonishing One New Change building by Jean Novel was taken recently but I was visiting with my wife for our tenth anniversary so photography wasn't the primary aim of the trip. With regards the building, 'astonishing' is probably the best word to describe it as whilst I don't think it's particularly beautiful is is a very bold addition to the city particularly given it's right next to St Pauls Cathedral. It's worth a visit for this framed shot of this Cathedral and also for the wonderful roof terrace that's open to the public (thanks must go to David Bank for alerting me to it)
5/365 - Shallow stairs
Made by armiller007
Today I went into the London office again, and anytime I do this I take the Waterloo and City line from Waterloo to Bank. This line is kinda unique, because it just goes between two stations with no other stops. And it's a good thing, because that train is PACKED in the morning when everyone comes into the city. I took this in the early afternoon, I needed to take my last calls of the day from my home office so it wasn't crowded. I think you'll be seeing a lot of photos of my daily commutes - consider yourselves warned! The last few days I've got a lot of ideas for some photos on that line, hopefully I'll stay motivated and get some of them to turn out.
Nearest places of interest:
| NatWest Bank City of London Magistrates Court Bank underground (tube) station Capital House | Bank of England St Margaret Lothbury Amphitheatre of Roman Londinium The Guildhall |
