Photo: late one evening outside the Randwick Literary Institute

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 18 February, 2010 to the snap shots subset

The Randwick Literary Institute by night.

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Learning to climb staircases, a step by step guide

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 23 November, 2009 to the comment subset

There are right ways and wrong ways of going about this…
No one will have failed to observe that frequently the floor bends in such a way that one part rises at a right angle to the plane formed by the floor and then the following section arranges itself parallel to the flatness, so as [...]

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When it comes to buildings how exactly do you define ugly?

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 15 October, 2009 to the photography subset

15 of the ugliest buildings in the world, though some rate more as quirky or weird rather than ugly if you ask me.

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The rise and rise of high rise buildings in Hong Kong

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 2 September, 2009 to the photography subset

A before and after photo series showing the transformation of Hong Kong Island… from having many high rise buildings, to having even more high rise buildings.

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Photo: my corner (room) of Cambridge

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 29 July, 2009 to the snap shots subset

As cousin Jasper (Brideshead Revisited) says, having a room on the ground floor is asking for trouble, so I moved upstairs.

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I’ve been urban exploring and have the photos to prove it

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 11 June, 2009 to the photography subset

From the Flickr Blog: the exploits of urban explorers, people who visit abandoned buildings, disused rail tunnels, and the like.
More photos in the Flickr urban explorers pool.

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Steven Holl and the art of an architect

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 28 November, 2008 to the design and art subset

New York based architect Steven Holl has used a watercolour kit as a building design aid for 30 years, and has built up an impressive portfolio of work… to say nothing of the buildings he also designs.
Among architecture aficionados, Holl’s wat­ercolors are a cult phenomenon. In an age when buildings often appear designed for photographs, [...]

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Buildings remixed by Filip Dujardin

Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 14 November, 2008 to the photography subset

The work of Belgian photographer Filip Dujardin, who creates unique and bizarre building “montages” from photographs of different buildings.
Just imagine living or working in some of them…

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