Too Many Ideas - Posts Tagged ‘Architecture’

A Place to Call Home
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012I didn’t make it to see A Place to Call Home: Where We Live and Why when it was in London so I was pleased to discover that it had transferred to Liverpool. Even better within walking distance of the city centre at the Mann Island Exhibition space and taking about 30 minutes to go […]

My Third Annual Design Awards Blog Post
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012I managed to make it to the design awards show at the Design Museum in London for 3rd year in a row. Really was a just in time visit as tomorrow is the last day. Sadly this year’s post won’t be illustrated as no photography was permitted at least according to one of the staff. […]

Hardwick Hall Colonnade
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011The Colonnade (or Loggia) at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire.

Hardwick Hall
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Dark Reflections
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011I think this is the first time DarkDwarf and I have independantly taken photographs of the same thing for our blogs. Here is a shot of the Port of Liverpool Building reflected in Mann Island Development I took a couple of weeks ago but fell through the cracks of being busy doing other things. Scarily […]

Hardwick Old Hall Photograph
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011The ruins of Hardwick Old Hall, Derbyshire, photographed from below through the hedge beside The Hardwick Inn.

North John Street Ventilation Station Horse Head
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011On the opposite side of North John Street from the Royal Insurance Building is one of the ventilation shafts for the Mersey Road Tunnel. It’s not as grand an affair as the Georges Dock Ventilation Tower and Central Station with its statues and other decoration but it does merit Grade II listing. It’s quite a […]

CityEngine Vue Review
Sunday, February 20th, 2011I reviewed CityEngine Indie last week, here is my review of CityEngine Vue. If you read last weeks review I’ll not apologise for lifting large parts of it with only minor changes as there are only minor differences between the two products. CityEngine Vue is exactly the same underlying software as all the other versions […]

British Museum Great Court Roof
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010On my visit to London on the way to Dragonmeet I went into the British Museum to have a look at the Great Court Roof. The roof was designed by Foster and Partners its an iconic piece of recent architecture. This picture is of part of it around an hour before sunset catching the low, […]