Architectural things

Forgive the briefness, but I promise you, these links are good ones. I have a cold. Enough said.

The Stockholm subway really does give the impression of being hewn out of solid rock — because it is. Zaha Hadid — remember the name. The Glasgow Museum of Transport’s conceptual rendering looks like a line of gabled industrial workshops has been slightly melted like butter, and swirled.

I’ve touched on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater house before, but this post on MetaFilter presents a rendered movie of the place which is just amazingly good.

Ignore those on the thread who tell you that he built the house on top of the commissioning family’s favourite picnic rock — he built it around the rock so that it formed part of the hearth in the livingroom. Also, ignore 2blowhards on the subject of Wright’s houses. Their criticisms are like saying of the Pantheon, “But it’s got a hole in the roof. Stupid primitive Romans.”

Seeing Wireframe London opens up a small universe of play inside my head. Not sure why yet. The river is the only thing that’s solid. Which chimes perfectly with a book I have recently devoured.

HMS Belfast - HDR

HMS Belfast - HDR
Originally uploaded by nick.garrod

Clink Prison HDR

Clink Prison HDR
Originally uploaded by Aragão

Ingredients

Ingredients
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

...for pancakes, courtesy of a South African genius, my last morning in Greenwich. Well, not ever. Just this summer.

Jonathan's kitchen

Jonathan's kitchen
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

I spy potato salad in the making. Barbecue night, Greenwich, London, 2007.

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 7

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 7
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

Yes, those have been a lot of flame photos. You have to wait for it to burn down to embers before cooking anything.

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 6

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 6
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 5

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 5
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 4

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 4
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 3

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 3
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 2

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 2
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 1

First warm night, barbecue - flame effects 1
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

First warm night, barbecue

First warm night, barbecue
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

It was also my last night in Greenwich, so we decided to stay home and do something special.

Another shot of the pavilion

Another shot of the pavilion
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

Kensington Gardens, London.

Twisty turny Pavilion, Kensington Gardens, 2007

Twisty turny Pavilion, Kensington Gardens, 2007
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

...with a disappointed Jonathan in the foreground. They actually close the pavilion at 6pm daily and we got there at 6.

BFI Dinnertime III

BFI Dinnertime III
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

With Gormley figure. South Bank, London.

BFI Dinnertime II

BFI Dinnertime II
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

With Gormley figure. South Bank, London.

BFI Dinnertime

BFI Dinnertime
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

With Gormley figure. South Bank, London.

Cat in motion

Cat in motion
Originally uploaded by peripathetic

New toys! Greenwich, 2007.

Turbine Hall

Turbine Hall
Originally uploaded by peripathetic