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Whitehall Court - originally built as a luxury apartment block - is now the Royal Horseguards Hotel.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly Victoria Terminus, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and historic railway station which serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways in Mumbai, India.
Designed by Frederick William Stevens with influences from Victorian Italianate Gothic Revival architecture and traditional Mughal buildings, the station was built in 1887 in the Bori Bunder area of Bombay to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The new railway station was built on the location of the Bori Bunder Station and is the busiest railway station in India, serving as both a terminal for long distance trains and commuter trains of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. The station's name was changed to its present one in March 1996 and is simply known as VT (or CST/CSTM).
old village - east kilbride - view to balcony -
progress photo taken in summer 2009
more information at
The Gateway of India is a monument built during the British Raj in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. Located on the waterfront in the Apollo Bunder area in South Mumbai, the monument overlooks the Arabian Sea. The last British troops to leave India following India's independence, the first Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, passed through the gateway on their way out in a ceremony on 28 February 1948, signalling the end of its rule.
beams colum & shadow gaps
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north aspect - west nile street, glasgow city centre
night photos of glasgow
Golra Sharif Railway Museum, also known as Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum, is a railway museum located near the Sector E-11 of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is a junction station in Rawalpindi Division of the Pakistan Railways, located at 1,994 feet above sea level, in the southeast of the Margalla Hills and east of the cradle of Gandhara civilization, the ancient city of Taxila. This railway station is the site of a venerated railway museum housing the relics and memorabilia associated with railways dating back to the days of the British Raj. The railway station with its museum is a major attraction for tourists and locals alike and is becoming a major attraction for railway enthusiasts.
(by wiki)
under construction
glasgow transport museum
design by zaha hadid
envelope - v.curious
internal - hopefully epic?
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Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, Lancashire. Making use of the vast height created by all these layers and storeys is a Foucault's Pendulum - but otherwise it's a pretty dispiriting building.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly Victoria Terminus, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and historic railway station which serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways in Mumbai, India.
Designed by Frederick William Stevens with influences from Victorian Italianate Gothic Revival architecture and traditional Mughal buildings, the station was built in 1887 in the Bori Bunder area of Bombay to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The new railway station was built on the location of the Bori Bunder Station and is the busiest railway station in India, serving as both a terminal for long distance trains and commuter trains of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. The station's name was changed to its present one in March 1996 and is simply known as VT (or CST/CSTM).