Category Archives: architecture

Basilica di Sant Eustachio, Pontone.

Norwich: SS1 & SS2 at sunset

Norwich Union’s twin buildings in the centre of the city, probably seen at their best in this late evening light, though there’s no escaping those brutal lines and bland glazed finish. click here for an alternative view.

Norwich: Architectural detail

This is a detail of a section of the roof of the Forum, Norwich’s millennium project building. It houses the library, the local BBC offfices, tourist information and cafés.

Italy – Ravello from the sea

A recent image taken on holiday in Amalfi. This is Ravello viewed from the sea, with Gore Vidal’s former home ‘La Rondinaia’ prominent to the right and just above the centre of the photograph. To the left of this you can make out the row of busts that line the belvedere of the Villa Cimbrone. The [...]

Norwich City Hall Guardian

A stylised photograph of one on the stylised bronze lions that stand guard at the entrance to the City Hall of Norwich, a highly regarded example of 1930’s civic architecture. It houses the office of the city council, where the Labour Party currently holds the balance of power. The city council has the largest number [...]

Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich – UEA Campus

The crescent extension to Norman Foster’s classic gallery at the University of East Anglia on the edge of the city of Norwich.

Norwich Castle Mall entrance and Castle

Nch_CastleMall_07Mar07.jpg, originally uploaded by 185Queens.

I was a lovely evening as I walked home so I stopped and took this …
…nowhere near as pleasant looking by day, I have to say.

TheForum, Norwich, UK. 03Mar07

Nch_Forum_03Mar07.jpg, originally uploaded by 185Queens.

This is The Forum (Norwich Millennium Project), the building houses the main library for the city and the county of Norfolk, careers advice centre, tourist information, the local BBC TV and radio studios, indoor and outdoor exhibition/activity areas as well as a pizza restaurant and a café.