Carreras cigarette factory

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Carreras Cigarette Factory (now Greater London House), Mornington Crescent, London -M.E and O.H Collins with A.G Porri – 1926-8 Back “on message”, this classic Deco factory is especially for those of you who were disgusted by my last Brutalist concrete entry! On Hampstead Road, NW1, this was apparently the first factory in Britain to make […]

Battersea Power Station

Pickles at Battersea power station

Battersea Power Station – Sir Giles Gilbert Scott – 1933 (completed 1957) (not a very good photo I’m afraid – I was very distracted by the bit of sausage I found just here – but the turbine hall is so special I thought it worthy of inclusion anyway)

Bankside Power Station (Tate Modern)

Pickles at Tate Modern

Bankside – 1947 – Sir Giles Gilbert Scott This is our first post, but do expect all sorts of delicious doggified twentieth century acrchitectural treats to come! This photo is of me in 2006 on my first industrial landmark spotting trip to London.