The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. Moxon Architect’s Greenwich Reach Swing Bridge completes the riverside Thames Path, crossing the mouth of Deptford Creek in South East London. Planned as part of the Greenwich Reach development, the structure provides a crucial piece of public infrastructure within a sensitive part of Central London. The scheme […]
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The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. London-based Softroom were asked by Benugo restaurant group to redevelop the space beneath the glazed roof installed by Norman Foster over the Great Court of the British Museum renovated by Foster in 2000 and make better use of its location on a terrace overlooking the public plaza. According […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. The redesign of Rosemary Works School in Dalston involved a unique collaboration with the school directors, teachers, parents and pupils to develop a contemporary interior that borrows features from the building’s Edwardian heritage, which are appropriate for the school’s present unique needs, wants and resources. The ten-month […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. Embassy Gardens Marketing Suite by Arup Associates is the first phase of redevelopment for an area near Nine Elms, London. The Ambassador Building, by Feilden Clegg Bradley is currently on site with the Capital Building by Arup Associates and AHMM is in design development. The design developed […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. MJP Architects and Sheppard Robson Architects created a range of new public spaces at the heart of Broadcasting House, which open up the building around the new public space behind All Souls church, and visually terminate Nash’s Regent Street. This public space between Broadcasting House and the […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. Last year I was commissioned by the BBC to create an Architectural photography time-lapse of the new Broadcasting House building at Portland Place, W1A. I am delighted that the BBC have used a lot of this footage in their excellent new comedy series, W1A. The […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. Architectural photography in the Tate Modern Tanks, of Ruairi Glynn’s Fearful Symmetry interactive installation. From Ruairi’s website: “What part of us, willingly projects life into things that in all common sense are not alive? In objects of all shapes and sizes, even the faintest expressions […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. London architectural photography by Simon Kennedy of Tower Bridge House by Rogers Stirk Harbour Architects, an energy-efficient speculative office building. The design of the building is intended to provide a visual link between the historic Docklands and the City of London, and the modern glass […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. The creation of Architecture time-lapses (timelapses) combines two passions – architectural photography and video editing and production. An architectural photographers knowledge of light and composition can be combined with a video producers sense of rhythm and editing. Like most things video-related, time-lapses are enormously time-consuming to create. Like […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. One of my favourite pieces of architecture in London, a place undeniably rich in fantastic architecture. There is just something about the Barbican… I enjoyed it as an architect, over the years I have photographed its architecture many times, made short films about it, animated […]