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Heating and ventilating
Glenkerry House, Burcham Street, Poplar, London: the service tower topped by a boiler room seen behind the block
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NOTES: Glenkerry House is part of the Brownfield Estate as is its neighbour, Balfron Tower.
Vents, Paternoster Square, City of London: detail of the two helical towers providing a cool air inlet and warm air outlet
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NOTES: Thomas Heatherwick Studio were responsible for the design of these sculptural vents that extend from a London Electricity substation and provide cooling for four subterranean electricty transformers.
Vents, Paternoster Square, City of London: detail of one of the two helical towers providing a cool air inlet and warm air outlet
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NOTES: Thomas Heatherwick Studio were responsible for the design of these sculptural vents that extend from a London Electricity substation and provide cooling for four subterranean electricty transformers.
Brunswick Centre, Bloomsbury, London: close-up of the ventilation outlets for the subterranean car park cut into the base of the tiered block
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NOTES: This complex was restored in 2003-2006 by Levitt Bernstein Associates in association with the original architect Patrick Hodgkinson.
Hoare's Bank, 37 Fleet Street, City of London: the cashier's hall ('the Shop') with original fittings
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NOTES: The cast-iron stove in the centre is the original means of heating.
Trinity Square shopping centre, Town Centre, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear: the roof deck of the multi-storey car park with servicing to the shops
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NOTES: This car park featured in the 1971 film 'Get Carter' and is informally referred to as the Get Carter Car Park. The car park, together with the rest of the complex, was demolished in 2008 to make way for a new shopping development.