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Riverside buildings
Vickers House, Millbank, London: the tower seen between the podium and the Y-block
RIBA2579-11
NOTES: Commissioned by Vickers Ltd and financed by Legal & General Assurance Society, this redevelopment consists of three main sections: the 34-storey tower and 8-storey Y-shaped block, and an 11-storey residential block.
Skylon and the Dome of Discovery at night, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London
RIBA2633-14
NOTES: Powell & Moya designed Skylon and Ralph Tubbs the Dome of Discovery.
Housing, Queen Elizabeth Square, Hutchesontown C, Gorbals, Glasgow
RIBA2664-15
NOTES: Hutchesontown C was the name given to a so-called Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) of an area of the city of Glasgow, designed by Basil Spence in 1960-1965. The design of the central 20-storey block was inspired by Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation, Marseille. It was demolished in 1993.
Reconstruction of the Houses of Parliament, Palace of Westminster, London, following war damage
RIBA2720-18
NOTES: The House of Commons chamber was destroyed by bombing on 10 May 1941. The chamber was rebuilt by Giles Gilbert Scott and was completed in 1950.
Ponte Vecchio over the River Arno, Florence
RIBA2747-19
NOTES: This is a closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge.
One Canada Square and 20 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf with, in front, Heron Quays, London
RIBA2781-21
NOTES: Pelli's tower, One Canada Square, is the centrepiece of the Canary Wharf development. The architects of the curved 20 Cabot Square were Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. Heron Quays, in the foreground and not part of Canary Wharf, was by Nicholas Lacey Jobst & Partners.