High-end living

London bristles with cranes. There is development everywhere. Quite often you find it’s for luxury residential developments, full of sharp angles, contemporary materials that ascend several floors. This clutch of new buildings are around the Thames, from the base of The Monument and across the river on the South Bank, in the shadow of The Shard along to Tate Modern, which is also currently being extended.

Throw in a lightly clouded blue sky and the odd passing helicopter, these can be very striking captures. And there are certainly a lot to choose from in this ever-growing town…

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A little closer to the ground I found this stylish, feline-like cover on some doors to one of the South Bank’s luxury apartment blocks.

Tags: angles, architecture, high rises, London, new builds, photography, skyscapes, South Bank, Tate Modern, The Shard

18 thoughts on “High-end living”

Jane Lurie on April 10, 2016 at 21:42 said:

Spectacular set, Mike. Love the sky high perspective. Your description of the door cover as “feline” is spot-on. Amazing the transformation of big cities these days.

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- mikeosbornphoto on April 10, 2016 at 22:02 said:
  
  Many thanks indeed, Jane. Ah yes, the feline door covers. A friend noticed this and certainly had a point! So many corners of London are being redeveloped now, but it’s so rarely for the good of all.
  
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ckponderings on April 10, 2016 at 11:43 said:

It’s always good to look up! Nice shots and the bright colours definitely do them justice, Mike! :)

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- mikeosbornphoto on April 10, 2016 at 11:45 said:
  
  Thanks Richard! Plenty of them to be had, they’ve suddenly sprung out of nowhere, it would seem…
  
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  - ckponderings on April 10, 2016 at 11:46 said:
    
    Very true, on a Monument-al scale as well… ;)
    
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    - mikeosbornphoto on April 10, 2016 at 11:48 said:
      
      Stretches of the South Bank are filling up with this entirely affordable housing stock and business premises…
      
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      - ckponderings on April 10, 2016 at 11:55 said:
        
        I want to get out and head east from Tower Bridge at some point…
        
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        mikeosbornphoto on April 10, 2016 at 12:06 said:
        
        How far east?
        
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        ckponderings on April 10, 2016 at 12:14 said:
        
        Bermondsey / Rotherhithe.
        
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        mikeosbornphoto on April 10, 2016 at 12:22 said:
        
        Oh yes. I can’t say I’ve explored that stretch.
        
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        ckponderings on April 10, 2016 at 12:23 said:
        
        Just wanna try somewhere new a go, really.
        
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        mikeosbornphoto on April 10, 2016 at 13:17 said:
        
        It’s often the best way to find inspiration.
        
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        ckponderings on April 10, 2016 at 13:21 said:
        
        Just randomly wander the streets and see what I can see.
        
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Cos on April 10, 2016 at 10:06 said:

I love the ‘9 + 2’ photo! Sharp as a knife in a blue sky. I’m wondering where the sky is in ‘Boxed blue’…

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- mikeosbornphoto on April 10, 2016 at 10:10 said:
  
  Good spot. I was shooting into quite low light and upped the exposure so any sky gets washed out :)
  
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  - Cos on April 10, 2016 at 10:13 said:
    
    The sky is seen in the reflection of the windows. It gives a strange feel to the photo.
    
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    - mikeosbornphoto on April 10, 2016 at 10:15 said:
      
      Yes it is. Sometimes these high buildings do strange things to the light, even on such a crisp day.
      
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      - Cos on April 10, 2016 at 10:29 said:
        
        That’s why photographing architecture so great to do!
        
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