Architecture in London – Research into Topic

Architecture is itself an art form, and documenting architecture needs special care. Like other photographers, architecture photographers are familiar with the values of photography, including subjects such as light levels, focus, texture, and various printing techniques which can be used to produce different looks and feels. They must also think about issues like how to frame their images, and the moods they hope to suggest with an image. Architectural photographer may be hired to take images for the purpose of documenting an architectural project.

London has not been considered by any particular architectural style, having accrued its buildings over a long period of time. Few structures pre-exist the Great Fire of 1666, for example the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Banqueting House and several scattered Tudor survivors in the City of London. London's generally low-rise nature makes these skyscrapers and others such as One Canada Square and its neighbours at Canary Wharf and the BT Tower in Fitzrovia very visible from a distance. High-rise development is restricted at certain sites if it would obstruct protected views of St. Paul's Cathedral. However, there are plans for more skyscrapers in central London the "Shard of Glass", which is the 72-storey what is now completed and is currently the tallest building in the European Union.

Other famous modern buildings include City Hall in Southward with its characteristic ovular shape, the British Library in Somers Town, the Great Court of the British Museum, and the striking Millennium Dome which is now known as the o2 arena, next to the Thames east of Canary Wharf.

 Banqueting House, Whitehall, London, is the grandest and best-known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting house, and the only remaining component of the Palace of Whitehall. The building is important in the history of English architecture as the first building to be completed in the style that was to transform English architecture.

Previous to the structure of this building, f had no permanent banqueting house; Henry VIII preferred to banquet in a temporary structure built in the gardens. The building was used for far more than just banqueting; the King also held receptions, ceremonies, and a variety of entertainments in this huge space

The structure was the beginning of a bit of a revolution in British architecture. Indigo Jones had traveled in Italy and brought his ideas of traditional Roman balance and perfection to his design for this royal palace.

Roger Fenton Architectural Photography

Roger Fenton was one of the eldest architectural photographers. Roger was born 28^th of March 1819 and died on the 8^th of august 1869. In the picture shown on the right is a photo Roger Fenton took in 1857 of Buckingham Palace as part of a series of photographs of public buildings in London, this photograph was made available for sale to the public. The palace originally known as Buckingham house was built in 1703 for the duke of Buckingham.

This photograph captures the Architecture of the building even though he has taken this photograph from a far you can see the detailing of the bricks and all the single windows on every side of the building. The style of the photograph has a filter of “sepia” which shows this photograph is old and has been taken many years ago and would also be printed on a gone off white paper. The technique used to take the photo the photographer has used the reflection as you can see there is a line landscape in-between the floor and the building.

Aidan Monaghan Architectural Photography

This is one of the most recent photos I have taken an interest in of the Lloyds building in London by a photographer called Aidan Monaghan. I can see this is a more modern photograph taken for example the sharpness of the building with the contract between black and white on the building.