London, Including Some Of Its Galleries.

There is some great picturesque architecture in London, old, new, and in-between.

Here are some pictures that I've taken whilst wandering around.

First, a couple of the London Eye, a huge observation wheel which was installed next to the River Thames for the year 2000.

Several years ago, I did a photography course (some of the pictures that I took for it can be seen if you scroll down on this blog). One of the pictures that the tutor showed to our class was of the London Eye. Viewing the photo, I couldn't work out which angle it had been taken from. I decided that I'd, someday, like to take a similar picture. Here it is.

Here's another of the London Eye, looking at it edge-on.

This is the Palace Of Westminster (taken on the same overcast day as the two above photos of the London Eye), home to the House Of Lords and the House Of Commons. On the right hand side is Elizabeth Tower (renamed from Clock Tower to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in 2012). In front, spanning the River Thames, is Westminster Bridge.

This is a picture of the front of the national gallery, taken from Trafalgar Square. On the right of the image, you can see the columns and spire of St. Martin-In-The-Fields Church.

Here is a picture of The Shard, at the time of writing this, Britain's tallest building.

Here's another of The Shard, taken on the same day as the one above, a little later in the evening, as the sun was beginning to go down. I took this from one of the platforms at London bridge Station.

A picture looking up from near an entrance to Battersea Power Station. Once burning coal to provide electricity to a growing London, it is now a shopping, dining, and entertainment venue.

Below is a picture, looking up, from the main entrance of the Tate Modern gallery. This building was also once a power station, burning both coal and oil. The Bankside Power Station as it was then known, after being decommissioned and redeveloped, opened as the Tate Modern in the year 2000.

Here's another picture of The Shard. In the foreground can be seen decrepit-looking brickwork, juxtaposed by The Shard with its ultra-modern appearance.

I don't know what this building, near the Tate Modern, is, or is going to be, called. It just looked like a good thing to photograph!

Taken at a similar angle to some of the other pictures in this collection, this shows an entrance to the Tate Britain.

This was taken looking up from on the spiral staircase in the Tate Britain's rotunda.

I took this on my way back from the Tate Britain. It's from the north end of Vauxhall Bridge.

The last picture that I took on my way back from the Tate Britain was this one. Looking across the road from Victoria Station, it's of  Nova Victoria. It was awarded the 2017 Carbuncle Cup by Building Design Magazine, due to it's appearance as Britain's supposedly ugliest new building. It doesn't look too bad from this angle, striking, definitely, out of place, maybe. From other angles though, it is pretty unsightly.