Architecture And Art Collection (page 18)

Fireworks
1st October 1976: Fireworks over the National Theatre and the Thames, London. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Tube Station
24th November 1974: A bleak concrete tunnel leading to Tottenham Court Road Underground Station. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Council Slum
circa 1977: Graffiti painted onto a wall in front of a council housing block. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Public Urinal
6th April 1971: A pissoir on the banks of the river Liffey in Dublin. (Photo by H. J. Allen/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Futuro Holiday Home Designed By Finnish Architect Matti Suuronen
FINLAND - JULY 1968: A futuristic designed holiday home shaped like a flying saucer, the Futuro designed by architect Finnish Matti Suuronen, was intended to be easy to build

Battersea Landmark
The Gothic-style towers of Battersea Power Station, on the bank of the River Thames, London, designed by architect Giles Scott. (Photo by Allen/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Capitol By Night
circa 1928: A night view of the Capitol of the United States of America in Washington, DC. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Question Mark
September 1975: An upright piece of scrap metal and concrete forms a monumental question mark overlooking Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Channel Tunnel
1980: The entrance to the Channel Tunnel at Aycliff near Dover while under construction. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Hackney High Rise
14th February 1977: Tower block housing in Hackney. (Photo by Colin Davey/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Southwark Housing
31st October 1969: The Queens Buildings housing estate in Southwark, London. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Bank of England
1970: The magnificent facade of the Bank of England. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Battersea Landmark
30th August 1978: The gothic-style towers of Battersea Power Station, designed by leading architect Giles Scott, on the bank of the river Thames. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Terraced Housing
19th May 1971: A row of terraced houses between East Croydon and Streatham with the gardens facing the railway track. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Sports Car
24th August 1931: An Invicta sports car of the latest model parked in a London street. It is currently on show at Connaught Motors of Berkeley St. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Family Home
12th September 1932: The family home of Harold Boulton at Haslemere in Surrey. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Country Cottage
1933: An archetypal English country cottage, with thatched roof and rose garden. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Mountbattens Flat
24th April 1928: The stairway to Lady Louis Mountbattens London flat. Edwina Cynthia Annette, Countess of Mountbatten, nee Edwina, Countess of Ashley

Olympic Temple
The remains of the Heraion, oldest temple in Olympia, Greece, circa 1900. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bradford On Avon
3rd August 1946: The ancient bridge of Bradford-on-Avon in the south west of England. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4151- A Walk In The Heart Of England - pub

House For Sale
October 1955: A For Sale sign outside a row of houses in Bow, east London. Original Publication: Picture Post- 8061 - Bow Bells - unpub. (Photo by Alex Dellow/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Chimney Pots
25th June 1955: A view of chimney pots on the roof tops of houses in Dundee. Dundee, situated on the banks of the dSilvery Tayf, is linked to Fife and the south of Scotland by a road bridge

Derelict Cottage
28th May 1955: A derelict cottage in a rural village. Traditional homes have been replaced by modern cottages with more facilities and the old buildings are now used for storage or farm animals

Doomed Street
9th March 1946: A solitary figure walks down a deserted street in Londons East End, which London County Council plans to redevelop as part of its post-war rebuilding programme

Hollywood Homes
1st May 1951: Houses for ordinary families in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5298 - We Go To Hollywood - pub

Hanging Gardens
24th June 1950: The ruined substructure of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5071 - War In The Desert - pub

Wall Carvings
24th June 1950: Wall carvings in the ruins of Babylon. Original Publication: The Ishtar Gate and hanging towers of Babylon

Warners Cinema
1951: The exterior of Warners Cinema with its steel tower and neon signs in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5298 - We Go To Hollywood - pub

Western Film Set
1951: A screen set with a town water pump and horse watering trough built for a western film at Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Parliament Fog
21st January 1939: The Houses of Parliament, London, engulfed in fog. Original Publication: Picture Post - 68 - Foggy Morning - pub. 1939 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Glasgow University
17th October 1953: Glasgow Univerity on Gilmorehill above the River Kelvin. The university, founded in 1451, is the second oldest in Scotland and the fourth oldest in Britain

Winter Graveyard
12th March 1955: A snow-covered graveyard in Edinburgh; away to the right of the church in this photograph Edinburgh Castle dominates the landscape

Lighthouse
30th April 1955: A lighthouse in Aberdeen. The harbour in Aberdeen was developed in the late eighteenth century and the city prospered as a fishing port from that time

Back Alley
5th October 1955: Back to back slums in Birmingham. (Photo by Raymond Kleboe/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Greek Vase
Olympic runners depicted on an ancient Greek vase given as a prize in the Panathenaea, circa 525 BC. Original Publication : Picture Post - 5953 - Where the Olympic Games Started - pub

L Ambigu Comique
The Theatre de l Ambigu Comique in Paris associated with composers Mehul, Auber, Donizetti, Berlioz, Adam and Ambroise Thomas. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Theatre Of The New
The Theatre des Nouveautes in Paris. Composer and critic Adolphe Adam who wrote over 70 comic operas has associations with this theatre. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Parisian Nightlife
The Cirque de L Imperatrice on the Champs Elysees in Paris. Original Artwork: Lithograph by Benoist (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Saint Sulpice
circa 1800: The Church of Saint Sulpice, Paris. Original Artwork: Lithograph after Arnout. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Paris
10th June 1871: Paris before the Commune with the Palace of the Tuileries in the foreground attached to the Louvre with Notre Dame in the centre background and Sacre Coeur to the right

Place De La Concorde
circa 1860: Traffic crossing the River Seine in Paris, in front of the Place and Hotel de la Concorde, formerly Place Louis XV, with the newly erected Obelisk from luxor as the centerpiece

Classical Church
circa 1820: Exterior of the Church of La Madeleine in Paris, Greco-Roman in style. Composers Gabriel Faure and Camille Saint-Saens were organists here. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Notre Dame
1822: The cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Original Artwork: Engraved by Duran (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Antwerp Cathedral
circa 1800: The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Antwerp. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

St Roche
1829: The vaulted roof of the Church of St Roche in Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Paris Opera
circa 1870: The Royal Academy of Music in Paris, later the Paris Opera. Original Artwork: Engraving by Hildibrand. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

St Eustache s
circa 1840: The Church of St Eustache in Paris. Original Artwork: Engraving by B Winkles after T T Bury. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Palais D Orleans
circa 1800: Palais du Duc D Orleans, Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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