Impressions of Serpentine Pavilion 2013 Press Day

Summer has finally arrived which means the opening of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. This year it is designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and I had the pleasure of photographing it today. It was my first time of going to the press day so wasn't sure of what to expect, I certainly didn't expect the scrum of photographers all trying to get "the shot" of Sou Fujimoto.

The pavilion itself is amazing and it was fantastic to photograph, below are a few images from the shoot and I will be uploading more to my website -

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Brutalism in Photos Feature

Oracle Time Magazine featured a lovely positive article about brutalist architecture in London in their June issue of the magazine and online. Along with photographs from my ongoing personal project Beautiful Brutalism they also featured the work of photographers Simon Phipps and Hayley Goodwin. The online article can be read here .

New Work - Brutalist Playgounds

I have wanted to visit and add some brutalist playgrounds to my Beautiful Brutalism project for a long time. I remember playing on a concrete tube we called 'the saddle' at my old primary school and loved it. So have fond memories of these concrete playgrounds. Unfortunately not many have survived but last November I researched and visited a playground that was still standing down in South Clapham beneath Belgravia House tower block. This was a fantastic playground with a spiral slide and tunnels to run through the hill that housed the slide. It was great to see the playground was well maintained and looked like it was still used. I couldn't resist and have to say the slide was fantastic! The whole project can be seen here. Then earlier this year I visited the Aintree Estate playground in Fulham. The two tower blocks, Hartopp Point and Lannoy Point are due to be demolished this year so wanted to visit before access was difficult and the area the playground is sit

Interview with MPB

At the end of last year I was interviewed by MPB for their blog. I spoke to them about my architectural photography and the process of self publishing my book - Ode to Welbeck . It was lovely to talk to them regarding the kit I use and any tips as well as my journey of self publishing a photo book. The full interview is available to read here .

JO UNDERHILL / STRUCTURALEYE

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