I’ve written before about how aerial photography can show things from the air that cannot be seen from the ground. On a shoot over County Durham recently, I was reminded again how the ebb and flow of architectural style through the years can sometimes leave some significant marks behind. Bishop Auckland is a fairly small [...]
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Old Houses – Worth More Dead Than Alive?
A strange thing happened around a month ago close to where I live. An old property, buried deep in overgrown bushes, dilapidated fencing and huge trees, began to emerge. This particular property has been out of sight to passers by for as long as I can remember and though it was obvious someone lived there, [...]

My Architectural Weakness – Swedish Timber Buildings
An interesting shoot last month via my friends at Ice Driver in Sweden was this newly refurbished hotel. Bruket is based in the hamlet of Mitandersfors, in a mountain area to the west, literally on the border with Norway. Purchased by 2003 World Rally Champion Petter Solberg, the hotel is a traditional log timber building, [...]

Guess The Furniture – Sweden Style
Sorting through some recce shots for some house and property features, I stumbled across this shot. Taken in Sweden a couple of years ago on a recce for a project that didn’t progress, it’s an odd looking object. But what is it? It was free standing, situated in the central hallway / staircase area of [...]
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