Denmark Hill

Denmark Hill, originally uploaded by *ade.

station mirror portrait

IMG_0695, originally uploaded by *ade.

Surrealist House (slideshow)

_MG_2712, originally uploaded by *ade.

Back in May, I photographed this strange unfinished building. It lies on a piece of wasteland, by the roadside, in a resort otherwise comprised of wealthy British golf enthusiasts' villas.

Strangely, I can't find anything about it on the web. I was told that it was a project by "the daughter of Van Gogh" to build a surrealist house. But a quick search tells me that he didn't have a daughter and, anyway, this looks like it was built in the 1960s so the dates clearly don't add up. Unless she was born in 1890 and built it in her 70s, I guess.

Anyway, I guess either the money ran out or they realised it was never going to work because it's still an empty concrete shell. I bet it would have been fantastic inside had they ever finished the roof and interior, but as it stands it's extremely barren and unwelcoming.

It's roughly here on the map.

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Surrealist House #2

_MG_2725, originally uploaded by *ade.

Surrealist House

_MG_2727, originally uploaded by *ade.

power station by night

Battersea Power Station, originally uploaded by *ade (formerly gridrunner).