Some Favourite Pics of 2011

Urban Fox on Southbank, London

Regent Street with 2011 Christmas lights featuring characters from Arthur Christmas.

While the workers are away, the machines can play. 
A building site in East London at the weekend.




Things do not always work out the way you expected.
Appearing Rooms by Jeppe Hein outside the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre in London. The walls of water vary to create different spaces and to allow people to enter and exit the spaces.

The corridor round the 2011 Serpentine Gallery summer pavilion, Hortus Conclusus, designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. It is a transitional area between the outside world and the garden within the pavilion.

Within the Serpentine pavilion, the central garden by the Dutch designer Piet Oudolf provided an area of peaceful retreat. See earlier post on pavilion

Covent Garden and 2011 Christmas lights, a short video

Covent Garden 2011 Christmas Lights, short video,  by Cybermyth13.

For a change a 41-second video of the 2011 Christmas lights in Covent Garden to show the movement of the reflected light from the mirorballs.

A still picture of the Christmas lights and decorations in Covent Garden.

Fun with 2011 Christmas lights at the Southbank Centre, London

Royal Festival Hall and 2011 Xmas lights, Southbank Centre, London, by Cybermyth13.

Fun with the 2011 Christmas lights outside the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre, London. The lights on the left are reflected in the glass partition on the right.