Kings Cross Station @ London

New Meets Old

Kings Cross station in London was opened in 1852 and it is a key station in Londons railway network. The solid built station became dingy and dark; it went through renovation and it is now lively and uplifting just on time for Olympic Game 2012 in London.

The new Western Concourse opens the station up, improves passenger circulation and amenities, and creates a better connection with the connecting metro station. Designed by Arup, the semi-circular concourse rises 20 m in height and spans the full 150m-length of the existing Western Range building by cleverly incorporating the restored brickwork and masonry features of the historic structure. The juxtaposition of the new and the old references the past while surging on into the future. The new vaulted canopy not only brings critical natural daylight into the space, but also provides new retail, support and administrative facilities necessary for the future of Londons rail. 

 

 

Image Hufton + Crow 

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‎"Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration."
- Rudolf Nureyev

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This was one of the walls caught my attention 

while strolling in Santa Domingo.


Love the texture and color of bricks 
and the ruined walls.

Using the inspiration from the texture of the ruined wall

in an interior with modern furniture can be very cool.

One can use a painter artist to recreate the look and 

texture for an interior ... 

Voila! 

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Wave Watching

~ Nostalgia ~

Walking along the beaches at Santo Domingo

coconut trees reminded me of my home in South Sea 

... sands get in between toes was a comfort feeling ...

Wave watching is therapeutic ...

I created below for wave watching or taking a nap

or reading a book or just a setting for little talk with loved one ... 

A plantation chair

a side table

an oblong white-and-navy cushion

fish net-basket turn into lamp

this give a tint of tropical colonial look

casual, relax and easy

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Caribbean sky is so blue 

and the trees and plants are so green.

My return from the Dominican Republic

I have been thinking of tropical colonial style

Using a scroll arms sofa

in white linen and many loose cushions

with dark wood

white and navy ginger jar lamps with soft shades

tropical delight bouquet

could be a pale blue or pale chartreuse wall or palm leaf wall paper 

would yield a classic tropical colonial look

Below African chair would give the space a twist

and a conversation piece

 

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The Dominican Republic

my footsteps in Santo Domingo ...

a city fills with tropical energy and European history, flavors and architectures 

....

The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas. Though he did not really “discover” the New World--millions of people already lived there--his journeys marked the beginning of centuries of trans-Atlantic conquest and colonization.

Christopher Columbus statue at the piazza

"Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World."

- Christopher Columbus

A New Day at Santo Domingo ... from the hotel's room -

capital of Dominican Republic

" Every new beginning comes from some other's beginning's end"

- Seneca 

a young artist on the street of Santo Domingo ...

" All children are artists. The problem is how to remain

an artist once he grows up."

- Pablo Picasso

 

rough waves hitting on the shores ...

" Every wave regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself."

~ Stefan Zweig ~ Austrian Novelist (1881-1942)

... a quiet moment at Dominican Bay Resort

" ... sending kisses to you via tropical breezes ...

past era's  architecture at Santo Domingo ...

“No man is rich enough to buy back his past.”

- Oscar Wilde

an old door in the colonial zone caught my attention ...

‎"When one door is closed, don't you know, 

another is open."
- Bob Marley

 

 ... architecture from the past remains in Santo Domingo

“ Architecture is music in space ”
- Friendrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling


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