'Blow me a Kiss' at The Agency Gallery

Please click here to see more images of 'Blow me a Kiss', commissioned by The Agency Gallery in Deptford. The structure is made from London stock bricks reclaimed from the original chimney that was on the building.

NBA Ceramics

Thank you to Brendan Madden for sending me this image

Day 18

Departing Shanghai, London bound.

Day 17

Today is my last day in Shanghai and I went to visit the Expo, it was a lot bigger than I expected. There is a really interesting review of it in the Summer issue of Frieze, click here to read.

Chinese Pavillion

Pulverized coal ash brick: This was was built by pulverized coal ash brick, it is a new type of environmentally friendly building material. It is made of the coal combustion ash that compressed through the autoclaved aerated concrete.

A Terricotta Arm figure and the Expo mascott

Main walkway through the expo site

United Kingdom

The Netherlands

Denmark's Pavillion

Day 16

Portman House, Jian Ye Li

Architect: John Portman

(See day 14 for the architectural model)

Day 15

A day trip to Suzhou, also known as 'Venice of the East'.

The North Temple Pagoda, tallest pagoda of the Yangzi River, it is nine stories high and has a brick interior structure.

View over Suzhou

Garden of the Master of the Nets

Day 14

The concrete jungle of Pudong

Pearl TV Tower

Super Brand Mall

The Bund

Urban Planning Exhibition Centre

Portman House, Jian Ye Li

Shanghai

Portman House, Jian Ye Ki is a historic preservation and redevelopment project located in the heart of Shanghai's French Concession. Build in the early 1930's, Jian Ye Li i sone of the city's finest examples of Shukumen-style housing - design unique to Shanghai that blends traditional Chinese residential elements with functional Western amenities. Consisting of luxury town homes, retail, dining and entertainment venues, the Portman House project will resotre Jian Ye Li to its original design while providing modern conveniences that offer residents and visitors a distinctive way to experience the history of Shanghai. - from information label. (please see day 16 for visit to site)

Park Hotel, built in 1934 by Ladislav Hudec

The iconic Pudong skyline

Day 13

Bubbling Well Lane

House at the end of Bubbling Well Lane

New style Lilong Houses