InnerSpace

The Carreras Cigarette Factory (aka Black Cat Factory) built in 1928 with a design in thrall to the Egypt-mania that swept the globe following the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb six years earlier.

Apart from being the largest reinforced concrete factory in the country at the time, it boasted being the first to incorporate an air-conditioning and dust extraction system, presumably so workers could enjoy breathing in clean air before heading out for their employer-sanctioned cigarette breaks.

All the Egyptian Art Deco details were removed when it was converted into offices in the 1960s but all was restored to its former glory in the 90s. Today it makes amends for its past sins by housing the British Heart Foundation.

The iconic Isokon Building by Wells Coates (1934). I love driving by this place - occasionally I just have to stop and take a good look.

The Residencial San Felipe is one of the most ambitious housing projects ever built by the Peruvian government, completed in 1966 and consisting of gardens, plazas and 1599 housing units over 27 hectares of land.

Hornsey Library, saved from closure and demolition in 2000 and now a grade II listed building. Architects: Frank Ley and GFS Jarvis, 1965.

Mosaic Business Centre, formerly House of Political Education in Tbilisi, Georgia. Completed in 1978.

Low tide

A shot of my block soon after we first moved in two winters ago… Still haven’t discovered who the architect was, all I know is it was completed in 1964.

West Hill Park, designed by Ted Levy in the 1970s and refurbished by