As someone long involved in rowing, I'm bound to mention the Embankment. The refurbishment work we've done at my club, Thames, got rid of the rather unattractive 1960s wood-cladding and has exposed some interesting brick and ironwork. I think our clubhouse now looks terrific. Our rivals London have a building of similar vintage (ours is 1879, theirs is 1860ish I think) which also has some merit. Its rather odd roof arrangement is due to the fact that it was originally intended to house a temporary grandstand up there on Boat Race days - that's no longer done, due to safety/weight concerns I think. Imperial College BC's 1930s modernist boathouse is the other most interesting one in my view, although I also like the clever reuse of JH Clasper's boatbuilding premises as Westminster School's boathouse. Clasper's name is picked out in the brickwork.

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beautiful buildings in Putney	25/06/14 14:35:00	Adam Tripp
Re:beautiful buildings in Putney	25/06/14 15:00:00	Maxine Campbell
Re:Re:beautiful buildings in Putney	25/06/14 15:04:00	Peter Miles
Re:Re:Re:beautiful buildings in Putney	25/06/14 15:23:00	David Ornsby
Re:beautiful buildings in Putney	25/06/14 16:46:00	James Elder
Re:Re:beautiful buildings in Putney	26/06/14 17:28:00	Herb Goldschmidt
Re:Re:Re:beautiful buildings in Putney	26/06/14 20:28:00	Caroline Whitehead
Re:Re:Re:Re:beautiful buildings in Putney	26/06/14 21:46:00	Martine Guy
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:beautiful buildings in Putney	27/06/14 17:48:00	Chantal Blake-Milton
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:beautiful buildings in Putney	28/07/14 16:32:00	Britha Parekh
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:beautiful buildings in Putney	01/08/14 09:20:00	Hugh Thompson
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:beautiful buildings in Putney	01/08/14 09:43:00	Caroline Whitehead
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:beautiful buildings in Putney	01/08/14 20:03:00	Ian Everley

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