London's 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings

Overview

A beautifully illustrated gift book to explore the most extraordinary buildings of London on foot or from the armchair

London’s 100 Most Extraordinary Buildings reveals the stories behind the capital’s strangest and most enigmatic buildings. While some are open to the public – if you know who to ask – others are strictly off limits, which only heightens the sense of mystery around them. Still others are so familiar that few ever stop to consider how curious they actually are.South of the river, for example, the city’s widest building at nearly 1,000ft has been favourably compared to the Winter Palace. Elsewhere you can find an arts centre built of old shipping containers, a Victorian explorer lying dead in a tent, acres of secret government underground offices, and even a private tunnel used for running cable cars under the Thames.Think you know London? Think again …

Author Biography

DAVID LONG has been a writer and journalist for more than thirty years, and has regularly appeared in The Times, Sunday Times and Evening Standard. Previous titles include London’s 100 Strangest Buildings, London Underground and The Little Book of London (all The History Press). He lives in Suffolk.