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MADE IN ENGLAND : THE SHARD

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We spent a wonderful winter's morning 40 floors above London today. On our visit we were told that the steel used in the construction of The Shard (as it wishes to be known, no colloquial nicknames needed sadly) is from the north of England. View of The Shard's shadow from the 40th floor by Manufacture & Industry

ENGINE HOUSES: BERND AND HILLA BECHER

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Thank you to Mr. Alex MacDonald for this handsome picture postcard of an engine house by Bernd and Hilla Becher. I am going to do some reading on the Bechers as I am lacking in knowledge regarding them and their work.