by James Balston | Oct 25, 2016 | Architecture, Contemporary, Gardens, Homes, Lighting
The clocks go back this weekend, and so for the next few months there will be more hours of darkness than daylight. And that beautiful blue twilight hour will soon fall at tea-time. I love taking pictures at this time of day, when the ebbing daylight is in perfect... 
by James Balston | Apr 16, 2014 | Design, Exhibitions, Lighting, London, Restaurants
I was secretly quite pleased when I arrived at the Shard early one morning for a shoot, in thick fog. I was there to meet lighting designer, Tom Kirk, to shoot some of his creations in the east facing private dining rooms at AquaShard, and I knew that the weather... 
by James Balston | Dec 17, 2013 | Design, Offices, Workplace
Hexagons are apparently the most efficient of shapes, in that they require less material to construct, which is why bees are fond of them, and that they fit together perfectly without gaps. And frankly they just look great; more interesting than squares and less... 
by James Balston | Oct 12, 2013 | Blog, Seaside, Shops
The plan had been to go to Berlin for my birthday last month, but for reasons I can’t quite recall, we ended up in Hastings and St. Leonards. Why there? You might well ask. Well actually I was born there and spent my first ten or so years in the town, and now... 
by James Balston | May 9, 2013 | Architecture, Contemporary, Lighting, London, Offices
By my reckoning, London has 13 railway termini, surely many more than any other city. Many retain their Victorian character with soaring iron and glass vaulted train sheds, and several have undergone major renewals in the last decade. St Pancras, for example has gone...