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Photography on this site is used under Creative Commons licences, graded to the Apex palette. Technical drawings are original works generated for Apex.
The City of London skyline at dusk seen across the Thames — photo by It's No Game, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
22 Bishopsgate under construction rising behind the stone facades of Threadneedle Street — photo by It's No Game, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
Residential towers and construction cranes in the London skyline — photo by Rennett Stowe from USA, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
The Gherkin rising behind the medieval church of St Andrew Undershaft — photo by Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
A window-cleaning cradle suspended against a blue glass office façade — photo by Daniel Ramirez from Honolulu, USA, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
Sunset over St Paul's Cathedral and the City of London, seen from a rooftop — photo by JackPeasePhotography, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
Looking straight up at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London — photo by Sebalston, CC0, cropped and colour-graded.
Two visitors at the viewing-gallery glass of The Shard, looking out across London — photo by Tips For Travellers, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
The Lloyd's building and the Scalpel rising above Leadenhall Street — photo by It's No Game, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
Halo Tower, a high-rise residential building in Stratford, east London — photo by Matt Brown, CC BY 4.0, cropped and colour-graded.
An architectural framing plan drawing for a hotel building — photo by Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, cropped and colour-graded.
A lithium-ion battery pack after thermal runaway, on an investigator's bench — photo by National Transportation Safety Board, Public domain, cropped and colour-graded.
A small modern office with desks, monitors and shelving — photo by Liilia Moroz, CC0, cropped and colour-graded.
The colour-blocked render and windows of a modern block of flats — photo by Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
Accessible platform signage with a wheelchair icon along a covered walkway — photo by Leimanbhradain, CC BY 4.0, cropped and colour-graded.
The red-brick, castellated frontage of a Victorian town hall — photo by Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
1960s system-built tower blocks on a UK housing estate at dusk — photo by Miles Glendinning, CC BY 4.0, cropped and colour-graded.
A rope-access technician working down the glazed façade of a tower — photo by Tessa Bury, CC BY 4.0, cropped and colour-graded.
A cluster of modern residential towers at Lewisham Gateway, south London — photo by QuintusPetillius, CC BY 4.0, cropped and colour-graded.
An ornate hotel corridor with patterned carpet and a wall-mounted fire alarm call point — photo by Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, cropped and colour-graded.
A pale twentieth-century residential tower block standing beside a green-glass clad tower against a clear sky — photo by Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
Scaffolding erected against the balconied facade of a mid-rise residential block under a blue sky — photo by Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
Close-up of a heavy steel butt hinge on a perforated fire-door leaf beside a stamped certification plate — photo by Achim Hering, CC BY 3.0, cropped and colour-graded.
A modern grey-brick school building with tall narrow windows above a landscaped riverside path — photo by Sunolafjagtenben-hur, CC0, cropped and colour-graded.
A red-brick Victorian police station with an octagonal corner turret and domed cupola — photo by Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
Grand red-brick mansion blocks around a landscaped courtyard with an ornamental archway — photo by John K Thorne, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
Rows of palletised intermediate bulk containers and drums stored in an industrial warehouse hall — photo by , CC0 1.0, cropped and colour-graded.
The Portland stone facade of a large civic police headquarters building behind mature plane trees — photo by DAVID HOLT, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
Construction site behind scaffolding, hoist and wrapped floors mid-build — photo by Seb Doe, Unsplash License, cropped and colour-graded.
A glass-clad residential tower at Canary Wharf, seen from below — photo by Winniepix, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
A multi-storey atrium with a spiral escape stair and glazed balustrades — photo by Edinburgh, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
An engineer testing a fire alarm control panel in a plant room — photo by MTA Capital Construction Mega Projects, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
Lever-arch files with handwritten labels, side by side on an office shelf — photo by Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0, cropped and colour-graded.
A brick hall wrapped in scaffolding during remediation works — photo by User:Hassocks5489, CC0, cropped and colour-graded.