Templar Church, located off Fleet Street in London is so called as it was built by the Knights Templar, the order of crusading monks founded to protect pilgrims on their way to and from Jerusalem in the 12th century. Templar Church was consecrated in 1185 to as the Templar’s headquarters in London and was built in the image of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

Sadly we were not allowed to photograph inside the church as there need to ‘protect their commercial rights’. We fully understand this of course, its interesting that as soon as a photograph becomes a panorama it becomes increasingly difficult to get permission.

As a final note this is another High Definition Range (HDR) Panorama, HDR is a useful technique for areas of shade and light contrasts but in general daylight we are not sure it works. The panorama, which you can view below, is nicely lit but HDR, through Tone Mapping, seems to give the shots a slight ‘fake’ look. The jury on this is out at the moment, I guess its a personal preference….

View the Quicktime panorama of Templar Church London (3.2mb).

Taking up temporary residence in Bedford Square London is the Architectural Associations Summer Pavilion by Simon Whittle.

Built in Finnforest timber the structure makes a striking contrast to the square which has just undergone a 6 month regeneration as part of the Bloomsbury Squares project. The Square is one of the best preserved set pieces of Georgian architecture in London with numerous Grade I listed buildings.

View the Quicktime panorama The Summer Pavilion (4.5mb).

Taking up temporary residence in Bedford Square London is the Architectural Associations Summer Pavilion by Simon Whittle.

Built in Finnforest timber the structure makes a striking contrast to the square which has just undergone a 6 month regeneration as part of the Bloomsbury Squares project. The Square is one of the best preserved set pieces of Georgian architecture in London with numerous Grade I listed buildings.

View the Quicktime panorama The Summer Pavilion (4.5mb).

Cleopatra’s Needle is located on the Victoria Embankment in London near Waterloo Bridge. The Needle is one of a trio of Needles around the world, the others being in Paris and New York. Presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 it commemorates the victories of Nelson in the Battle of the Nile and Sir Ralph Abercromby in Battle of Alexandria.

On either side of the Needle are two bronze Sphinxes, the right hand Sphinx still bares the shrapnel holes from a German air raid on London.

Of note in the panorama is the state of the area surrounding the Needle – from milk bottles to rubbish bags to broken glass its nice to see Westminster Council is looking after London during these summer tourist months.

View the Quicktime panorama Cleopatras Needle (3.2mb).