Hopton Street, SE1 London...

Near our (Small Architecture's & 4M Group's) London office there is a strange little street called Hopton Street. In many way a nondescript street, located seemingly in the back of a back alley, it nevertheless is a locale full of contrasts and interesting nooks & crannies. Within its roughly 200 meter stretch it retains an asymmetrical pot-pourri of buildings and interventions from a variety of styles, times and applications...

The images below provide a brief suggestive, and cautiously surreal, summary of Hopton Street's subtleties...