Monument to appease the divine shareholders: Upper Ogden Reservoir near Barley, Lancashire.

Thanks The Plant Initiative!

Bristol finery, Park Street

The stunning 14th-century hexagonal porch of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol

A question: does anyone know of any UK buildings or architecture firms that use bird-friendly glass?

A walk in Macclesfield Forest and the world was fecund. Butterflies - blues, browns and the more spectacular species; indeed, a profusion of flying insects - more than I expected; and birds galore - chiffchaffs, wrens, blackcaps, curlew. All is well with this world, but not ours.

The first 45 minutes of 28 Years Later is thrilling; thereafter it's meh.

A really nice review of my old/new book Future Cities. And I sorely needed cheering up today. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/who-ge…

My top ten films of the last 25yrs - although tomorrow they'd mostly be different

Trees conserve around 1% of the energy they get from the sun - the other 99% is wasted. And yet we continue to insist that being ecological means conserving not squandering energy.

Impressive scaffolding, Imperial College, London

Innards of London: Hammersmith & City Line, Paddington

A new tower in Deansgate Square has warped the sky

Three new stark juxtapositions of old and new in Manchester, which seems to be the city's leitmotif (if a musical analogy is the right one)

The ruins of Hotspur House in Manchester, destroyed by fire last week. 'Creative destruction' is what they call it I believe.

Blood-red reflections in the Rochdale Canal, Manchester

Highgate ornament: spot the odd one out

Avian stealth on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal

Green textures in Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire

Today's view from Deansgate, Manchester, with a tiny fluorescent-jacketed builder included for scale