[The Guardian] Cars paired with buildings of the same vintage – in pictures

Cars paired with buildings of the same vintage – in pictures

Architectural photographer Daniel Hopkinson and architect John Piercy Holroyd realised they had a shared passion for modernist buildings and car design when they separately turned up to photograph a building, both driving an Alfa Romeo 159. From there began a two-year collaboration, A Time a Place, which pairs every European Car of the Year of the past 60 years with a building of the same vintage. “The project aims to present everyday vehicles that used to be a common sight but have now all but disappeared against architecture that has survived,” says Holroyd. Beginning with the 1964 Rover P6 outside the Crystal Palace sports centre, it includes a Fiat 124 in front of a Coventry tower block and a Porsche 928 outside the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich. “That first shoot was a real test for us,” says Hopkinson. “It was a constant challenge to persuade members of the public to not park in front of the building.”

• A Time a Place Volume 1, covering 1964-82, is published by the Modernist (£40)

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