Cars paired with buildings of the same vintage

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 entitled A Time a Place, which pairs every European Car of the Year over 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 on our roads 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 both,” 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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