The Horse Guards is an old Palladian style building in London which was constructed in 1750s and is now the headquarters of the Household Cavalry.
The white building is the Horse Guards; the red building is the Old Admiralty Building;
while the ground covered with pebbles is the Horse Guards Parade, which is set to host
the beach volleyball competition of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
I wanted to visit this building after seeing its unique architecture across the lake from St James’s Park… but somehow my poor sense of directions had let me to Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square and National Gallery before finding the Horse Guards, which is actually just beside the St James’s Park.
The architecture is not the real sensation though; the most vivid memory I have at the Horse Guards is actually the unpleasant smell from the horse stables (dungs I assumed)… I never thought that horses could stink that much.