Boiler House Basement light-and-minimal Seika Dormitory stood sealed in

Seika Dormitory stood sealed in Bunkyo-ku for another six years before demolition in 2013

vegetation pushes up through the gravel

the reinforced concrete building survived decades of diplomatic limbo before a 2007 fire displaced its last residents

purpose-built in 1926 and running as Purnell Shoe Company by the 1970s

housed the administration of a company whose precision-engineered machines counted bets at racecourses across 29 countries

Boiler House Basement light-and-minimal Seika Dormitory stood sealed inThe boiler house basement of West Ryde Pumping Station holds large pipe runs and decayed machinery, rust working across every metal surface. This was the industrial core of Station No. 2, the largest steam powered water pumping station in Australia when it opened in 1921. Part of the West Ryde Pumping Station series.