The Foyle Special Collections Library at King’s Collection London contain a wide and historic range of illustrated printed works from the start of printing in the fifteenth century to the twentieth. It was strengthened with the remarkable gift of the Foreign and Commonwealth Historic Book Collection a few years ago. This small but fascinating exhibition […]
Almost the entire ground floor of the National Portrait Gallery is filled (in some places from floor to ceiling) with the new exhibition of David Bailey’s photographs. While the sheer scale of the exhibition makes this initially look formidable, with over 250 photographs selected and arranged by Bailey himself, the rooms of the gallery enable […]
Two exhibitions by Chinese artists at the White Cube in Bermondsey and Mason’s Yard present interesting perspectives on contemporary Chinese scultpural art. There is a synergistic link between the exhibitions in that both artists make use of a variety of “found” materials, most of which would not naturally be considered a base for sculpture, but […]
The opening of the White Cube by art dealer Jay Jopling in 2000 was pivotal to the emergence of run-down Hoxton as an up-and-coming area for contemporary art and artists in the east end of London. The original gallery, created out of a former printworks, was extended upwards in summer 2002 to provide three additional […]
Also in South America, this time in Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana, is a new library building for newly constructed Rectorat de Guyane campus. Designed by the French firm of architects RH+Architecture, it symbolises externally the classical seat of learning as in many traditional universities, but in a contemporary way that provides a sheltered […]
Following on from three major exhibitions in North America – at the Guggenheim Museum in New York,the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston -, the PACE Gallery at Burlington Gardens is showing four of James Turrell’s installation works. James Turrell is a leading member of the Light […]
Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners have published their proposals for a new major football stadium in Caracas, Venezuela. Rogers’ architecture has often made good use of colour and, taking references from local architecture, this has a brightly coloured roof, though much simpler than Frank Gehry’s project in Panama. RSHP have prepared a masterplan for the […]
Latin American architecture and art is noted for its bright vibrant colours. Ricardo Legorreta is perhaps the best-known architect who brought this vibrancy to his projects outside his native Mexico, even in London. Now the American-based architect Frank Gehry has adapted his style of architecture, often characterised by broken and geometric roofs such as in […]
With the south of England experiencing terrible floods that are affecting many thousands of people, and a natural discussion about how to plan for the future, given that extremes in weather seems to be becoming more prevalent around the world, perhaps England should look at what other countries do and see if there are lessons […]
Citiq is a property company with an interesting and different view on residential accommodation including student housing which is in short supply in South Africa, with developments such as an apartment block in Windsor constructed from old shipping containers and a student accommodation development in and on top of refurbished grain silos in Newtown, Johannesburg […]
"The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don't want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don't have a soul."
(Thomas Moore)
To be an architect means having a wide range of interests - architecture, art and creativity in all its variety of forms, sustainability, science and innovation. The greatest interest is often where these different worlds overlap and collide - that is when something imaginative often occurs that pushes us all forward to another place
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