Standing proudly centre-stage at the entrance to the exhibition “Make Believe – UK Design for Performance 2011-2015 is Joey from the successful theatre production War Horse, who is brought physically and emotionally to life by three puppeteers known as the Head, the Heart and the Hind. Joey marks the start of a fascinating journey into […]
Floating above the Bois de Boulogne in Paris are the glass sails of the Louis Vuitton Foundation, the new $143 million art museum and cultural center sponsored by LVMH, designed by Frank Gehry and opened in October 2014. This new addition to the cultural life of Paris has not been without controversy. The park is […]
I M Pei’s Pyramid at the Musée du Louvre has more than proved its value. Opened in 1989 for planned visitor numbers of 4 million per annum, it now has to cope with almost 10 million though it struggles to do so, while the main courtyard area provides an important public space for Paris during […]
It is quite a surprise to come out of the rich interiors of the Palace of Versailles and be confronted by bold dramatic sculptures by Anish Kapoor, this year’s contemporary art installation at the Palace. C-Curve on the Terrace and Sky Mirror in the Water Gardens, located on the central axis of the garden façade, make […]
How do you insert much-needed new catering facilities for visitors into the Palace of Versailles with its glittering interiors by Charles Le Brun and Jules Hardouin Mansart? Over the past few years, the Palace has introduced contemporary work into the historic interiors, often on a temporary basis, with the Gabriel Chandelier installed as the first […]
Established in 1998, the Jerwood Space in Union Street, Southwark provides a counterpoint to the nearby Tate Modern by supporting talented new artists who may perhaps, one day when they become established, be displayed in the galleries of Tate Modern. In its fifth year, the Jerwood Makers Open competitively selects new artists whose work bridges […]
The “Walkie Takie” or, to use its official title, 20 Fenchurch Street, has made the news again this week with concerns from the City of London Planning Committee that the designs agreed in the planning application for the Sky Garden on the top floors have not been adhered to by the architects Rafael Vinoly and […]
Surrounded by the building sites of the Old Street area regeneration, BEERS London has established its art gallery in a building which now seems restrained in contrast to the tall blocks emerging everywhere around it and internally is a simple cool simple white box in for art. The Gallery works with emerging and established artists […]
An unexpected find in the fast-changing area of Old Street, London, is The Ceviche Old Street Gallery which displays a changing exhibition of the work of Peru’s best contemporary artists – Miguel Aguirre, Fernando Bryce, Alice Wagner, Mariano Vivanco and others on the walls of the Ceviche Old Street restaurant where you can enjoy Peruvian contemporary […]
Two major exhibitions on contemporary Chinese art are being held in the UK this autumn. The first is the exhibition of Chinese art from the 1970’s until now at the award-winning Whitworth Gallery in Manchester; the second is the Ai Weiwei exhibtion which opens in September in the Royal Academy in London. There is of course […]
"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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