Sitting in the background of the iconic Oval cricket ground in London are the historic gas holders which date from the early 19th century when the Oval was an area of allotments. In the shadow of these majestic steel structures is the refurbished Gasworks arts centre in Vauxhall Road, the reopening of which marks the […]
Multi-storey car parks in London used to be great cash cows for their owners and operators. Car drivers would drive around trying to find spaces at any cost, such was the demand. The congestion charge, improvements in public transport and a renaissance in cycling put paid to that and now car parks are a dying […]
Once a centre of British political life when it was the home of home of Lord Robert Cecil, the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury who was twice the Prime Minister of Britain, the house in the heart of Mayfair still exudes its 18th century elegance. Something is amiss though. On walking up the elegant staircase, a […]
Imagine London before London, when today’s city of office blocks, department stores, shops, restaurants, galleries and palaces was marshland or jungle around the river into which several streams flowed through the roots of the dense impenetrable vegetation which covered the land on which prehistoric animals roamed searching for food. Carefully lifting and removing the thick […]
"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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