Gilbert & George are back at the White Cube in Bermondsey, their last exploration south of the river being “Scapegoating” in 2014. Some of the same themes are here, such as everyday life with the post office and security companies. But this exhibition is different. They have taken the theme of beards, which for some […]
Grafton Street is the northen extension of Dover Street, turning the corner towards Bond Street with No 24 built in 1789 as the London residence of the Marquis of Salisbury. Substantially altered over the years, it achieved fame in the early 20th century when Helena Rubinstein opened her first Salon de Beaute designed by the […]
Once one of London’s most elegant streets, with Georgian townhouses on either side, Dover Street in Mayfair was developed in the late 17th and 18th centuries by a syndicate headed by Sir Thomas Bond (after whom Bond Street is named) on land formerly occupied by Clarendon House. At that time the properties backed on to […]
Don’t throw out your old paint pots, your old mops, tables, pots and pans, garden spades, musical instruments, desks or bread bins. In fact don’t throw out anything. With imagination, these are not redundant materials, destined for the rubbish tip, but are the raw materials for new art, giving old materials new life. Goodbye to […]
After an exciting life, Old Flo has returned to London, and to her old borough of Tower Hamlets, for her retirement. Poor Old Flo. For 35 years she had a contented life in Tower Hamlets, living on the Stifford housing estate in Stepney, where she was well loved. Then, with the demolition of her home, […]
It’s a week of modern British art in London with Bonham’s, Sotheby’s and Christie’s all having sales of British art, along with Irish art at Bonham’s and Christie’s. Works for sale include many well-known artists from over the last century, some still active, including L.S. Lowry, Eduardo Paolozzi,, David Hockney, Lynn Chadwick, Elizabeth Frink, Terry […]
Goodbye to the brown and beige ubiquitous hotel bedroom, with a coloured throw at the bottom of the bed, a couple of cushions to decorate the pillows and picture of some local historic buildings on the wall to remind you which city you are staying in. It’s all so loved by the chains of hotels […]
Once a noisy, hyper-active, bustling centre of activity with between 1500 and 2000 people working in naval centre of one of the greatest trading cities of its era, today the Arsenale di Venezia appears externally quiet while the waters flowing through it are calm and serene. Inside this huge complex is another world of high […]
The park is only a couple of stops on the Valporetto from St Mark’s or a pleasant stroll along the waterfront. It is a park of two halves; the gardens facing onto the water with their lawns, trees and sitting areas which are a pleasant contrast to the rush and bustle of the centre of […]
When John and Mabel Ringling built their winter home and art gallery in Sarasota in the 1920’s, they did so using European architectural styles – Venetian for their home the Ca’ d’Zan designed by New York architect Dwight James Baum, and Italian Renaissance for the galleries designed by John H Phillips. Ringling even installed panelled […]
"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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