Stunning vacation home set in upstate New York, providing uninterupted views and an elegant well-designed sustainable solution to weekend living. http://www.designboom.com/architecture/glucks-tower-house-designed-like-an-observatory/ Tweet
Cool classical and simple – an elegant library set in the forest. This would be a great place to study! Read More … Tweet
Progress at the redevelopment of London Bridge station as the brick arches are demolished to form the new entrance to the station. http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/12179.aspx Tweet
The 2013 pavilion designed by Sou Fujimoto has now opened. It looks impressive at night when the lighting illuminates it into a cloud floating on the lawn; I’m not sure about a cold wet London day when walking on the glass could be slippery. Tweet
Proposals to redevelop and bring the South Bank Centre into the 21st century http://londonist.com/2013/03/the-future-of-the-southbank-centre.php Tweet
Despite the unseasonable cold weather, summer has arrived in London with the opening of the annual Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy. This year’s exhibition benefits from some drama, for example Anthony Caro’s monumental sculpture in front of you as you enter the galleries, and a more spacious hang, except in one gallery. Gone are […]
A simple but beautiful installation in Palladio’s Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore as part of the Venice Biennale, http://www.designboom.com/architecture/john-pawson-new-architectural-perspective-of-palladio-basilica-architectural-perspective-of-the-16th-century-basilica-by-palladio/?utm_campaign=Sunday&utm_medium=e-mail&utm_source=subscribers Tweet
Tate Modern 2, the new extension designed by Herzog & de Meuron, architects of Tate Modern 1, starts to take form on Namkside. “The building will be a model of environmental sustainability, setting new benchmarks for museums and galleries in the UK. It will draw the majority of its heating and cooling energy needs from […]
Along the riverside at Ballersea, where eventually you will be able to walk from Vauxhall to Battersea Park once the transformation of this part of London is complete, there is a “pop-up park”, a temporary garden for the “Chelsea Fringe” – an alternative to the Chelsea Flower Show, which is gathering pace across London. […]
20th May 2012 www.interiorsldn.com Interiors exhibition set in the sterile environment of Excel, where the bland atmosphere almost submerges creative design. Several exhibitions, each quite small, all located together focussed primarily on kitchens, bathrooms, lighting and furniture. A mixed bag of furniture with some contemporary interpretations of old classics and highlights that were works of […]
"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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