Bonham’s was more cool and restrained than its competitors at the start of October, guarded by Jaumet Plensa’s ‘The Heart of Trees’ at the doorway and including sculpture by Antony Gormley, Tony Cragg (Constant Change) and Max Bill, along with El Anatsui’s ‘Wastepaper Basket’.
On the other floors was a diverse range of modern and contemporary African art reflecting the growing interest in such art with a major exhibition at Somerset House this month.
"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