Ian Caldwell
"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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"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for example"
(John Ruskin)
I hope to showcase contemporary design and innovation, including architecture, art, design, science, technology and sustainability, to those searching for architecture, design and art inspiration to create beauty. I hope you enjoy it and will contribute to it.
Recent Posts
- Damien Hirst takes over the Palladian Houghton Hall
- Contemporary art embedded into the landscape at Houghton Hall
- A 21st century Glyptotek – Pedro Reyes at the Lisson Gallery
- New classical art at Phillips in London
- Now an art form: Poleroids with a double act by Win Wenders
- Marvin Gaye Chetwynd’s sinister creatures take over Sadie Coles HQ
- She who dares can conquer the world: Kalliopi Lemos at Gazelli Art House
- Greek inspiration for 20th century British artists: Charmed Lives in Greece at the British Museum
- Bridging Two Millennia: The Classical Now at King’s College London
- French and British artists in London: Two exhibitions Tate Britain
- Anthea Hamilton’s ‘The Squash’ takes over the Duveen Galleries at Tate Britain
- Tomorrow’s artists: Interim Projects at the Royal Academy Schools
- Nothing is what is seems: Sturtevant’s Vice Versa at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
- Nothing is what it seems – Matt Johnson and Hughie O’Donoghue at Marlborough Contemporary
- Contemporary African art taking inspiration from the tradition of the old at Bonham’s and the Gallery of African Art
- Bold colours and daylight: Yuko Shiraishi at Annely Juda Fine Art
- Seeing through the mist: The Miaz Brothers at LazInc
- A triumph of Water Engineering in Cuba still working over a century later
- Three artists born in Italy only 12 years apart, but so different in style.
- Time and space: Nancy Rubins and Vera Lutter at the Gargosian London
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