New technology that could dramatically increase bandwidth – look forward to it being developed further! http://www.futurity.org/top-stories/%E2%80%98twisted%E2%80%99-light-could-give-bandwidth-an-upgrade/?utm_source=Futurity+Today&utm_campaign=ae2fc6adc1-June_28_20136_28_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e34e8ee443-ae2fc6adc1-206307297 Tweet
Interesting article about how Accor Hotels is leading the way with an integrated approach to sustainability. While in the US recently, I noticed that several organisations were also sending paper towels from toilets for composting, http://www.2degreesnetwork.com/groups/supply-chain/resources/how-can-towels-plant-trees-step-inside-accor-hotels-new-agro-forestry-program/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Community&utm_campaign=2587781_13.06.04+Editors+Highlights&dm_i=1ILQ,1JGQT,82V3Q4,59MZU,1 Tweet
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
The Mayor’s sustainability award ceremony at the Crystal in London Docks, sponsored by Siemens. It is great to see such talent coming up with simple but marketable new ideas – enterprise is alive and well in our colleges and universities http://www.thecrystal.org/_html/ 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
Presented in conjunction with the Copenhagen Photo Festival, photographer Alastair Philip Wiper highlights the beauty of science and research facilities: in particular, the anechoic chambers at the Technical University of Denmark and the and the Four Solaire in the French Pyrenees – the world’s largest solar furnace. 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 […]
"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
Recent Comments