Human creativity is linked to lines, whether those first markings on a prehistoric pot or a cave wall, the perspective of the columns of the Greek Parthenon, the hieroglyphics of Egypt, the musical scores of Beethoven, the plays of Shakespeare, the distorted shapes in a sketch by Picasso or the optical forms in a painting […]
"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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