A railway terminus becomes a tropical garden; a tropical greenhouse and an exhibition hall in a royal park become art galleries. Three buildings in Madrid demonstrate the dexterity and flexibility of nineteenth century cast iron structures. Madrid’s first railway station, inaugurated in 1851 in the Atocha area, was largely destroyed by fire and a new […]
"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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