Miami Beach in Florida claims to have the largest concentration of 1920′s and 1930′s Art Deco buildings in the world, with some 960 historic buildings dating from the time the beach area was developed as a popular resort, including what is now The Bass which was then built as a public library. It is astonishing […]
What do you do with an unused slaughterhouse? One of the most unusual historic buildings in Shanghai is 1933 Old Millfun, the former Shanghai Industry Bureau Slaughter House, constructed in 1933 and in its day one of the largest slaughter house in China. This reinforced-concrete building has an art deco exterior that hides the unusual […]
"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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