“He always thought of the sea as ‘la mar’ which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her. Sometimes those who love her say bad things of her but they are always said as though she were a woman. Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their […]
Is it a coincidence that artist Brian Griffiths work has a touch of the theatre, given he was born in Stratford on Avon in 1968? Is it something in the water, or the influence of an education influenced by Shakespeare and the many buildings to which Shakespeare is connected, including his old classroom. In ‘No […]
As long ago as 1999, Jake & Dinos Chapman exhibited their series of “The Disasters of War” at the White Cube Gallery in London. Inspired by Goya’s etchings, Jake and Dinos Chapman gave them new meaning as we approached the Millennium, sometimes humorous; sometimes sinister. This fascination has continued and, nearly 20 years later, their […]
"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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