I have to admit that I was underwhelmed by the finalists in the Turner Prize this year, with the three finalists that I saw apparently focussed on social documentary more than art. It didn’t help that when I visited, the fourth was not working, undergoing maintenance. The Tate Britain website advises that to see all […]
Away from the centre of Brixton, tucked away at one corner of a Brutalist concrete building, almost hidden behind the ramp to the entrance floor, is a doorway leading down to Block 336, an expansive basement space full of pipes, ventilation plant and electrical switchgear, with white-painted walls between the concrete columns, concrete floors and […]
"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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