Mijas, situated along the coast between Malaga and Marbella, has a history which goes back to Roman times. Up on the hillside, above the coast and port area, is Mijas Pablo – the historic centre of the municipality – a typical and beautiful Andalusian white-washed village. Near the centre is the bull-rink, quite a contrast […]
Estapone is a charming town along the coast from Marbella and has been a port since Roman times. From there you can see the Rock of Gibraltar. Its central square is surrounded by narrow streets of white-washed houses, decorated with geraniums and other plants. The bullring was built almost two centuries after the one in […]
The Real Maestranza was founded in 1572. Bull-fighting is controversial these days, but putting that to one side, the Real Maestranza de Caballeria de Ronda is a beautiful building. It is said to be the first purpose-built space for fighting bulls in the world, with the first fight taking place there in 1785. Today, it […]
"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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