Canary Wharf has had an invasion of people who are far from the stereotypical smart white-shirted, suited financial experts that fill the banking floors of the towering buildings rising up from the public spaces. On the piazza outside One Canada Square, Sean Henry’s ‘Standing Man’ looks out while inside the grand architecture of the Lobby […]
On one of the coldest night of the year, the Artic travellers, maps in hand are out exploring, children clutching the hands of their parents in case they get lost in among the tall grey structures, dark on the outside, but still well lit on the inside, some still under construction and, surprisingly, one with […]
The latest in the imaginative series of exhibitions in the lobby of One Canada Square at Canary Wharf showcases the work of the English sculptor Katherine Gili, against a backcloth of large photographs by Anne Purkiss of Anne working in her studio in 2017 and the tall marble walls and windows of the lobby area. […]
Robert Montgomery’s art sculptures, the latest exhibition in the Lobby of One Canada Square, provide a prelude to the light festival outside as the gardens and squares in and around the tall corporate office blocks at Canary Wharf came alive over the last two weeks with Amanda Parer’s huge white rabbits in Jubilee Park, Amberlights’ […]
Canary Wharf has a strong tradition of commissioning contemporary art to enhance the working and social environment of workers and visitors, with over 60 major modern sculptures now on display across the Canary Wharf area. Other organisations are adding to the collection, the latest addition being ‘A Grain of Rice’, commissioned by HSBC to celebrate […]
"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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