Although it looks like an old traditional pub, apparently it is a relatively modern conversion of a former shop. If so, the transformation has been well done and The Reliance feels like it has been here for ever, not least because of the rickety wooden staircase that runs up the side of the building from […]
Old Street in London is slowly improving with new property developments and the imaginative new pop-up outlets adding to the established shops within the underground station, but the environment is still pretty rough. While the Red Gallery, on a site that is ripe for redevelopment, seems now to be inactive as an arts venue apart […]
Oh to be young again! Young Gods have taken over Charlie Smith London’s gallery in the East End of London. Work by these recent graduates from London art schools have been curated by Zavier Ellis with a palette of restrained colours and an emphasis on texture, movement, words and a variety of materials as with Tess William’s composition in crumpled grey, black […]
In some ways there couldn’t be a larger contrast; Ordovas Art is located in expensive ground floor space in a new office block in the heart of Mayfair, while in Old Street in Hoxton, Charlie Smith London is hidden on the 2nd floor above the Reliance pub. Without apparent collaboration, however, these two galleries are running parallel curated […]
"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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