In 1922, the engineer Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov built a 160 metre high communications tower in Moscow without use of scaffolding or cranes by creating each level and winching it above the previous one, like the structure of a telescope. The tower became redundant in 2002 and, following international pressure and a smartphone vote, the site […]
Today’s headline: “Cumbria flooding: Army mobilised to rescue families hit by Storm Desmond as David Cameron convenes COBRA crisis meeting – Environment Agency admits flood defences have failed amid record rainfall as major incident declared in Cumbria. One man dies and weather warnings remain across the country”. (Daily Telegraph 6 December 2015) At the same […]
Located in the East Wing of Somerset House London, itself a sustainable building refurbishment, the second Syngenta Photography Award shows over 90 thought-provoking large-scale photographs on the theme of ‘Scarcity-Waste’, highlighting the conflict between the increasing scarcity of natural resources in a world where demand appears to be insatiable while climate change has a variety […]
"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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