Here we are in Mayfair in London, the temple of conspicuous consumption, with Ferraris and Bentleys parked in the street outside and an Aston Martin outlet across the road. while builders seem to be working everywhere and the restaurants are always busy. There are no problems about the future of the High Street here. Enter […]
Upstairs you climb into the cool white clean environment of the upper space, with its industrial concrete floor and daylight flowing down through the rooflights. But wait! Why is a lettuce sitting on a stainless steel box, or eggs on another box, or moss on another? Are those food items on the stainless steel table? Are we […]
"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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