The Austrian Pavilion for the Biennale in Venice was designed by Josef Hoffman for the Giardini in the 1930′s on a commanding and elevated site, in part for impact but also perhaps being aware of the threat (even then) of potential flooding, there having been serious floods in November 1927 and December 1933. This gallery […]
"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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