At a time when the physical presence of galleries and art foundations seems very fluid, (in part due to the extortionate business rates these organisations have to pay – the Parasol Foundation being the latest organisation to indicate that it will give up its excellent gallery space near Old Street next year), the Goodman Gallery […]
In the grassy garden where people are relaxing, sunbathing and enjoying drinks on one of the hottest days of the year, a huge heart-shaped hole has been excavated like an archaeological dig to reveal the body and severed head of what turns out to be a giraffe. Nearly five miles away, the head of the […]
It feels like another era, several generations ago, but when I first came down from Scotland to London in the ’60′s, my cousin who lived here obviously thought as a young man from the ‘provinces’ I should be shown the delights of Soho with young scantily-clad women on the street waving and encouraging you to […]
"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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