A decayed old nineteenth century furniture factory with its exposed timber roof and peeling paint, located down a dark narrow alley, becomes an international contemporary art studio; new art contrasting with the old building. In the week in which a digitally-created image of the destroyed Triumphal Arch of Palmyra in Syria was on display in […]
The noise and bustle of the Lawnmarket in Edinburgh with its rambling old buildings and St Giles Cathedral in the background, the rich interiors of Holyroodhouse and the ruins of the Abbey, the heather-clad mountains and the fast-moving rivers of the Scottish Highlands, Tam O’Shanter’s Chair, Sir Walter Scott’s daughter alone in his former dining room, […]
One of the highlights of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2015 in London is Jim Lambie’s colourful vinyl staircase installation. There is a treat in store, with another of his installations on show at the 20th anniversary exhibition of the Zabludowicz Collection. The Zabludowicz Collection has, over the last 20 years, developed into a major […]
"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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