In 1891 Marianne Brocklehurst, the daughter of the wealthy silk manufacturer John Brocklehurst who was also Macclesfield’s first MP, made her last journey to Egypt where she watched the archaeological discovery and removal of a large number of mummies in Thebes. This took place only a few years before Lord Astor completed his London office […]
"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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