Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Gardens are full of curves from the Gothic arches of the Abbey to the swirling shapes of the water gardens, the temples and pagodas. So, it seems highly appropriate that the Visitor Centre, designed by Edward Cullinan Architects in the late 1980′s should itself include curving steel beams in […]
"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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