From a distance, this year’s Serpentine Pavilion by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo looks a little like a series of dark wickerwork walls, rather than a pavilion. Inside is different, with reflections from the shallow pool of water and from the polished stainless steel ceiling that both protects from the weather and also visually doubles the […]
Entering through the arched doorway, a tall black pylon stretches up into the sky; black, shining and glittering with immense diamonds. Then, collecting the treasure map, it is time to check the compass, the rucksack for supplies of food and water and the walking boots to ensure that they are stout and ready for the […]
"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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