What a sight 18th and early 19th century Edinburgh must have been, with an army of building contractors hard at work constructing the neo-classical New Town northwards and westwards from the medieval Old Town rising towards the Castle across from this hive of activity, giving the city it’s nickname as ‘Athens of the North’ and […]
In 1968, as the Russian tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia and his home city of Prague, Jan Koblasova was away in Italy and subsequently gained asylum in Germany, while his work left at home was confiscated by the authorities. One of Czechoslovakia’s leading artists, and recognised across Europe (but little-known in the UK), the diverse range […]
"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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