Like many castles in Britain, Sissinghurst has had a rocky history until, in derelict condition, the castle and farm was put on the market in 1928 for the grand sum of £12,000, with alas no offers of interest for two years. Fortunately, by one of those pieces of serendipity, Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicolson […]
I have to admit that I hadn’t visited the Vyne for many years, indeed decades. This is a fascinating house to visit, once you negotiate the road system of Basingstoke with its mania for roundabouts which reminds you of Milton Keynes. The Vyne is a house in which you should look at the details, as […]
Walking along College Lane, the busy shopper catches a glimpse through the windows of a large moving crab, a strange thing to experience in the city centre along with an artistic chair, which looks inviting to sit on, while “Ferment”, “Hiccup” and “Craft” stand out in bold coloured letters on the wall in which a […]
One of the great joys of London is the juxtaposition of the old with the new, whether it is in architecture as the city has developed or in exhibitions of modern art in historic settings. The gallery at Raven Row in Artillery Lane, Spitalfields combines both. It is a short distance from the financial district […]
"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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