The beautiful 17th century mansion of Ham House situated next to the River Thames near Richmond is a house with Scottish connections. Closed due to the restrictions for the current health situation, it is slowly and carefully re-awakening into the new ‘normal’. The bringing together of the house and the adjacent manors is a PhD […]
Shock, horror! You’ve walked through the pleasant gardens to the entrance of the house and entered the 16th century doorway and what do you find? Someone is sitting eating sandwiches in the Parlour, while a glass of wine and unfinished meal has been left at one end of the fine table in the Dining Room […]
21st century Houghton Hall has continued the tradition of carefully-placed sculptures in the landscape with its contemporary installations by artists such as Richard Long, Rachel Whiteread, James Turrell and Anya Gallaccio which await discovery in the gardens. Now Damien Hirst has arrived to break the mould with his unique sculptures outside and new works […]
"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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