The centre of Havana is busy with construction as it continues to regenerate and invest in quality hotels for the growing number of visitors to the city. The Government is refurbishing the Capital Building is following on from the noteworthy restoration of the Teatro Marti and the Gran Teatro de La Habana <Alicia Alonso> and there are new […]
Jeff Koon’s huge West Highland terrier, “Puppy” welcomes visitors to the entrance to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Opposite, a facetted façade which catches reflections of the Puppy and the Guggenheim gives little hint of the artistic interior inside, designed to reflect 20th century design in acknowledgement of its location opposite the Guggenheim and near […]
The most eagerly awaited hotel opening in London is the Shangri La Hotel which will occupy the 34th to the 52nd floors of the Shard, the tallest building in Europe. Chinese New Year would have been a great opportunity for an opening party but as their website says “Shangri La was expected to open 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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