Overlooking Berkeley Square, Yue Min’s Contemporary Terracotta Warriors carry out their exercises, while Duane Hanson’s young Surfer prepares to go out into the cold February weather in London. One of the great joys of Phillips modern building is the view that it facilitates into the adjacent streets, while the other auction houses have exhibition galleries […]
As you walk along Southwark Street eastwards towards Tate Modern you pass under Southwark Railway Bridge, one of the many dark railway bridges in and around this part of London which have gradually been improved with public art and lighting installations. This was one of the most ambitious with a huge 48m long mural ‘Pouring […]
Like colourful waterfalls, the streams of colour pour down the walls and swirl around as puddles at the bottom, feeling so fresh that you don’t dare touch them. We are used to seeing Ian Davenport’s huge paintings exploring vertical streams of colours, for example his 48 metre long mural under the railway bridge in Southwark […]
The park is only a couple of stops on the Valporetto from St Mark’s or a pleasant stroll along the waterfront. It is a park of two halves; the gardens facing onto the water with their lawns, trees and sitting areas which are a pleasant contrast to the rush and bustle of the centre of […]
"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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