The three Brutalist towers and extensive piazza of the Economist Building in St James’s, London, with steps down to the neighbouring streets, designed by architects Alison and Peter Smithson was radical in its day, set alongside the traditional architecture of Mayfair, and, though completed in 1964, still looks new and fresh today. I would doubt […]
Over the winter, American artist Jedd Novatt was showing his acrobatic, balancing geometric works which defy gravity at Waddington Custot in Mayfair. By coincidence, earlier in the year when London was covered in a sprinkling of show one of his works was available at Phillips auction of contemporary art. Novatt’s geometric shapes are architectural in […]
Outside, Berkeley Square is relatively quiet, covered in snow, with cars and motor cycles parked around the square creating white silhouettes. Against this snowy backcloth, spread over four floors, sit sculptures and paintings from Phillip’s 20th Century & Contemporary Art evening and day sales which include work by Damien Hirst, along with with Igor Mitoraj’s […]
"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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