At the end of the Mall in front of Buckingham Palace stands the Victoria Memorial designed in 1901 by the English sculptor Sir Thomas Brock. Dedicated in 1911 and completed in 1924, the Memorial is a celebration of the British Empire and Britain’s naval prowess under Queen Victoria, including mermaids and mermen. Filling the immense […]
In some ways there couldn’t be a larger contrast; Ordovas Art is located in expensive ground floor space in a new office block in the heart of Mayfair, while in Old Street in Hoxton, Charlie Smith London is hidden on the 2nd floor above the Reliance pub. Without apparent collaboration, however, these two galleries are running parallel curated […]
"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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