Spring in the RHS Gardens at Wisley in Surrey was a good place to get some exercise and allow children to explore Philip Haas’s iconic sculptures of the Four Seasons in a controlled way as we all have to protect ourselves within the space-separation guidelines for the current coronavirus crisis. The natural compositions of Philip […]
While Philip Haas’s large organic sculptures ‘The Four Seasons’ currently grace the forecourt of the Baker Museum in Naples, Florida, USA, maquettes of the same sculptures are here in Surrey, welcoming visitors to the newly-opened Welcome Centre at RHS Wisley, the first phase of an ambitious £160 million investment in the future of RHS Wisley […]
A century ago, Giorgio de Chirico painted “The Revolt of the Sage” – a ‘metaphysical’ work in which a collection of apparently-unrelated objects were combined together in inconsistent and surreal perspectives to create a new world, a world in which “time did not exist”. At Blain|Southern in London, Simon Moretti and Craig Burnett have curated […]
Intrepid explorers have their guidebooks and maps in their hands as they explore the darkest corners of Fortnum and Masons in Piccadilly, London. From the cells of Reading Prison to the luxury of Fortnum and Mason – two very different locations for art exhibitions, with two different set of artists. In 1844, when Reading Prison […]
"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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