An early morning visit organised as part of London Art Fair, saw art enthusiasts brave the cold January weather to reach Piano Nobile’s gallery spaces in Holland Park for a welcome warm drink or glass of champagne and to explore the work of Scottish painter Craigie Aitchison (1926-2009) who grew up in Edinburgh then moved […]
Buildings that look as if they are made of matchwood, snakes, birds, mysterious mythical animals, cheeky faces, colourful curving plants and flowers, “Greedies” and “Evils”, all intertwined in the ongoing battle between good and evil created from hundreds and thousands of penstrokes by the self-taught artist Scottie Wilson, considered one of the leading British “Outsider […]
"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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