With a timeless classical style, it is surprising that the Museum of Fine Arts in St Petersburg in Florida was built in the early 1960’s, in contrast to the Brutalist architecture of, say, the Hayward Gallery in London which was opened only a few years later. A more modern extension was opened in 2008, designed […]
The Museum of Fine Art in St Petersburg opened in 1965 in a fine neoclassical building located along the ocean front, designed by architect John Volk. Growth in visitor numbers and in the permanent collection necessitated expansion and in March 2008 a substantial addition was opened, designed by HOK to respect and enhance the original […]
Two exhibitions on the work of American artist Jamie Wyeth, located almost 1200 miles apart, give a complimentary view of his work at the Museums of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts and St Petersburg, Florida. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is exhibiting a broad retrospective of Wyeth’s work over the last sixty years. Wyeth […]
"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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