Art of a different sort has arrived in New Bond Street in London. After 14 months with the building covered in a pink leather-effect hoarding, Louis Vuitton has opened its totally-refurbished New Bond Street store, redesigned by rebellious New York architect Peter Marino around a new sensuous spiral staircase that enables the floors to flow […]
By happy coincidence, three generations of Spanish artists are on show in New Bond Street: – the Spanish impressionist, Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923), the master of 20th century modern art, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) who was one of the founders of Cubanism, and the contemporary artist Pedro Paricio (born 1982) who has been inspired by Picasso’s work, […]
Twisting, flowing, bursting with energy, colour and light, American artist Dale Chihuly has set the Halcyon Gallery in New Bond Street alight with his latest glass sculptures in ‘Chihuly NOW’. His work is best known to London through the incredible writhing, naturalistic chandelier hanging in the entrance of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Chihuly continues […]
"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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