Greenwich is famous for many things – the Curry Sark, the Royal Naval College and, of course, the Meridien which runs through the town and then around the world. Greenwich was once the centre of the world. Today, the developing area of Greenwich Peninsula at North Greenwich feels emotionally a long way away from historic […]
The pop band is cocooned within a fabric-hung studio. Strangely, as you enter, one of the members throws a boot high over the other members of the band, whose instruments are eerily and strangely covered in tar, but the energy, liveliness and sound is unmistakable. This is a band in full flow…..while yet frozen in […]
Ravensbourne University made a bold but forward-thinking decision to move to the then barren, but developing, landscape of Greenwich Peninsula in 2010 with its unique building designed by Foreign Office Architects which now, a decade later, looks very much part of the urban landscape of this new quarter for London. Nearby, Antony Gormley’s ‘Quantum Cloud’ […]
Is there a link between dentistry and art? Those dental surgeons who transform their patient’s mouths could probably claim that they are both artists and technicians, while, when I lived in Edinburgh many years ago, a neighbour who was a Professor in Restorative Dentistry had, as his hobby, the creation of beautiful carved timber […]
How many fashionable clothes are worn one or two times, before being discarded or gently wrapped in tissue paper and placed carefully at the back of the wardrobe?. Perhaps a new trend has come along, or washing/cleaning has taken some of the sheen or colour out of the fabric or softened the sharp contours. Is […]
"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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