Why are many offices still so sterile and corporate? Why do young creative entrepreneurs prefer to work in coffee shops? Why do creative and innovative companies like Google provide funky and interesting workplaces? Many designers and clients continue to ponder on designs for the office in the 21st century, recognising that a well-designed and stimulating […]
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has published it annual architecture awards for 2014 which show the breadth of creativity in architectural profession in Scotland. A few will be highlighted here. One of the more interesting projects which was shortlisted is “District 10 – Unit 0.1 in Dundee, Scotland’s first office development created […]
"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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