The architectural design of art galleries go through phases. We’ve had 18th and 19th century picture galleries in which to display old masters with their tall burgundy walls in an elegant architectural setting as at Dulwich and the National Gallery of Scotland, the modernist galleries of the 20th century such as Mies van der Rohe’s […]
"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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