Classic automobile design from Lancia, Ferrari, Ford, Jaguar, Mini, Mercedes, Porsche, Maserati, Bentley, Volkswagen, Fiat, Rolls Royce, Mclaren, Aston Martin and many more has been on show at Olympia this weekend for the Classic Car Show. With prices and auction estimates for every pocket, the Show includes supporting companies ranging from those who carry out […]
It’s standing room only for the seminars at Big Data London as everyone tries to understand the future of AI, data management, data mining, analytics and intelligence and how it can improve and give competitive advantage to customer management, supply chain management, stock predictions, processes and diagnostics across all industries. In a week where floods […]
In a week when London was awash with art aficionados for the Frieze art fairs and a wide range of art exhibitions and auctions across the city, across in west London the Restaurant Show at Olympia was showing what is new in the world of restaurants and bars, with a small but growing focus on […]
Scotland has been winning prizes at the Speciality and Fine Food Fair at Olympia. Perhaps a prelude to a future which is independent of a disinterested England, there is innovation, creativity and a business plan from the Scottish Government for 2030. In terms of population size, Scotland was punching above its weight and there […]
OK. I know I’m old, but I remember when the main housebuilders had show houses at the Ideal Home Show, and their were queues round the block to visit them. You had to try and visit early on a quiet day to stand a reasonable chance of seeing the several homes of the future to […]
You are an up and coming author; you don’t feel that your agent and publisher are doing enough to promote your current book; this is the place to write your next, to get your own back, about an agent and publisher who attend a book fair and disappear, never to be seen again. Security checked […]
When 100% Design opened, I think about a decade ago, it was the leading-edge design exhibition in London. Visitors entered through colourful tunnels into an international cornucopia of design which was forward-looking and had identifiable zones covering different areas of design. Almost every stand had something new to show. Perhaps it is an indication of […]
Each of the main archaeological sites in Greece has its own museum, though many of the most important treasures are in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. The major museum if, of course, the Acropolis Museum in Athens, from which there are view across to the Acropolis itself and which has glass floors over the […]
It is amazing to visit the archaeological sites in Greece including the Acropolis, Delphi, Mycenae, Olympia and Epidaurus. Here was the birthplace of classical architecture, with those fine proportions and the discipline of the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders that have inspired thousands of classical buildings across the world from Russia to England to the […]
You arrive to be greeted by name by Pepper, the friendly robot who recognises you and shows you where to hang your bike and guides you over to the juice bar which is old-fashioned with a smells of freshly-cut wood in contrast to the high tech space you can see beyond it. The barman has your favourite […]
"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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