In 1962, Jackie Kennedy extensively renovated and refurbished the White House, installing a 19th century hand-printed wallpaper ‘Les Vues de L’Amerique du Nord’, which is still made by the French firm Zuber & Cie, in the Diplomatic Room where it has acted as the backdrop to events with foreign dignitaries and press conferences ever since. […]
Sitting on the Malecon along the coast in Havana, Cuba, the sea can appear beautifully calm and restful, reflecting the blue of the sky, slowly moving in and out with little white crests dancing on top of the waves. Across the sea, not that many miles away, is the coast of Florida and, for some […]
"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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