The Punta della Dogana which sits discretely alongside Baldassare Longhena’s great Baroque masterpiece, the Santa Maria della Salute, in Venice was built as a Customs House in the late 17th century when Venetian trade and prosperity was at its height. Times have changed and, having been empty for years, the art collector Francois Pinault […]
Palazzo Grassi, the historic home of the Grassi family in Venice, is what you would expect of a grand palazzo with its central courtyard and baroque staircase. Now a centre for contemporary art, two years ago it was taken over by Damien Hirst; this year the courtyard and rooms are filled with work by the […]
"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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