The circle suggests that everyone is equal and can be segmented in a variety of ways to reflect different parties and groups, like a pie-chart. It also avoids the adversarial atmosphere of two parties throwing insults at each other across a divided rectangular chamber. The European Union Parliament Building in Strasburg is circular as is New […]
Hugely ambitious, breathing new life into the Seafront area of Boston has taken vision and perseverance for what must be one of the largest ongoing city redevelopment projects in the north eastern part of the USA, taking place through good and bad economic periods. Formerly a bustling shipping and warehouse area, the Seafront area declined […]
"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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