Looking back a few months in time, it seems strange that the gardens at RHS Wisley were one of the last places I visited before the coronavirus lockdown. While sensible social distancing and other precautions were then in place, no-one really realised then what was about to hit us all as we effectively lost three […]
Spring in the RHS Gardens at Wisley in Surrey was a good place to get some exercise and allow children to explore Philip Haas’s iconic sculptures of the Four Seasons in a controlled way as we all have to protect ourselves within the space-separation guidelines for the current coronavirus crisis. The natural compositions of Philip […]
While Philip Haas’s large organic sculptures ‘The Four Seasons’ currently grace the forecourt of the Baker Museum in Naples, Florida, USA, maquettes of the same sculptures are here in Surrey, welcoming visitors to the newly-opened Welcome Centre at RHS Wisley, the first phase of an ambitious £160 million investment in the future of RHS Wisley […]
The gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley are watched over by Henry Moore’s bronze “King and Queen” (1953). This autumn, over 60 additional sculptures are keeping the King and Queen company, in the 18th annual “Surrey Sculpture Society Trail”. A wide variety of garden sculptures, all for sale, provides a treasure trail that […]
"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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