One of London’s ugliest building is undergoing refurbishment, but many people would probably have preferred it to be demolished. Built in 1966 for property developers Ronald Lyon Holdings, the former Brown and Root Tower in Colliers Wood was voted in 2006 as London’s most hated building with 52% of the votes (Centre Point, by contrast […]
"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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