The neo-classical temple that now houses the Royal Scottish Academy, built by the architect William Henry Playfair in 1822-6 and extended in 1831-6 for the Board of Manufactures and Fisheries, is one of those classical buildings which contributed to the reputation of Edinburgh as the ‘Athens of the North’. Sitting alongside another neoclassical temple – […]
Two Grecian temples which epitomise the Athens of the North are the Royal Scottish Acadrmy and the National Gallery, with a third, albeit incomplete, nearby Calton Hill in Edinburgh. Architectual masterpieces where Edinburgh’s Old Town and New Town come together, designed by Henry William Playfair in the early 19th century, they left a problem of […]
The Fleming-Wyfold Foundation in London and the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) in Edinburgh are working in partnership to bring an annual exhibition of work selected from the RSA’s New Contemporaries exhibition to London, while the Fleming Collection supports the Fleming-Wyfold Bursary awarded annually to an artist exhibiting in the RSA exhibition. The seventh annual RSA […]
"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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