Perhaps it is fortunate that a bomb destroyed the east wing of the old Guy’s Hospital at London Bridge in the Second World War, thus enabling rebuilding with reasonably flexible space free of historic constraints inside a reconstruction of the original façade. The wing has now been transformed as the Science Gallery, one of South […]
“Design shapes the world. From the buildings we live and work in to the machines that propel us forward to the products that enrich our lives, we live in a designed world.” (Autodesk) The Autodesk Gallery near to the Ferry Building in San Francisco houses a free exhibition of examples of innovative design and engineering […]
"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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