The triangular geometry of the façade, inside and outside, contrasts with the rectangular new buildings being developed around it and with the older traditional buildings nearby; the Karolinska’s Instutet’s new Aula Medica celebrates the regeneration of the university campus at Solna, bridging between it and the local community. The Karolinska Institutet and Akademiska Hus have […]
What is this? An electric fan is circling overhead, turning and twisting as it changes direction, with the whirling noise of the fan filling the room. It seems to come closer and then it jerks away, moving off in another direction into another part of the room, before coming back. Is this science or is […]
The King has ordered the construction of the largest and most powerful warship in the world. The crowds, like colonies of ants, swarm over the cobbled quays around the harbour in Stockholm as the ship sets sail on its maiden voyage. The atmosphere is electric with excitement as the crowds gasp in awe at the […]
"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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