Definitions of sustainability emphasis three aspects – environment, finance and society. This week’s EcoBuild exhibition at Excel London seemed to be moving away from the environment towards finance, linked with society. Sure, there were plenty of companies showing their latest innovations in district heating, thermally-efficient building materials, water and drainage systems, solar panels, controls and […]
Thatched roofs, timber frames and building using hemp and lime – “hempcrete” to the latest technology in biomas generators, solar power, photovoltaics, hydrogen fuel-cell cars, plumbing and drainage plus reuse of building materials such as steel frames are all here at this year’s EcoBuild. It doesn’t seem that long ago that sustainability was one of those strange […]
At the British Museum, Australian artist Wukun Wanambi (born 1962) has created a calm reflective installation of Aboriginal memorial poles, called larrakij, through which he reflects on ancestral power, the significance of historic territories and the search for meaning in the modern world, while at the Serpentine Galleries, Cameroon-born, Belgium-based artist Pascale Marthine Tayou (born […]
Ecobuild is the “sustainable design, construction and energy event for new build, refurb, commercial and domestic buildings”. It runs in parallel with Resource which is a younger more innovative collaboration between businesses and other organisations about using and reusing resouces sensibly, in innovative and imaginative ways. Both are being held at Excel in London and […]
"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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