Sitting on the Malecon along the coast in Havana, Cuba, the sea can appear beautifully calm and restful, reflecting the blue of the sky, slowly moving in and out with little white crests dancing on top of the waves. Across the sea, not that many miles away, is the coast of Florida and, for some […]
Hand in hand, lovers stroll along the Malecon. The rolling sea crashes onto the rocks under the romantic Cuban sky with the wild beat of Latin American music floating across from the open windows of the nearby buildings. The change comes quickly – black clouds approach and the sea heaves as the wind blows the […]
Has the River Thames flooded? A beach hut has floated onto the River Terrace of Somerset House and the adjacent windows of New Wing are filled up with blue water? It’s a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Trust’s Nepture Coastline campaign to look after England and North Ireland’s coastline, appropriately being held […]
"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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