Russian art is such an important part of world culture, that anything that raises awareness of the art and the artists can only be a good thing, so that we can appreciate it more. The current exhibitions at the St Petersburg State Russian Museum in Malaga show what a masterful and forward-thinking collaboration it was […]
Think of tobacco factories and Bizet’s “Carmen” springs to mind. Was Malaga’s historic Fabrica de Tabacos (Tobacco Factory) constructed in the 1920’s such a noisy hotbed of intrigue, gossip and passion as its counterpart in Seville? Today it is much calmer as it continues its development as a museum and cultural centre, with the arrival of the St […]
The tobacco industry has provided us with a number of historic buildings which have proved remarkably adaptable to other modern uses. London has the 1920’s Art Deco Carreras Cigarette Factory, the entrance guarded with the famous black cats, and now converted into offices; Seville has the Real Fábrica de Tabacos (Royal Tobacco Factory), an exuberant […]
"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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