Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Gardens are full of curves from the Gothic arches of the Abbey to the swirling shapes of the water gardens, the temples and pagodas. So, it seems highly appropriate that the Visitor Centre, designed by Edward Cullinan Architects in the late 1980′s should itself include curving steel beams in […]
Set alongside the banks of the River Test in Hampshire, England, the old derelict industrial site which had housed a paper mill, and at one time had a major role in the manufacture and printing of England’s bank notes, has been rescued by Bombay Sapphire for a new distillery and visitor centre. Key historic buildings have been refurbished, others […]
I’m out in my fishing boat, fighting the storms as I fish for mackerel and tuna, with huge shoals swarming around the coast; these are the fish that give us garum, The Romans love it; it’s the sauce they all want for their most culinary dishes. Jamie Oliver has nothing on garum! Garum was one […]
"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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