Silent, majestic sentinels against the skies, standing guard over the harbour, the dark cranes remind us of the time when this was a bustling noisy harbour with dockers shouting at each other and ships fighting for the dockside space for the cranes to swing over and lift out their cargoes: tobacco from North America, spices […]
The classical St Luke’s Church near Old Street in London opened in 1733. Designed by John James with the unusual obelisk spire, west tower and staircase wings by Nicholas Hawsmoor, it is now the London Symphony Orchestra’s base for its community and music education programme, in addition to being used for rehearsals, performances and recordings. […]
"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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