One of the joys of the recent Royal Academy project designed by Chris Wilkinson which connects the two buildings in Piccadilly and Burlington Gardens together, is the creation of new spaces, over-large for circulation, but great for small art displays such as the Weston Studio, which was previously an art studio in the RA Schools, […]
The two works at the beginning and the end say much about what is in between. At the start is ‘Albion Rose’ (1793) which illustrates the complexities in Blake’s work where images have a multitude of meanings if you look for them and is said to be a symbol of ‘youthful rebellion, spiritual freedom 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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