‘Blue is the colour, football is the game, we’re all together, and winning is our aim, so cheer us on trough the sun and rain because Chelsea, Chelsea is our name!’ Blue is one of those colours, like red, which has huge cultural connotations. whether it be for Chelsea football supporters or for those travelling […]
It’s the week in London when the three main auction houses have sales of a wide range of 20th century and contemporary art. While it is impossible to be comprehensive – I did not spot any work by Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam for example – the three auction houses do provide an outstanding exhibition between […]
Did Alberto Giacometti and Yves Klein know each other when they lived within a mile of each other in the artistic enclave of Montparnasse in Paris, Klein having returned to Paris in 1946 and Klein moving there nine years later. Did the two artists meet for coffee or drinks in a local café, although Giacometti […]
The long ramp from the city is guarded by a huge dog, protecting and guiding strangers down to the entrance around which are towers of stone and titanium like the protective armour of an armadillo. On the other side facing the river, a moat provides protection, with mystical mists and fiery flames blasting upwards to […]
"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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