One of the more innovative and continuing art projects, is the ongoing programme of sculpture of the “fourth plinth” in Trafalgar Square. Now in its 14th year, the shortlisted six submissions for the next installation are on display in the crypt of St Martin’s in the Fields. An interesting and wide variety of proposals from that of Mark Leckey which echos many of the historic elements in Trafalgar Square to the kinetic work of Liliane Lijn. Go now and cast your vote!
Ian Caldwell
"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