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
About site
"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for example"
(John Ruskin)
I hope to showcase contemporary design and innovation, including architecture, art, design, science, technology and sustainability, to those searching for architecture, design and art inspiration to create beauty. I hope you enjoy it and will contribute to it.
Recent Posts
- Exploring this year’s Sculpture in the City in London
- Contemporary art takes top billing at Masterpiece
- The next generation of interior designers on show in London at FREE RANGE 2018
- Crackling with creativity: The New Blood Festival 2018
- The Future is here at the V&A: we just don’t realise what it will mean.
- The London Open 2018 and the ISelf Collection at the Whitechapel Gallery
- Katja Novitskova at the Whitechapel Gallery
- A strange story of censorship in 1930′s America at the Whitechapel Gallery
- The architectural heritage of Budapest
- Female artists take over Vauxhall – at Newport Street, Beaconsfield and Gasworks galleries
- Banksy’s Greatest Hits take over LazInc in Mayfair
- Two Art Museums in Bucharest: The National Museum of Art and the Art Collections Museum
- Going back in time – Romanian National Village Museum in Bucharest
- The heritage of Constantin Breancoveanu at the Mogosoaia Palace
- Imagination needed to plan the future of Kneller Hall
- What do you see in a ‘Selfie’? – Leontin Tibacov at the Galateea Contempory Art in Bucharest
- Changing exhibitions of Contemporary Romanian art in Bucharest
- A monument to Communism and to Romanian Craftsmanship: Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest
- Why can’t you sell wine in a Bookshop: Carturesti Carusel in Bucharest?
- A new building behind an old facade: The Union of Romanian Architects in Bucharest
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- Sculpture in the City on Contemporary art takes top billing at Masterpiece
- The architectural heritage of Budapest on What is the future of the Stirbey Palace and Eden Garden in Bucharest?
- The architectural heritage of Budapest on A new building behind an old facade: The Union of Romanian Architects in Bucharest
- The architectural heritage of Budapest on Building the largest Orthodox Cathedral in the world in Bucharest
- The architectural heritage of Budapest on A monument to Communism and to Romanian Craftsmanship: Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest
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