Struggling to stay up in orbit

I have to say to I agree with most of the critics on the Orbit. Like most towers it’s a vanity, ego driven project made even more pointless by its total lack of function and purpose. Balmond and Kapoor tell us that they wanted to ‘deconstruct’ the idea of tower. Why? What we are left with is a very awkward, poorly composed structure which looks like its struggling to stay

Watching paint dry

From time to time I plan to post up some of the artwork that emerges from my basement studio, which I share with the cats. This one is called, ‘Yellow Horizon’. Most architects want or need to paint at some point. The problem is that it just takes far too long. I cant wait for the paint to dry. There most be another way?

It’s all about the space…

The point about ‘feeling’ a sense of place is intuitively knowing where your place is and what defines it. Most of the time its about boundaries, event, time, enclosure and views. A great example of this can be seen in the painting. ‘A Courtyard of a House in Delft’. Pieter de Hooch (1658). I use this a lot. Just look at how its implied perspective draws you the view into