Category Archive: architecture

The Apprentice

The Apprentice

I started writing this post back in August 2014. It seems like forever ago. It was a Saturday morning. I was dozing because I like …

 

No circulars

No circulars

Here we go again. Do you ever get that feeling? Groundhog day; deja vu; hang on, I’ve been here before; there’s nothing new under the sun; technology …

 

Patchwork window

Patchwork window

If only this window could talk I bet it would have quite some story to tell. It reminds me of a patchwork quilt. I love everything …

 

The green man

The green man

Hiding in full view, of the side of St. Peters, the green man. In this instance, camouflaged in white paint. Subtle, green man, subtle. I understand …

 

Simplest is best

Simplest is best

I was walking toward the car this evening and I was enthralled by a blackbird, signing his heart out, from the top of the church. …

 

Spirals

Spirals

I am deeply attracted to elegant solutions. I can’t always achieve them myself, but they are always what I aspire to. We don’t have space …

 

Stripes

Stripes

“Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. …

 

Ambition

Ambition

“One day,” he said, “We will own all of this.” “Urgh,” she thought, “I’ve only just finished decluttering my sock drawer.” It’s been a day of watching …

 

Under African skies

Under African skies

Today was a beautiful sunny day, and the sky was about as blue as it gets. I couldn’t wait to get out of the office …

 

Wellington burst like a bomb…

Wellington burst like a bomb…

“Then out of the tunnel and Wellington burst like a bomb. It opened like a flower, was lit up like a room, explained itself exactly, …