Deer Park Alpha

Well we didn't win but atleast got exhibited for the public vote, ours is to the right of the bloke in shorts at the bottom.
Interestingly a small part of a our scheme, three "Helter Skelters", got a mention on the Naples News website. Apparently they were part of a British funhouse concept?
The competition seemed to [...]

I thought this quote was very nice:
“In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.”
Laozi (Chinese ??, also transliterated as Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, Laotze, and [...]

It took me a while to find anything on this guy, but here is a bit about him copied and pasted from various places.
“The man who makes architecture come alive” is how University of Washington architecture professor Hermann Pundt has been characterized. This architectural historian is winner of the 1992 [...]

Our ideas for masterplanning naples will be exhibited at the von Liebig Art Center in downtown Naples on 23 March and 24 March.

Oh I am so excited, I just found an hour long video of Steven Holl giving a lecture at Columbia University. Only downside is you have to have Real Player, which is bad news, but worth it!

Also working on a sustainable service station for California. The service station will be 100% stand alone, it will generate it’s own energy, collect it’s own water and shed it’s own waste, incongorously it’s customers will arive in 5.0 litre V8 SUV’s!
Two ideas so far, one is total high-tech: the cars drive through tubes that [...]

I am currently working a design for the Brunel Clifton Suspension Bridge competition. The concept is a bridge of music. Perhaps a musical composition will dictate the visual appearance and feeling of the structure through the use of chromatics and form. Not an easy task…….to copy Calatrava would be so much easier.
“The term “Composition” can [...]

I just found this article on David Adjaye. Always thought he was a media whore but now, having read the article, I think he is a dude!
Some quotes:
“But there is a world out there that feels disconnected from this particular brand, the library. So you have to set up a new model. Branding is the [...]

I have just been looking into shipping containers. Amazing price from 1st Containers of £800 per 40 foot box plus £225 Haulage per box (from Southampton to Portsmouth). Price for any number.

Check out this site for some images of what a shipping container can do.