When visiting Sao Paulo I saw many spectacular buildings but the MASP building left me breathless! Having learned about designs, buildings and structures on the technical course I was amazed to see on...
I was brought up in a small flat which made me aware from an early age about the value of the space I was living in. The view from the flat has stayed with me throughout my life. From four stories up...
"You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block opposite your house." A quote from Renzo Piano, the architect behind the Shard - one of my...
There are at least two things that I'll always carry with me; a notebook and a writing instrument. They are there so that I can draw or sketch my ideas. Designing had always been a passion for me alth...
Architect. A unique vocation that demands more than just 7 years of hard work and dedication, but also a true desire to become part of a respected and esteemed community of professionals. The thought...
"Work on yourselves to make yourselves be in quality what you would have your buildings be." Frank Lloyd Wright When Frank Lloyd Wright stated this it was to about two-hundred aspiring students...
I am passionate about art and helping people. I am pursuing architecture as a profession because I see it as a career path where the two meet. Alvar Aalto said, “Building art is a synthesis of l...
I vividly remember the moment when I knew I wanted to be an architect. I had been taken to Barcelona to see ‘the wavy buildings’, at the time I didn’t know anything about Gaudí...
It was during a family holiday in continental Europe, when we passed through Barcelona that I was enlightened to the true meaning and power of Architecture. Antonio Gaudi is Barcelona's most famous an...
From the start of my second year at high school a subject which was introduced to me was graphic communication. This immediately caught my attention as the technical drawing aspect of the course was t...