I am planning to go to Lagos in the spring ... to look at a new education project
... internal courtyard
space trains
(made this brand busting logo from two of my favourite marques ...)
Made this collage from a photograph I took of the Clydeport Finneston Crane. I imagined creating a penthouse apartment on top and within the wee crane operators 'house' on the top ... with a few alterations.
Nick Blair, Alistair Brand, Mark Hamilton and I's proposal for the RIAS Cowgate Library Competition which we narrowly lost out on to Benson and Forsyth. Having just left Gordon Bensons Architectural Unit that year we were motivated to show our teacher how far we had come. Great experience. Note out of the five hundred entries we where the only architects to propose keeping the Cowgate Church.
... some very beautiful student work detailed in architecture school websites
... will be lost in time like tears in the rain ...
Our local architect in Rio confirms that Brazils economy is getting stronger and stronger ... however many people still live in the Favelas. Some think that these communities are on the outskirts of the cities but in Rio because of the topography they occupy the steep hillsides within the city where road access is impossible. The Government is doing much good working in these communities however you can imagine the challenge.
View from my hotel in Rio de Janerio last week ... overlooking Copacabana Beach ... amazing place...
Looking at a new project in collaboration with a local practice
... car design
Newson is a very talented designer ... check his work out
one of the the best restaurant in New York ... not what it appears
its great ... if you get the chance go
... my wee sketches of structural section types ... trying to find my Tony Hunt Sketch book series ...
Cool artist from Iceland living in Scotland
took this photo of orange lichen ... close up it is beautiful
My imaginary New York house ...
(... recycled Jean Nouvel elevation)
The New Cooper Union building by Thom Mayne is fantastic ... the internal stair is incredible.
The Nouvel Apartments in the Chelsea area are also good ... just next to the New High Line which again is worth seeing.
Intersting artist represented by the Modern Institute ... check out her work
not sure by who
Beautiful old graphic
Seat light by architects Lava ...
Lava are an interesting young practice check them out
Underpass installation at Cowcaddens Glasgow ...
Beautiful drawings by Ruth
Marque's wayfinding at North Glasgow College ...
... definetely helped characterise our interiors and the client is very pleased.
Deceptively simple but striking.
My handsome colleague Paul Rodgers drew this beautiful sketch (one of many) for a University prospect we looked at recently...
... absorbs all sunlight and is pink and warm inside
skin
structure
complexity
colour
warmth
ambiguity
View from the completed penthouse in our Park House development ... Glasgow
In our mixed use tower project in Riyadh which is on site presently ... we have a series of sky lobby spaces which are effectively public spaces serving the buildings residents ... urban rooms in the sky ...
Part of our submission for the Glasgow School of Art with Rafael Moneo. Rafael chose to showcase his Rhode Island School of Design as his case study project. Unfortunately we where not shortlisted but none the less we felt Moneo's architecture and approach would have a strong relationship with the MacKintosh building.
My colleague Adrain visited Rafael's studio which he said was wonderful and ruinous.
... large scale urban model of Kuala Lumpur helping our team understand the city.
Took thes shots from the 86th floor of the PETRONAS tower 2 ... i.e. tower 1 captured
Enjoyed exploring some new urban block types and housing typologies
Our new school in South Lanarkshire has simple clear internal volumes ... my colleague Craig Gray has looked after the finishes and paid special attention to the internal graphics and colour choice.
Sketch for a painters studio at the bottom of the garden ...
Working on the design of a small community project in Istanbul ...
Project has a split of simple cellular accommodation to more flexible and larger space that can be reconfigured depending on the different community events planned. The bigger spaces called social bubbles have walls that rotate to open in different formats. Good fun.
... my colleague Roberto the best Mexican architect in Scotland thinks so.
... what can you see?
Took these photos at the top and bottom of the PETRONAS towers ...
... doing some work with PETRONAS
... really lovely constructive people
... Kula Lumpar's an incredible place
My wonderful wife Seonaid kidnapped me and dragged me on a cheap week to Tenerife. However I got my own back by taking time to explore the backside of the island ... Tenerife has a big backside. Seonaid claims however that it is not normal to spend time taking photographs of rusty tuna tins and local graffitti. Rubbish.
... I am in Kula Lumpar at the moment working with Petronas.
Vibrant city and wonderfully friendly people ...
... was in Bahrain last week to present a new Campus plan to an a Education client
... cookie place
found this old rum bottle on the beach covered in barnacles
... addressing new public space
Great fun combining the plan layouts to create funky garden spaces ...
'ideal' site concept ... working on presently
took this photo on a recent trip to North Berwick ...
Nightview of an office development we are working on in Stirling ...
should have been a graphic designer ...
my sons favourite movie ...
... our 2nd prize design for Duncan of Jordanson at Abereen
My wonderful colleague Adrian gave his all on this one ... not to be
surreal photo I took ...
Commonwealth games cubes 8 storey + 3 storey
... doing the opposite of keeping the rain out
... having fun looking at facade permutations by repeating the same panel over a large surface
... found on the beach
... sculpturally complex
Our new convention centre project in Texas is on site ...
... finished this large canvas the other day with weird black paint that I have used to paint the downpipes with ... looks great but I got myself into some mess ... plus it took a week to dry
paul stallan
My daughter came in from playing in the garden ... to present me with shoes that she had made for herself from leafs ... surreal.
her young sons collection of substitute replica guns ...
Paul Stallan
Alistair Brand
Paul Rodgers
Gig Poster!
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RMJM
... surreal juxtaposition
The simplicity of the tower within the landscape and the graphic 'star plan' of the surrounding defensive wall makes this little castle truly sculptural.
... this graphic artist does some very unusal work ... worth looking up
... is what it is called
... urban art in Paris
... external visual
Italian Vogue's oil themed fashion shot ... hilarious
