This is a modern Miesian glass cube extension to a Thirties terrace, with a bold and blocky colour scheme, for a gallery curator and a photographer. The project still looks new and fresh even though it was completed about eight years ago. I have actually just brought it to the present day. I especially like …
IKEA Hack: Hollywood style lighting up vanity makeup mirror easy DIY project
As an interior designer, I find DIY challenges even more challenging than a layperson, as I strongly adhere to repurposing, upcycling, reusing and recycling principles in my practice and my designs. At home and professionally, I would say I am gung ho with a can-do attitude, girl-with-a-gun, all-round practical person. I find pragmatism cathartic. I am problem-solving by …
Artist’s Studio and Gallery in Converted Barn, Richmond
This charming artist’s studio and gallery was originally an outhouse in the grounds of a Victorian detached house in Richmond (the refurbishment of which is here – see Extension and Alterations to Richmond house), was some kind of stable building, which became a garage in the 1920s and then was pretty much disused and derelict …
Art Gallery in Brixton, London
This art gallery is in the vibrant Brixton Conservation Area, with a two bedroom flat over. It is opposite the famous and historic Brixton Market and features traditional decorative tiling embellishments on the facade and the interior. www.knightwebbgallery.com
Money, job, marriage: you happy now?
Behavioural scientist Paul Dolan in his new book Happy Ever After: Escaping the Myth of the Perfect Life by Paul Dolan (out 17 January 2019) challenges the ‘success’ indicators of modern myths as narratives and narrative traps: Myth: expectation to be ambitious, wealthy, successful and well educated, married, monogamous and have kids. These are guidelines …
University Challenge: Five universities have doubled their borrowings
University Challenge. Five universities have doubled their borrowings in the last academic year. Southampton, UCL, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt and Imperial (the last being the biggest borrower with GBP470M loans). Traditionally South East Asian and Far Eastern campuses (and more recently Middle Eastern) help fund home campuses. The University of Sheffield has a South East Asian Office …
Museum of Architecture Gingerbread City on 2018 New Year’s Eve
Museum of Architecture is a charity that helps the public engage with architecture and architects. It also supports architects to be more entrepreneurial, collaborative and informed on design for places and people through cultural projects like The Gingerbread City Masterplan – Imagining Cities of the Future. Cities should be inclusive, sustainable, healthy and easy to …
5 Top Tips on How to Recover from Christmas Spending
It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas. Caveat 1: Add up your receipts. Aim for 10% less than this amount next year. Caveat 2: This “How to Survive Christmas” leaflet makes me smile. I feel fed up in December (expensive, extensive, exhausting, manic, hoodie-wearing, hopeless, cold, grey, no money, no work, no exercise, irritated, fat, unfit). And now …
Top 5 reasons to attend your office Christmas party
1/ Play NSSS (not so secret Santa) 2/ Catch up on what’s the plan for next year 3/ Show that you are a team player 4/ Talk about the big themes, architecture, life, dreams. Mundane work conversations should be for everyday use only and may actually kill the big themes 5/ Drink cocktails 🍸 SoHo …
2018 Ideal Home Show: ‘Black Mirror’ Design Trends @ Olympia
I serendipitously found myself at the Ideal Home Show this April because technically I was heading to the Great Eat: Eat & Drink Festival which I had tickets for thanks to a friend. Now it is debatable of course which ‘show’ is more enticing and exciting to you depending on the state of your tummy …