Monthly Archives: March 2013
A view, or somewhere to put the washing? 29/03/13
So the question is: ‘Is an uplifting view more important than having somewhere to put the washing?’. Used to be, but there was less washing then. Also some memories of Bank Holiday weekends in London.
Innes eating his tea,
Airbus A320 in Edinburgh 27/03/13
To London to talk to hardworking staff, talented architects, and composed lawyers.
Flats on Dundas Street 4/3/13
A typical new town flat block. Flats on the upper floors, shops and commercial on the ground. Regularly proportioned (but differently spaced) windows and a common, high quality material ties it together beautifully.
‘Its about the balance of repetition and variety, it’s almost a mathematical formula’.
Plane, train, pub 18/03/13
Evening travel to London pub by plane then train. Edinburgh airport is a lot nicer when it’s not first thing in the morning (security staff are much more friendly). Kings Cross pub below is a surprising mix of tourists staying in local cheap hotels with names you’ve heard of to wasted old folk staying in cheap local places you haven’t.
Elegant Kings Cross Construction
A remarkably elegant new piece of the Kings Cross redevelopment. One Pancras Square, I think, by David Chipperfield Architects. Elegant design and elegant construction system.
New St Andrew’s House 15/03/13
An inspiring trip to the defunct New St Andrew’s House for HTA Sketchclub. Impressed by the attention to detail shown by much maligned ’60s architects…
Quartermile 13/03/13
I really like these high quality towers slotted in between the old buildings on the old Edinburgh Royal Infirmary site in the middle of the town. The buildings and the masterplan are by Foster and Partners. It’s all of a high standard rarely achieved.
Cartoon in Blueprint 8/3/13
My cartoon describing the excellent Assemble & Join project our graphics team did at Lower Marsh in London was published in this month’s Blueprint magazine. Credit to Lucy Smith & Theo Adamson.
http://www.assembleandjoin.co.uk/
The Royal Thames Yacht Club 5/3/13
The Bond Club. I had a good time, so apologies to the subjects who don’t actually look as odd as they do here. 
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