RIP Frank

This week the architecture world is paying tribute to Frank Gehry who died at the weekend at home in Santa Monica, aged 96. I am sure I am not the only architecture who thinks of the two Franks (the other of course being Frank Lloyd Wright) as the epitome of North American architecture. Frank Gehry  had been a hero to me ever since I chose architecture as a career. His freeform creativity was at the edges of imagination, but practical to build. His... Read More

Five Franks and a Phillip

I recently returned from mini sabbatical to the big USA. Naturally pilgrimages to iconic architectural houses were in order. I visited three Frank Lloyd Wrights and a Phillip Johnson, each open to the public and with highly informative guided tours. Top of the list was Wright’s iconic Fallingwater – well worth the four plus hour drive from Washington to its Pennsylvania location. It’s promoted as ‘Architecture as Experience’ and since it... Read More