Welcome to my architectural journal
Welcome to my architectural journal, in modern terms my "blog ". I am a practicing a rchitect, having trained and worked in both the UK and my native Australia, currently based in the Scottish Borders. These are my personal musings and ramblings on people, places and issues that influence and inspire my approach to architecture and the environment. They include architects and other designers from past and present, buildings I have visited, books I have read, and people who have spoken out with a strong vision of how we should interact with our environment. There is an emphasis on sustainability and on heritage - the conservation of the natural world and of the man-made world. I believe these share common principles that are essential to the maintenance of a healthy and civilised society, and must be at the core of all design. Country houses and life in the countryside are also regular themes, reflecting my own life experience growing up in rural Australia, and the se