As architects we pride ourselves in having a sense of place. When we approach somewhere we are planning to build we are looking about the place all the time searching for clues, at the sky, the changing light, at the materials around us and how they relate to the subsoil beneath us. Buildings change a place, they become part of its history and new buildings carry forth this continuum. So our intentions become emblematic of purpose and place, by the time we come to them they are already a part of the landscape.
-- Chris Dyson Architects. (warning: Flash heavy)
Dyson's company brings this sensibility to a wide variety of projects, from the Museum of Africa to the AIDS Memorial to the Kielder Observatory to the Damiesha Hotel. Their work involves extravagant geometries combined with practical concern for the earth itself. [GT]
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