Further steps

Further steps

It’s only just over a year ago that I wrote a post about staircases, but thought it worth returning to the subject as I’ve shot a few interesting ones since. Straight or curvy, grand or understated, they’re always one of the most appealing parts of a...
Stair Case Studies

Stair Case Studies

With the sad and sudden passing of Zaha Hadid, I’m reminded of another female architect who I admired as a design student in the late eighties, before Zaha became a household name. Eva Jiricna, had made a name for herself designing the elegant interiors of...
Proportional Restoration

Proportional Restoration

Back in the summer I spent three days shooting one house in Maylebone for architectural practice, Studio Loop. It was one of those perfectly proportioned Georgian homes, prevalent in that part of town. The house, which included the adjoining mews house behind, is...
Raining Rats & Dogs

Raining Rats & Dogs

Off to a wedding today, and I think it might rain. I shouldn’t complain about the weather though, it’s been a marvellous summer for a change. Our annual holiday in Bavaria was no exception with back to back cloudless days and thirty degrees plus. One of...
A Ribbon Runs Through It

A Ribbon Runs Through It

A home should tell a story. A narrative that in some way reflects the owners’ lives. It’s all too easy to design a home that says more about the designer than the client, which can happen when a client offers no input or ideas of their own, or when a...