We spoke on Channel 5 News recently about the National Trust’s controversial decision to open the Big Brother house to the public. Hear what we had to say HERE. We were a little tickled being able to discuss ‘meaning’ in architecture on prime time news, and sneak in a reference to Robert Venturi.

We had a flying visit to the Serpentine Pavillion today, soon before it is due to be taken down. Like many people, we’ve got a little bit of pavilion ennui, but actually, we were surprised by how much we enjoyed Sou Fujimoto’s 2013 pavilion – particularly the way that it playfully defined spaces, and the way that you could climb in and on it.

I’ve done a few too many long haul flights recently, but I’m still amazed by the beauty of he view from 6 miles high. A particular delight is the Australian landscape…

This (above) is in the ‘dead heart’ – miles and miles of emptiness, thousands of miles from the ocean. It’s just possible to make out a few dirt roads – otherwise, this landscape is much as it was thousands of years ago.

The three above are all of the north west coast near Derby. It’s the most amazing coast, utterly unspoilt, and again, much as it was 50,000 years ago. From a European perspective, such an extraordinary concept, when we’re used to our landscapes being newer than most of our buildings, and just as manufactured…

Above – flying into the UK at dawn over the Thames Estuary – the field patterns so particular to England.