Alton Towers Gardens

The Gardens
As an example of the mixed style of Humphry Repton's gardens, Alton Towers' garden was begun, circa 1814 by the eccentric 15th Earl of Shrewsbury, of whom J. C. Loudon (who was consulted on design features of which there were many) relates that he consulted every artist, only to avoid 'whatever an artist might recommend.
Alton Towers grew into a collection of gardens: a Swiss Cottage, a Stonehenge, a Dutch garden, a Pagoda Fountain, said to be based on the To Ho pagoda in Canton, Lysicrates' Choragic Monument from Athens (a feature in English gardens since the 1760s), domed glasshouses (originally gilded), even a fairly large Matterhorn as a backing to one of England's earliest Alpine gardens. Near the garden entrance is a cenotaph of the 15th earl, a marble bust with an inscription reading "He made the desert smile".
There are several landmarks within the gardens such as the Chinese Pagoda Fountain, The Swiss Cottage, Miniature Stonehenge, A Greek Choragic Monument and Orangeries.

Olympic Stadium

2012 Olympics

World Cup Champions

Mythic Garden Ehxibition Sculpture

http://www.mythicgarden.eclipse.co.uk/sculpture_homepage.htm

Focus Week 5 - Marsden Woo Gallery

Within the Marsden Woo Gallery the are two projects on show, the first of the two on the ground floor is Marsden Woo and the other project based in the basement are those of Owen Bullet.


This is the image of the sculpture on the ground floor.



These images are of the wooden and steel intergrated together to form a sculpture.

Focus Week 5 - Tower Hill, London Wall

London Wall was the defensive wall first built by the Romans around Londinium, their strategically important port town on the River Thames in what is now the United Kingdom, and subsequently maintained until the 18th century. It is now the name of a road in the City of London running along part of the course of the wall. Until the later Middle Ages the wall defined the boundaries of the City of London.

Focus Week 5 - Design Museum

Given that they house hundreds of millions of people, African cities are not much talked about over here. With few exceptions, their monuments are unknown in Europe and places like Yaoundé, Nouakchott and Niamey conjure few mental images. Only occasionally are expeditions launched to explore them. Rem Koolhaas did a study of Lagos a few years back and there was a prize-winning study of Kinshasa at the Venice architecture biennale.
Architect David Adjaye, born in Tanzania of Ghanaian parents and living and working in London, has done something truly unusual. Over a period of 10 years he has travelled to every capital city in Africa, bar only, for reasons of personal safety, Mogadishu and Algiers.

The show works best as a collection of vignettes and as a way of delivering a message: look at African cities. These things are worth doing, but David Adjaye's monumental act of tourism could lead to so much more.

Art Car Parade

Focus Week 5 - Potters Field

The Big Dance Bubble launches its tour of London in Southwark's Potters Fields Park. It give Children the chance to learn and develop there skills for dance.
In Potters Field park there is also an asian exhibition taking place, located around the park there are several elephant sculptures that are representing the asian culture.There are wonderful cultural performances that will be seen on stage including music, dance, yoga and a stunning fashion show

Visitors to the show will be able to see a wide range of Asian-inspired exhibitors including cooking utensils & ingredients, artefacts, fashion and expert advice on travel to Asia.

There is also a Pan Asian food court and public bar to round off a perfect day

Focus Week 5 - Metwork Architects

Metropolitan Workshop is a largely based organisation that takes part in competions globally and have currently won a number of projects

Metropolitan Workshop has won a closed competition for the new Museum of Conflict in Tripoli, Libya. The museum will house permanent and special exhibitions on Libya’s unique history, telling the story of campaigns and conflicts that have shaped the country from colonial power to independent state.

The building’s main design concept is inspired by tented structures used by the Bedouin. The 15,000 sqm museum will be enclosed by a light weight, camouflaging veil, giving the building a dynamic, environmentally responsive and functional form.

Very good Landscape Design around a home

Focus Week 4 - Paris

Landscape Views Whilst in Paris

Focus Week 4 - Eiffel Tower, Paris

Champ-de-Mars park

The Champ de Mars is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after the Campus Martius in Rome, a tribute to the Roman god of war. The name also alludes to the fact that the lawns here were formerly used as drilling and marching grounds by the French military.

Hampton Court Palace

The park covers 750 acres (304 hectares), the formal gardens 60 acres (26 hectares) and the palace buildings 6 acres (2.5 hectares), all set within a loop of the river Thames.

In the Gardens there are many formal and Symmetrical Gardens. Visiting Hampton Court Palace is a Great place if your into flowers

Focus Week 3 - St Paul's Scultpure

Whilst walking around in St Pauls I noticed this steel sculpture, it is shaped as 2 staircases back to back.

Focus Week 3 - Bridge Street

Bridge Street is a small reminder of More London, it has the same water feature and is secluded around offices and shops. However it is a small area that is based to the correct usage which is for buissness men and workers.

Focus Week 3 - Sculpture in St Paul's