I cant believe it, we won a chocolate pumpkin!! You should have seen the kids faces when this was delivered yesterday!
I got my old Bush radio fixed at the weekend. I can only listen to Radio 4 on long wave but i think that suits my seasonal Autumnal mood. log fires and hearty soup season here we come..
Just a reminder that the weather was lovely at the weekend in case you had forgotten already. The Hunters Lodge -Lyme Park, Stockport, Cheshire.
We saw this bulb recently and thought in its simplicity it added something to a space. We did consider what the addition of colour, by means of a shade or filter would do so we contacted the manufacturers and we shall see what the future brings…..suggestions/ sketches/ ideas on a postcard to – 10 green bottles etc etc
A glass memorial to influential Manchester architect Andy Robson has been unveiled near his last design – Spinningfields’ Left Bank.
Designed and manufactured by 10 Green Bottles. The illuminated artwork is designed to frame the Manchester city centre development and is etched with a specially-commissioned poem, ‘Architect’, by local poet Adam O’Riordan.
The memorial has been unveiled in Hardman Square, in Spinningfields, and will be moved to its permanent home by the Left Bank apartments when the Irwell footbridge is completed next summer.
Ken Knott, trustee of the Andy Robson Charitable Trust, said: “This event celebrates the inspirational contribution that Andy made to the renaissance of Manchester. With his unique and distinctive style, Andy is widely acknowledged as one of Manchester’s greatest talents.”
Robson was responsible for Henry Square in Ashton, the North Manchester Business Park and Cheadle Royal Hospital, as well as city centre developments including 201 Deansgate and the Observatory.
He died suddenly in 2003, aged 44.
The architect Patrick Gwynne, have you ever heard of him? He was the first British architect of his time to build in the modernist style. Likened to Corbusiers Villa Savoye, Gwynne at aged 24 was offered the enviable opportunity by his parents to design his own family house in extensive grounds. Trusting the boy with a not inconsiderable sum, he designed and built the first of over 40 properties. Patrick lived in Homewood until his death in 2002. The house itself, completed in 1936, appears as a white box sitting on slim pilot and a brick base. The entrance, flanked in glass blocks, sits under a generous overhang, to allow the cars of the day to arrive under shelter. The property houses a four car garbage and was built for entertainment. The first floor large living room features all mod cons of the 1930s, a sprung wooden floor, built in state of the art Bang and Olufson stereo, drinks cabinet and bar, projector and screen, remote controlled blinds over the enormous completely glazed elevation. He even designed his own furniture, all with nifty drink shelves, placed surreptitiously around the house. The trip is a real treat, for architects and National Trust buffs alike.
