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No straight lines…

Hamish — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:34:00 +0000

A simple concept; everything you design must have no straight lines…

Antonio GaudÃ was a Spanish, Catalan architect, who belonged to the Modernisme (Art Nouveau) movement and was famous for his unique style and highly individualistic designs. Throughout his life he was fascinated by nature, studying nature’s angles and curves and incorporating them into his designs. Instead of relying on geometric shapes, he mimicked the way trees and humans grow and stand upright.

I didn’t have time to go and find the Sagrada Familia unfortunately but that does give me a good excuse to return to Barcelona…

Hammersmith

Hamish — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:02:10 +0000

Finally a picture, I hear you cry…! Hammersmith Bridge in London when I was up there for a race the other week…at some horrendous hour. You can tell because the water is only ever flat at 6am-7am, and subsequently choppy as ever [as other rowers on this stretch of river know this only too well]. Thankfully the weather held out for a glorious day. The one time its sunny and I’m out racing…sod’s law but there you go…I got at least one half decent shot out of the weekend.

Bridge at night

Hamish — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:36:53 +0000

I got a new toy the other day, a sort of birthday present to myself (is that allowed?), decided I couldn’t wait any longer and had to try it out, so where better than the most obvious and prominent local landmark. So, Archie and I set out for our evening walk up to the Clifton Suspension Bridge to see what we could get. Archie behaved exceptionally well, waiting patiently for me to do my thing and then move on [I made it up to him when we got back with some sausages in his supper]…can you guess what it is yet?
Here’s another clue:

Hexagonal

Hamish — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:03:31 +0000

Door No.10

Hamish — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:54:07 +0000

Royal Albert Hall just after a night out at a bar in Imperial College on the second day of a conference. It was past last orders as I made my way home round the side of the hall, there was a perfromance on and lots of waiting cards around the front, there was just enough light to hand hold this shot of one of the doors without anyone waiting near it…