Once again I was commissioned to shoot for Bamber Miller Architects here in London. This project was a total renovation of a garden flat within the Maida Vale Conservation Area. Careful planning during the design process enabled the addition of a new double bedroom, ensuite shower room and new open plan kitchen. Other areas of […]
For the past 2 years I have been documenting the progress of Gardens by The Bay, a 54 hectare garden project in the Garden City of Singapore. The project is due for completion in June 2012 but this November National Parks Board opened it’s doors for a sneak preview to coincide with the World Orchid […]
September 2010 – Access to shooting locations outside of the site was impossible during the end of August, the whole of September and the beginning of October due to the Singapore Youth Olympics and the Formula 1. Entry to all of my off-site locations were guarded and barricaded by hot and bothered security guards so […]
August 2010 – The Cool Dry Conservatory has progressed quickly over the last month and the final arches have been erected. The gridshell has been completed and they have started to remove the external scaffolding. Support hangers between the arches and gridshell and the gridshell bracing are being installed on the Cool Dry. The Cool […]
July 2010 – Visit 4 proved to be very busy! The arches for the Cool Dry conservatory are almost completed and the Cool Moist concrete core has been poured up to level 4 with the formwork for level 3 slab ready for casting. The photos included in this blog are a bit more varied to […]
June 2010 – Visit number 3 proved to be a very long and hot day of shooting. The Cool-Dry Conservatory construction is continuing to move along at a considerable rate and is proving to be a challenge to capture. Critical locations for shooting are either inaccessible or have large machinery parked in the way. The […]
May 2010 – As you will see from the images below the Cool-Dry Conservatory construction is progressing extremely fast. More arches are being erected every week. The gridshell, which is a self supporting structure, can be seen behind the white, unpainted arches. The red structure is called a ‘crash deck’ and is a temporary structure […]
April 2010 – I have started documenting the construction of two large conservatories designed by UK Architects, Wilkinson Eyre Architects. They form part of the new Gardens By The Bay development in Singapore. Each conservatory has it’s own role to play in the scheme of the entire 54 hectare garden at Marina South. The cool-dry […]
