Architectural
Architectural Design
Over the years, I’ve undertaken many projects for myself, friends and others, designing buildings and follies and advising over garden & interior design. I’m no architect but my background as an architectural historian and artist and my breadth of knowledge has proved useful.
RECENT DESIGNS:
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After:
The space in this flat did not allow for fixed stairs, so an aluminium step design (50kg) was counterbalanced with the loft hatch to create a “hobbies room” loft space with fully retractable steps.
Amended to give more light and better proportions (same plan):
And finally, a somewhat fanciful elaboration:
DESIGNING & CONSTRUCTING A STONE ARCH IN CORFE CASTLE, DORSET
RECENT DESIGNS:
Research & design work for the reordering for this £9m project to restore Hawksmoor’s great Bloomsbury church (A Luke Hughes & Co. project).
Fantasy drawing
Drawing by Anthony Russell of a fantasy “headquarters” for the Anglican Franciscans in Zimbabwe. This drawing was undertaken during a period spent driving ambulances and generally supporting the community in what were in reality very humble lodgings, attached to a school near Mutare.
Fantasy country house doodled for a friend in the U.S.
Fantasy drawing
Drawing by Anthony Russell of a fantasy “headquarters” for the Anglican Franciscans in Zimbabwe. This drawing was undertaken during a period spent driving ambulances and generally supporting the community in what were in reality very humble lodgings, attached to a school near Mutare.
At the Palace of Westminster with Sean Wong & its archivist Dr Mark Collins visiting different parts of the palace during the major restoration
BAROQUE FANTASY
designed by
Anthony Russell