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"...imagine the columns -- as many do -- as lily pads, or even as a forest of trees." I'm thinking of Christ Church hall [1] and also the cloisters of Gloucest

"...imagine the columns -- as many do -- as lily pads, or even as a forest of trees." I'm thinking of Christ Church hall [1] and also the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral [2]. I always feel calm in a wood (we don't really have any forests left in the UK). That office looks lovely with those desks as well, you can just see that lovely wood and the brass fittings. And diffuse overhead daylight. Magic. [1] http://www.darknessandlight.co.uk/photographs/christ_church_hall_oxford_3021.html http://www.darknessandlight.co.uk/photographs/christ_church_... [2] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gloucester_cathedral_cloister_001.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gloucester_cathedral_...

hnriot 13y ago
"we don't really have any forests left in the UK" what about New Forest? There are plenty of others too, but that's probably the largest and most well known.
hkmurakami 13y ago
you just made me miss all the great architecture that I had the privilege of being around when I was in grad school (was at the "other" school for a year). Gloucester Cathedral reminds me of the Fungus Forests from the Nausicca animated film: https://encrypted.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=nausicca%20forest&tbs=imgo:1&biw=2560&bih=1364&sei=m9_yUd7VKeOyiQLb04DQAQ https://encrypted.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=nausicca%20fo...