CHARLES KRAFFT

This artist is news to us at Hiscox Parladé though we have seen his porcelain hand grenade...but with more of these in the world there would be less trouble than the metal originals cause

ANOTHER 70's ODDBALL

You wait ages for a fibreglass building to come along and then 2 come at once...... I drove past this dentist practice in Acton...just as dilapidated as the vanessa - maybe we can specialise

VANESSA SCHOOL

A brilliant nursery school in need of TLC - built in the early 70's by The Vanessa Redgrave Eucational Trust using fibreglass panels and traverse trusses - materials that are not available at the local builders merchant

GURU #3 - OSCAR NIEMEYER

Extension to Listed Building

small project on a north facing elevation ..trying..to get light into the basement - replacing a concrete balcony and timber extension with a glass structure

OLYMPIC PORTAKABIN?

We are looking for gaskets like this for a window like this.... any ideas?

Rotring

I stopped using rotrings in 1989.... I feel the desire coming back after 20years.. above is a 50's rotring and a drawing  of a motorcycle boardtrack supported by giant pushrods mounted in a tappet block. The track went through the bathroom of a suburban house so I could say hello to my then girlfriend [who was always in the bath] - this was my second year of studies and clearly I didnt have to worry about much.

HEAVY METAL

Photos by Lior Kristal

HOT DOG

In 2001 we very nearly built a hot dog stand in west london for Londons best burger bar.... nothing is wasted in this world [especially in hot dogs] and we still get the benefit of what we learned in our journey into weiner world.

 In 1936, Oscar Mayer rolled out the first portable Hot Dog cart, they called it the Wiener mobile and the rest as they say is history. Lucky Dog...taken in New Orleans in 2004 [before the deluge]

Our scheme in 2001 designed in conjunction with Seng Watson, based on a 3m dia. chromed steel sphere, steamed buns and dogs and hot coffee meant minimal infrastructure.

GURU #2 - CEDRIC PRICE

see self portrait signature

CEDRIC PRICE lives on