Your memories don't come from books. Your stories aren't just stories. - George R.R. MArtin in Game of Thrones
This (printed book) will kill that (architecture) - Victor Hugo in Huncback of Notre Dame
Kingsbridge is a fictional town in Ken Follett’s book “Pillars of the Earth” (later expanded into “The Kingsbridge Series”). Amazing book tells the story about building a cathedral in Kingsbridge town at the time of England’s War of Roses.
Kingsbridge Estate is gated community in Bryanston, suburb of Greater Johannesburg, South Africa that I had privilege of working on early in my career.
Name of development was inspired by the book and in return my career is inspired in many ways by my work, interaction with clients on almost 50 individual houses in the development, as well as story of builders of Kingsbridge cathedral.
Question(s) remain - what is the story behind our everyday architecture? What message are we leaving for future generations, those who would not be able to read our outdated electronic files? What is architecture of today telling about us, our lives, our values? Does today’s architecture reflect diversity of our cultures like architecture of the past did?