I have recently been gifted an old Mac Pro 5,1 from around 2010. After a long time looking at tutorials on the internet I decided to get a new ‘metal’ enabled graphics card to update the OS X to ‘Mojave’ … Read More
The RIBA North West Design awards were held at the Manchester Metropolitan University Art and Design Building on 8th May 2019. The Ordsall Chord won both a ‘Regional Award’ and ‘Building of the Year’ award. In addition I was totally … Read More
The construction industry is a particularly backward industry. There have been a number of high profile assessments on the subject, famously the Egan and Lathan reports; since these have been published there have been many studies into our industry and … Read More
Today the events page has been added. A record of the christenings, parties, christmases, barbecues and other exciting times. Amelia and Georgia’s christenings start off this section with a great number more events coming soon. Happy reading Mike
There are photographs from my wedding. Also, a number of very special people have invited us to their weddings. Photographs of the events are collated on this page. Happy days. Along with happy memories which will be cherished for many … Read More
Today the Travel section has been added to the site. I have been very lucky to have been on a number of great holidays. Photographs of the travels are all collated here. Some of the holidays include my honeymoon in Cuba, a … Read More
The architecture page is a portfolio of all the projects that I have collaborated on during my architectural career at a number of leading architectural firms in Manchester UK. Looking further back there is also a record of my work whilst … Read More
The about page has traditionally been a Curriculum Vitae, listing my various virtues as an Architect. With the site redesign I have added to the general information and included a bit of a description and history of why the site … Read More
I am pleased to say that this website has (after many experiments) relaunched with a new design. Version 5 is now powered by WordPress using a theme called Pinnacle by Kadence Themes. It has taken a lot of effort to … Read More