the mean streets of nyc - not for me

well sports fans, if it wasn't obvious by my previous postings, life in nyc has been unpleasant to say the least - and we've chucked it in, thankfully. for the sake of me and my wife's sanity, our careers, the bank balance, our marriage, and our son's future, to say the least. being back in london is calming and settling. it's going to take some time to get my head around things, and really figure out what's going on with the blog, not to mention my career and creative/intellectual well being.

for such a big city, its remarkable that i've come away thinking that it feels intellectually starved - starved of the sophisticated clients that i so wrongly thought would converge on such internationally renowned practices as those making their home in manhattan. perhaps its the american architecture system combined with the general impression of the relative importance of design and the lack of widespread interest in the benefits of good design that prevents it from manifesting.

in any case, i'm back in europe where i'm happy, and on my way back to foster and partners, where i was mostly happy except for their meager salaries. the work there is fathoms beyond what can even begin to be achieved in america.