Alan says "creativity is intelligence having fun”. He balances some very rigid and carefully designed routines with architectural anarchy.  He joined us in The Walrus pub where he shared his thoughts on life including:

Why everything will be fineOn vision as an ability to visualise and create order when others can only see chaosWhy he’s looking for £100 per week from each of his kidsA rock ‘n’ roll year working with Bono and The Edge Why Architects make very good lovers but very bad husbandsBecoming a committed Mod in 1965What it’s like to have two mothers and two fathersLate diagnosis of Adult Attachment Disorder (AAD) Travel anxiety and why two hours early is preferable to one minute late His knack of destroying his relationshipsHow Architecture has provided security and stability in his lifeHow setting light to his canvasses in a telephone box led to a career in ArchitectureThe importance of third-party endorsement The importance of doing something modest and doing it very very wellThe joy of both teaching and designing housesExchanging architectural fees for backgammon and skiing lessonsHis second Grand Designs project


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Alan Phillips Architects

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