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10 | Architecture & Design St Johns Co Cathedral: The new tapestry hall. Artist impression. detailing. Listening to a recent lecture about him, highlighted how his love for materials came out in his work and the way he used to detail his work. Through his detailing he wanted to dig into his materials and reveal the build up to the end user. Andrea Marcante and Adelaide Testa are another two architects who fascinate me with their use of interiors to tell a story and their huge respect to existing fabric - in a particular project, they kept and worked around the wallpaper that was original to the house that they worked in. ….. and the list goes on. However, these are a few of the architects that I admire for the experience that they give to the end user - their designs are timeless and all strive to give the user a sense of belonging. WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE ASPIRING ARCHITECTS? I think striving to be better and to leave a better place for future generations should always be the target of a design architect. Mindset is everything in our work. If one doesn't focus on the right mindset it is very easy to lose your way and go with the flow or give up. Obviously, a constant look for inspiration is the best tool to stay in the right mindset. WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? Growing organically, I think, is part of the excitement of this job. It's difficult to know where projects will take you and what opportunities you come across. However, with this merge, I can totally see room for more opportunities to be able to have projects where we can really focus on detailing. Detailing is key for the success of a project and with such a cool team I believe that we can surely work towards really good detailing in our projects. Dar il-Hanin Samaritan meditaion garden. Photo credit Daniel Cilia " Development is a way forward for a community to thrive and grow. If every architect and developer had to keep in mind that with every building they are proposing, they are writing tomorrow's history, our island would be in a much better architectural state than it is "