Guy Booth

Guy Booth qualified as an architect in 1977. A gifted designer with highly original ideas, he takes a keen interest in the history of architecture and related design disciplines from fashion to technology. Concerned that the public often fail to enjoy contemporary architecture, he has developed a sympathetic approach to understanding design based upon a method of observation that anybody can grasp. He is a specialist in large scale urban Master Plans that change and improve our lives.

In 1983 he set up his own architectural practice in London and subsequently wrote a paper on the state of British architecture for the Prince of Wales. He has worked in London, Belfast, Hong Kong, the Middle East, France, Italy and Switzerland on projects as diverse as churches, private palaces and the design of cities. Researching the life of the architect Sir Charles Barry [designer of the Palace of Westminster] generated a commitment to write full time. He remains a registered architect in the UK.

Guy creates inspirational production ideas for television and radio: he enjoys presenting. Working to a routine, he relaxes walking or cycling in the Lake District, and exploring towns and cities in every part of the world, observing people as they are. Equally fascinated by sophisticated elegance and the Arts and Crafts Movement, he has a passion for Louis XVI interiors, the furniture of Gordon Russell, luxury liners of the past; the works of Michelangelo, Voysey and Alvar Aalto. The paintings of Bronzino, Vuillard and Ben Nicholson delight him. Wren, Shakespeare and Purcell are enjoyed equally with Foster, Orton and Franz Lehár.