Bassoonist Amy Harman and concert pianist Nicholas McCarthy are the studio guests of Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe as they add five more tracks. Kicking off with an internationally famous track written in Ostend in Belgium, they end up in a gravel pit via a ticking clock or two.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week’s playlist:
Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye
Clocks by Coldplay
The Clock (the 2nd mvt) from Symphony No 101 in D Major by Haydn
Precipitato (the 3rd mvt) from Piano Sonata No 7 in B Flat Major by Prokofiev
Gravel Pit by Wu-Tang Clan
Other music in this episode:
Etudes: Op 8 No 12 in D-Flat Minor by Scriabin, played by Nicholas McCarthy
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D-Major by Ravel, played by Nicholas McCarthy
On the Road Again (Live) by Willie Nelson
Who’ll Buy My Memories by Willie Nelson
Impulse by Hans Zimmer
Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell
Nautilus by Anna Meredith
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World by James Brown
Da Mystery of Chessboxin by Wu-Tang Clan
Perched along the harbour wall in the coastal town of Watchet, East Quay Arts Centre by Invisible Studio is a cultural project that transforms a modest stretch of waterfront into a vibrant platform for art and creativity. Conceived as a centre for exhibitions, workshops, and artist residencies, the building brings new life to the historic harbour while remaining deeply rooted in the character of its maritime surroundings. The architecture embraces the working identity of the quay, presenting a collection of forms that feel both playful and purposeful against the backdrop of sea and sky.
The composition of the building draws inspiration from the informal structures that traditionally populate harbours — small sheds, workshops, and storage huts that accumulate over time along the water’s edge. Rather than replicating these forms directly, Invisible Studio interprets them through a series of carefully arranged volumes that appear to perch lightly on the quay wall. The resulting cluster of structures creates a varied roofscape and shifting silhouette, giving the centre a sense of spontaneity while maintaining a clear architectural coherence.
Colour and material play an important role in defining the project’s identity. Corrugated metal cladding, finished in a palette of vivid tones, contrasts with the weathered stone of the harbour infrastructure and the muted hues of the surrounding landscape. This bold visual language reflects the creative energy of the centre while ensuring the building remains legible within the wider harbour setting. Internally, the spaces are deliberately robust and flexible, designed to accommodate exhibitions, community events, and educational programmes with ease.
Extending outward from the harbour wall are a series of small artist accommodation pods — perhaps the project’s most memorable feature. These compact rooms project over the water, offering visiting artists a unique vantage point across the Bristol Channel and an immersive connection to the landscape. In bringing together architecture, art, and coastal context, East Quay Arts Centre demonstrates how thoughtful design can catalyse cultural life, transforming a working harbour into a place of reflection, creativity, and exchange.
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There are many things in this world that seem simple but are actually insanely complex and took humanity thousands of years to figure out. Take, for example, the screw. Even though people have been using threaded machines to do work since the ancient Greeks, what we think of as the screw only came into existence in the last couple hundred years. But once it did, it changed everything.
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0:00 – Intro
1:42 – History of the Screw
3:04 – Ancient Construction
5:42 – Standardizing Screws
9:54 – Other Examples
13:46 – Sponsor – Ground News
London’s development along the banks of the Thames has been shaped by countless forces through the millennia, from transit to economics to the maintenance of particular views—but never modern “zoning” laws. In this episode of “A View on Cities,” KPF Principal John Bushell, RIBA, walks us down the famous river to explore how the ancient capital’s built form came to be.
0:00 Welcome to a Sunny London
0:26 The Picturesque City
1:37 The Polycentric City
2:04 Transit-Oriented Density
3:00 North London, South London
3:44 Artists and the Thames
4:25 Southwark and Southbank Tower
5:38 London Old and New
As part of #KPF50, “A View on Cities” offers an in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities defining global cities today. Drawing on KPF’s expertise in contextual and high-performance design, the series investigates how thoughtful urban architecture can drive the resurgence, reinvention, and resilience of the places we live and work.
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