Soane's Magician: the Tragic genius of Joseph Michael Gandy

Once upon a time, there was a wizard who knew what Heaven and Hell looked like. In fact, he designed them. He also drew the greatest royal palaces that Britain has ever dreamed of, and a massive new Parliament building. He assembled complete, monumental cities and prototype skyscrapers. The name of this magician was Joseph Michael Gandy, and he did all this in the first few decades of the 19th century. Gandy was doomed to disappointment - he built very little in the real world, and was destined to be comprehensively eclipsed by another architect. He died a mad, penniless, abandoned old man. But he was no failure, because his extraordinary visions survive.

· Soane's Magician: The Tragic Genius of Joseph Michael Gandy fué una exposición del Soane de Londres, paralela a la publicación del libro Joseph Gandy: An Architectural Visionary in Georgian England, de Brian Lukacher. Además, es mi regalo de reyes para Jose.

The Guardian: Feel that draught + Let there be light

The Sunday Times: Illusions of grandeur, por Hugh Pearman.