Architects of Air Amococo Luminarium at Sheffield Cathedral

"A luminarium is a sculpture people enter to be moved to a sense of wonder at the beauty of light and colour.

A luminarium has great appeal for everyone. Appreciated by all ages, all cultures, all abilities including the elderly and wheelchair uses. A luminarium is the most inclusive offering.

Amococo is more than just an walk in art installation, it is a paradox that such a stimulating environment can simultaneously be so calming and comforting. Many people find the luminarium a place for rest or meditation.

Each luminarium is a dazzling maze of winding paths and soaring domes where Islamic architecture, Archimedean solids and Gothic cathedrals meld into inspiring monument to the beauty of light and colour.

Architects of Air is an internationally renowned inflatable walk in art installation, manufactured from translucent PVC, the Luminarium, Amococo.

The structure transforms natural light into a kaleidoscope of liquid light and colour spilling across labyrinthine pathways, cavernous domes and curved walls. The initial reaction is often one of wonder and delight at the unexpected beauty created ,often described as walking through a stained glass window.

No two visits to a structure are alike, as the atmosphere inside alters according to changing weather and changing light outside. The experience is also affected by how the public inhabits the Luminarium."

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Duxford - Imperial War Museum

Duxford has been part of the Imperial War Museum since the 1970s, but its history dates back to the closing stages of the First World War.

It achieved everlasting fame as the first RAF station to operate the Spitfire, for its role in the Battle of Britain and as an USAAF fighter base. Continually updated and improved during its time as an operational station, Historic Duxford contains some of the best-preserved RAF buildings in the country. Over 30 of these are listed as buildings of special architectural and historic interest, and as a group they form the finest example of a pre-1945 fighter station.

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011

The Festival of Speed is the largest motoring garden party in the world – a unique summer weekend that brings together an impossibly heady mix of cars, stars and motor sport ‘royalty’ to create the largest car culture event in the world. Held in the immaculate grounds of Goodwood House, this annual hill-climb event is a true celebration of motor sport and all things automotive. 

Bath, Somerset.

The city was first established as a spa with the Latin name, Aquae Sulis ("the waters of Sulis") by the Romans in AD 43, although verbal tradition suggests that Bath was known before then. They built baths and a temple on the surrounding hills of Bath in the valley of the River Avon around hot springs. Edgar was crowned king of England at Bath Abbey in 973. Much later, it became popular as a spa town during the Georgian era, which led to a major expansion that left a heritage of exemplary crafted from Bath Stone. The City of Bath was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1987. 

Roman Baths

 

 

The Circle

 

The Royal Crescent

Pulteney Bridge

Bath Abbey