ABOUT

A few words
about Thomas Saunders

Architect, Author, Tarot Specialist & Teacher

Thomas Saunders, chartered architect, was elected a Fellow Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1968. Later, he was awarded the Advanced Certificate of Environmental Design and Crime Prevention and elected as a registered RIBA Client Design Adviser (CDA).

He was a visiting lecturer on Professional Practice and Business Management at the school of architecture now known as The University of East London.

In 1961, he set up on his own which became the major International practice The Thomas Saunders Partnership (TTSP). After 21 years as the senior partner he was prompted by Joseph Campbell’s remark,

The real killer in life is when you are at the top of the ladder and realise it is leaning against the wrong wall.

At that point, he knew he had to move on to explore wider horizons.

Since his ‘retirement’ from TTSP in 1984, he has acted as an independent consultant architect, writing and presenting seminars (Thomas Saunders Consultants Ltd.). He was chairman to one of the project management companies of City Merchant Developers Ltd.

The Thomas Saunders Partnership - International architects practice in 1961

Fellow Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1968

Advanced Certificate of Environmental Design and Crime Prevention

Registered RIBA Client Design Adviser (CDA)

Lecturer at The School Of Architecture / The University of East London

Independent consultant architect - 1984

Chairman & project management for the City Merchant Developers Ltd.

Author

Practicing dowser & lecturer on the subject

Associate Lecturer at the University of the Arts London

Thoughts on Architecture, Myths and Management

His latest book, Thoughts on Architecture, Myths and Management traces the ancient core practice of architecture and the covert teachings of myths. Their arcane symbolic language can provide invaluable insights for modern management, ethical guides in business activities and politics and understand our own human nature.

The Boiled Frog Syndrome – Your Health and the Built Environment

He has presented seminars on Plato’s Seven Liberal Arts, Sacred Geometry and Vitruvius in the UK, Arizona and New Mexico. This work culminated in writing The Boiled Frog Syndrome – Your Health and the Built Environment. The book was later translated into Portuguese and published by Editora Pensamento-Cultrix Ltda in Brazil under the title Sau Saude E O Ambiente que Construimos.

The Authentic Tarot – Discovering Your Inner Self

Watkins published his book The Authentic Tarot – Discovering Your Inner Self. It is now on its second print. See www.authentictarot.com SilverWood Books Ltd. published his autobiography Getting A Life in 2014.

The international journal Complimentary Therapies in Clinical Practice commissioned his paper Health Hazards and Electromagnetic Fields published in 2004 by Elsevier Science Ltd.

He delivered lectures at the Royal Academy for the British Society of Dowsers, The Prince’s Foundation, Kairos, the Scientific & Medical Network, the Research Into Lost Knowledge Organisation (RILKO), the RIBA on the role of the architect and other groups on leadership, decoding myths, mystery school teachings and sacred geometry.

He is a practicing dowser, was a long-term member of the National Federation of Healers and an Associate Lecturer at the University of the Arts London.

Travel

He has travelled extensively in Europe, North America, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, the Caribbean and the Bahamas, Egypt, Kuwait, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, India, Japan, Russia, North and East Africa.

He is an experienced trans-Atlantic sailor, travelled 1500 miles into the Amazon jungle and camped with the Inuits, 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle. He and his wife lived in France for 8 years and returned to Highgate, North London in 2013.


Thoughts on Architecture, Myths & Management - Thomas Saunders