Does anyone remember that FOI someone did which revealed their council had been making significantly more money from a number of estates in services charges than it had been spending? Asking for a friend!

Here's a Southwark Council area in Bermondsey Phineas Harper - looking lovely this May

Part of part of a wider refurbishment of the Snape Maltings music centre on Suffolk’s east coast is Haworth Tompkins's tasty reinvention of a *very* ruined Victorian dovecote by craning in a new rehearsal studio. #ArchitectureOfRepair instagram.com/p/C7WKFOzCRd-/

My largest kinetic mobile for a private house yet! Let me know what you think.
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Young people don't want Labour to put 'stability first'. I'm 34 and wages have fallen my entire adult life while the housing crisis grows worse. What young person wants that to be stabilised?

Thrilled to exhibiting at the 'Nature of Hope' Rotterdam Biennale in June. Our contribution is called 'Beyond Repair' and is a collaboration of designers, builders and makers split across Sheffield and London. Find out more about about the biennale here: iabr.nl/en/biennales/n…

persuaded [some] local authorities 😅

Folks who work in charities often wrongly think they have to avoid politics. In fact campaigning on their charitable mission is exactly what charities *should* be doing. But there are some important rules you have to navigate in an election. Highly recommend these drop-ins.

Britain is now one of the most wildlife-depleted countries in the world. It is absolutely clear that thinking critically about repair in architecture must also mean finding ambitious ways to repair nature and a biodiverse natural landscape.

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Systemic problems need systemic solutions. Sustainability campaigns focusing solely on individual behaviour change are wrongheaded. But by targeting both households & local authorities the No Mow May campaign could effect real change – if councils listen! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Two years running my local authority has mown down my neighbours' efforts to improve the biodiversity of the council estate where we live. I wrote about #NoMowMay , relentless chemical spraying and how to stop the council's trigger happy lawnmower men.
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What can retrofit (upgrading old buildings) learn from the Welsh tradition of grouted roofs. Turns out, a lot!

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Property owners who are sitting on houses as a form of financial asset are parasitic. Liverpool is absolutely right to tax the owners of empty homes. Labour should roll this policy out across the country.
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Fantastic to see London Festival of Architecture hosting this event exploring pre-Nakba Palestine organised by the architectural and academic group Palestine Collective and staged at Host in Leyton.

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