“The next time you see a starchitect propose something insipid like “blockchain but for architecture,” send a letter to the editor saying “stop publishing this bullshit.”” archpaper.com/2020/06/opinio…

Voeu pour #2021 : que l'architecture retrouve sa vocation climatique ! L'illusion de ressources infinies avait pu l'en écarter Une nouvelle architecture climatique émerge pour rendre les villes et campagnes + belles et + habitables PAVILLON ARSENAL lemonde.fr/culture/articl…

“it will create some new winners, as well as a multitude of losers — those unwilling or unable to adjust to an era of worker choice.” ⁦Dror Poleg⁩ nytimes.com/2021/01/04/ups…

Congratulations Marion Waller !!! So proud to be in your orbit. Can’t wait to see what the future holds for this incredible woman who is changing how cities are conceived, with a social an environmental conscience. ULI Europe Paris Sciences Po Anne Hidalgo Jean-Louis Missika

Cultural places and spaces can play a key role in helping communities connect and have a direct impact on our #health. Check out Know Your Health knowyourhealth.life a new project led by PLP Architecture Hala El Akl PLP Labs COMUZI and Centric Lab and take the survey✍️

This evening on BBC Radio London, Hala El Akl and Rhael 'LionHeart' Cape Hon FRIBA will be chatting about #KnowYourHealth, a new online tool launched by #PLPArchitecture, Centric Lab and COMUZI to empower people to create healthier neighbourhoods. Tune in from 10.30pm: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09…

PLP Architecture has won a competition to masterplan the Olympic Village for the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics bit.ly/3ggiMlJ

The office is dead. Long live the office. 🏢 In collaboration with Archiboo we’re looking for talented architects to redefine the #workplace Want to take bold decisions & rethink how the #nextgen office can be a genuinely multi-sensory experience? 👇 Click the link below

“Women have a different perspective of their environment from the men who created it. Because there is no ‘women’s tradition’ in building design, we want to explore the new possibilities that the recent change in women’s lives and expectations have opened up.” Matrix Design Co-Op

Will the pandemic spell the end of cities, offices and high streets as we know them? London-based urban designer and architect, Hala El Akl doesn't think so: bit.ly/3wHLKjC #Disrupted In partnership with Accenture

How does the relationship between our environments and our health work? How can we improve long-term health resilience as individuals and a community? Talking about our research on The Urbanist Centric Lab COMUZI #plplabs

Do you know the link between the quality of Londoners’ living and working environments & their levels of health vulnerability? Read our latest #blog by Hala El Akl who explores the quality of environments and its direct impact on livelihoods. londonsociety.org.uk/post/journal-2… #london

Climate neutrality —> Mandatory by 2050 in the EU #ClimateEmergency #climateneutralEU #ESG

Congratulations to the incredible team behind my sister's first feature. Mounia Akl's Costa Brava is in the official selection of La Biennale di Venezia Venice Film Festival. #BiennaleCinema2021 #venezia78 #concorso #Competition Abbout Productions mk2 films Participant Nadine Labaki salehbakri

Waiting for the #BiennaleCinema2021 | #OrizzontiExtra #MouniaAkl’s COSTA BRAVA is a dramedy on environmental issues: it follows a family who escaped the pollution of #Beirut by seeking refuge in a utopic mountain home. With Nadine Labaki and #SalehBakri → bit.ly/Orizzonti_Vene…

“Richard Rogers changed the face of urban Britain, not with his buildings, but by putting the importance of sustainable, liveable cities at the top of the political agenda.”

First read it top down. Then read it bottom up. Your choice.