'M&S Oxford Street – Why refused and what does it mean for the future development of existing buildings' - @HSFlegal - hsfnotes.com/realestatedeve…

The West Door at King's College Chapel was opened especially for me tonight so I could take this picture of the sunset over the wildflower meadow - which was nice :) and if you look closely you can see the college cat! A picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4869)

'On either side of the viaduct a roadway and footpath was constructed. This was intended to provide access to the arches and also to provide a parallel walking and carriage route_' - London & Grenwich Railway Archives - alondoninheritance.com/tag/london-gre… A London Inheritance

#wetbulb reported by The Economist (in May 2022) youtu.be/uynhvHZUOOo?t=…

image produced by Alasdair Rae using #Aerialod led to reading - 'A clear sky itself brings about a feeling of depth, of eternity. By association, blue pigments will suggest distance, and therefore will appear to recede from the viewer in a painting.' sites.google.com/site/scienceof…

'slum photography was at the heart of progressive campaigns against urban poverty, and it was a weapon against poor people' - Sadie Levy Gale in Aeon Magazine - aeon.co/essays/slum-ph…

'I wouldn’t usually trouble the general reader with the RIBA’s inner workings, but a healthy architectural profession, respectful both to its employees and its clients, is for the good of the buildings and public spaces everywhere.' - theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

oh #Olivetti... 🤍 image and video of development of ELEA 9003 (with industrial design by Architect Ettore Sottsass) youtu.be/ZuJJgeUUXZw?si… Olivetti Campus (1968-72) in Bürostadt Niederrad, Frankfurt by Egon Eiermann; image by Moritz Bernoully and L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui

'why Britain doesn’t build - the history of attempts to reform #planning' by Samuel Watling - worksinprogress.co/issue/why-brit…

dystopia/ utopia, and solar punk Ebenezer Howard? video by Dami youtube.com/watch?v=UVlBmd…

In 1849 an artist and writer called John Ruskin wrote something called "The Seven Lamps of Architecture". It was an immediate best-seller and, in some ways, changed the course of 19th century art and design. Ruskin became one of the leading public thinkers of the Victorian Era.

Joe Makes: 'These #Bricks Can Absorb #Traffic Noise - Thesis Presentation on #Helmholtz Resonators' - youtube.com/watch?v=y9-p4A…

'Justice Lieven said that Gove had erred in claiming that paragraph 152 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)  meant there was a ‘strong presumption in favour of repurposing and reusing buildings’.' architectsjournal.co.uk/news/ms-wins-h…

Lambeth Archives new centre now open (initially by appointment only) lambeth.gov.uk/libraries-0/la…

_in 1355 “the inundation of the sea and the Humber had destroyed the foundations of the chapel of Ravenser Odd … so that the corpses and bones of the dead there horribly appeared" image Gareth Sleightholme yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/ravense…

Renaissance Man - a tribute to Russell Dryden in Southwark News - southwarknews.co.uk/area/bermondse…

Built 1973-81 by specialist bridge engineers Freeman Fox & Partners, the sublime Humber Bridge held the record as the longest single-span in the world for 16 years (1,410m). Grade I listed in 2017, which other modern bridges should be added to the national register?

Russell Dryden - #Bermondsey #Legend video by ” Friends of Southwark Park 🌳 x.com/OldFriendsSPar…

'Adapting Historic Buildings for Energy and Carbon Efficiency: Historic England Advice Note 18' (PDF, 2.11 MB) Historic England - historicengland.org.uk/images-books/p… Image: Chester Cathedral - The blessing of the solar panels at Chester Cathedral in 2023. Chester Cathedral

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