Americans excel at walkable, mixed-use development when they’re designing ski resorts.

It is a little insane that people are arguing whether or not citizens have priority over non citizens in their own country.

From Sir. Gavin Williamson to Sir Sadiq Khan I wonder if the political class has any idea of how much the public despises this incestuous honouring of themselves

Absolutely magnificent.

As modernity passes away, Mary Harrington has a fascinating take.

No one writes like Colm Tóibín. This is a masterpiece of the small and the big, not one wasted word and a gut punch at the end that I won't forget. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

‘The fatal error, for both Reeves and Truss, was making the assumption that markets would see their long-term strategy, understand the need for investment, and be willing to ‘finance the transition’.’ ✍️ Kate Andrews spectator.co.uk/article/rachel…

About 8 minutes after liftoff, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, announcing its arrival with a sonic boom unique to reusable vehicles returning from space

From today Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are fully independent from Russia's and Belarus's electricity systems. This is an important step towards strengthening the energy security of the Eastern Baltic Sea region and the EU as a whole.

“You don’t look grateful.”

Bartlett named world’s best architecture school for third year in a row: Manchester School of Architecture holds its place in the global top five, while Cambridge’s architecture school is ranked 12th in the 2025 QS World University… dlvr.it/TJTkL4 #architecture #news

Star War The Third Gathers - Backstroke of the West (Highlights) youtu.be/9DI5WyiHQno?si… via YouTube

RIP and all that but i have questions

Sheep density in Europe

Maurice Glasman - founder of Blue Labour - on excoriating form when it comes to the lanyard class:

Imagine hundreds of robots working 24/7, tool paths generated automatically, robot pickers mounting and moving blocks with NASCAR efficiency. That’s how stone becomes default in architecture.

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