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Katılım Mart 2024
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timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@RowanMoore my father had a story that as a teething toddler I had once bitten Peter Smithson, or it might have been Colin St John Wilson, either way I'm sure it was a gesture of great appreciation for the fine qualities of both these architects.
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Rowan Moore
Rowan Moore@RowanMoore·
For anyone who wants beauty in architecture, here you are
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edwin heathcote
edwin heathcote@edwinheathcote·
Enjoy your BURN’S night.
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@tomravenscroft Phipps’ Center For Sustainable Landscapes, USA Pixel Building, Melbourne, Australia CopenHill Power Plant Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, India Eastgate Centre, Zimbabwe French Polynesia Cultural Centre International House, Australia WISE building, Wales
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Master Prophet
Master Prophet@tomravenscroft·
Hi all! Quick question... What are the most significant buildings of the 21st century so far?
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@Groupwork_arch He moved to France with his brother taking 9 frames. He found support from Henry IV of France, who granted him a patent. Lee began manufacture in Rouen and prospered until Henry's assassination in 1610, he was last heard of in 1614. Maybe the world wasn't ready...
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Groupwork
Groupwork@Groupwork_arch·
@TimothySoar imagine Britain industrialising, growing its production & therefore need for foreign markets that much earlier? Likely to have overwhelmed France before its growth, no Prussia, no Germany, no independent Americas, possibly dictated the Qing dynasty too. & who rises with decline?
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Groupwork
Groupwork@Groupwork_arch·
Xmas pub crawl nerd fest !!!
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@Groupwork_arch reminiscent of a simple knitting stitch. In 1589, clergyman William Lee invented the first-ever knitting machine. Which Queen Elizabeth 1 declined to patent. She feared her subjects would be forced into poverty, a thought that delayed the industrial revolution by 170 years
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Groupwork@Groupwork_arch·
@TimothySoar … reciprocal timbers eventually petrified in stone by Joseph Abeille, with a patent to the Académie royale des sciences for a flat vault made of interlocking stone bricks
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@hughpearman "At this time, Britain Remade is funded by grants from a range of organisations, including the European Climate Foundation and Quadrature Climate Foundation." Quite a rabbit hole, if you have a day or two to spare.
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Hugh Pearman
Hugh Pearman@hughpearman·
'Britain Remade'. Amazing how these organisations suddenly appear, with high production values, fully staffed by fresh-faced spads and thinktankers with interesting haircuts, claiming to be 'grassroots', rather vague as to who funds them: britainremade.co.uk/about
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@terrychristian @Lucy_Worsley Sir, you are confused that, truly, would be Oxford. Cambridge still does sack cloth and ashes, it's a thing, you know, scientists et al. Poets, and purple, go to the other place.
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terry christian
terry christian@terrychristian·
@Lucy_Worsley As an ex student of Thames Polytechnic - I can state that's Cambridge and the river Cam where Sebastian, Tarquin, Tristram , Quentin and Rupert would often be punting while wearing purple trousers with their 'society' girlfriends 🤣🤣
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Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley@Lucy_Worsley·
Um, notice anything?
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edwin heathcote
edwin heathcote@edwinheathcote·
This article inadvertently pretty much sums up everything that is wrong with contemporary architecture: Ten striking sculptural buildings that draw attention from afar dezeen.com/2024/11/13/str…
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@brownliberite About three-quarters of East Anglian land is farmland, which is a little higher than the national average of 70%. However the EU has a higher percentage of tree cover than the UK. Perhaps we should grow more trees?
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Liberite 🔶 🇪🇺
Liberite 🔶 🇪🇺@brownliberite·
>netherlands-level flat >super close to london >international port megahub >***empty*** why.
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@edwinheathcote 'or is he thinking of', in this context, I'm troubled by the use of 'thinking'. There's a lot of 'feeling' going on, which absolves quite a bit of the use of a brain.
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edwin heathcote
edwin heathcote@edwinheathcote·
Surely not the London that was established by Romans then taken over by Angles and Saxons, from Germany? And surely not New York that was built by the Dutch and then the British? Or is he thinking of Manahatta established by the Lenape?
PatriotTakes 🇺🇸@patriottakes

JD Vance laments the diversity of New York City ahead of Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally: “London doesn’t feel fully English to me anymore. Right? New York of course is the classic American city. Over time, I think New York will start to feel less American.”

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Royal Institute of British Architects
Royal Institute of British Architects@RIBA·
Can we really put retrofit first in social housing supply? At a panel discussion accompanying the Building Centre’s recent social housing exhibition, experts sought ways to put retrofit, rather than newbuild, at the top of the agenda: ow.ly/pNXP50TQx0k
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@Groupwork_arch Blackrock invests in clay bricks, perhaps you should talk to Clay Capital, they could invest in some black rock?
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Groupwork@Groupwork_arch·
That did not go to plan Last year we presented to Blackrock’s research team why they should invest in sustainable materials Explaining the UK uses 1.9-2.1bn bricks pa, importing 35% Stone Bricks cheap & 98% less CO2 saving 4mn metric tonnes of CO2 pa What were we thinking?
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@Groupwork_arch Number 6 : Where am I? Number Two : In the village. Number 6 : What do you want? Number Two : Information. Number 6 : Whose side are you on? Number Two : That would be telling. We want information... information... information!
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@willjennings80 "took up shooting after a heated argument with his ex-wife" pretty much guarantees you'll be doing your shooting without a gun in the UK.
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Will Jennings 
Will Jennings @willjennings80·
I know who I think should be the "face of the games" and it's not Léon Marchand.
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Groupwork@Groupwork_arch·
@TimothySoar Sanguine pension fund head, “the market is probably corrupt on cost by about 20% with PM/QS’s in bed with contractors. Similarly with contractors & their suppliers. All of whom don’t want to shift on concrete, steel nor cost. That’s the market, not an easy fight”
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Groupwork@Groupwork_arch·
Dry shell&core complete on a new & unusually large section steel frame office Clad(?!) in precast concrete stone effect columns&beams large enough to hold up the whole bldg “Facade Engineering” at its most costly in £ & CO2 Who sits in meetings thinking this makes sense?
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@Groupwork_arch 'de-risk' is entirely context related, once your context changes your 'de-risk strategy' can drag you under. We are in the foothills of the biggest change to human society since the collapse of Bronze age civilisation. The Times They Are A-Changin'
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Groupwork@Groupwork_arch·
@TimothySoar Little incentive for Main Contractors to lower £ by faster/cheaper “specialist” materials&subs Too many PM/QS have long relations with MCs & open “de-risking” doors to increase costs Sometimes more simply “we do as the contractor says & they give us other jobs, you should too”
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@Groupwork_arch According to the blurb "96.42% BREEAM Outstanding assessment, making it the most sustainable building in the UK, Earth Friendly Concrete a 50% saving in embodied carbon, construction waste not to exceed 7.5m2 of waste per 100m2 of GIA. Also, 2 beehives on the roof"
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Groupwork@Groupwork_arch·
“Facade Engineer” layered not integrated with the Strucural Engineer Whose steel superstructure is heavier to support the Facade Engineer’s steel sub-structure to support a mix of heavy & light veneer columns & beams Heavy on the firmness, no commodity nor delight
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@Groupwork_arch troubling for the many that want to save the planet but can't get any traction (that tribe is huge and multigenerational). Up to you to prove hearts of stone will win the day!
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Groupwork@Groupwork_arch·
@TimothySoar Amen to that. Sad, yet not unexpected to say there’s a generation layer out there (with notable exceptions) who tell us “our kids will save the planet, in the meantime I need to make money & can’t spend my time learning how to be uniquely green in an industry that isn’t” 🤷
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timothy soar
timothy soar@TimothySoar·
@Groupwork_arch There's a paradigm at work here; forced, enforced & reinforced, by every part of the process. As the cost/efficiency/benefit/politics of making big buildings change, we will create a new paradigm. Just as digital replaced analogue, construction is due a similar re-vision
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Groupwork@Groupwork_arch·
@TimothySoar Final & positive visual & civic impact not the question (indeed never went back to see its look) but what’s under the skin, what has it cost in £ & CO2? could it, without much effort been lighter ? Answers are more often yes but as architects we have no controlling agency
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