RT @SustainableTall: 9 social housing apartments in Mallorca . Recessed balconies with adjustable shade, lots of natural materials, access….

Working on embodied carbon comparisons for steel, rc, all stone & stone-timber hybrid structural frames. After presenting field of numbers, thought the graphic put it more succinctly. “material passporting” especially of biomass materials enabling accounting of sequestered CO2

Sometime when the sun never set

RT @Rainmaker1973: The worlds largest sand battery is able to supply heat and hot water to a Finnish town for months. [🎞️ james_stew].http….

RT @ediramaal: Dear @Nigel_Farage, . My Catholic grandmother, God rest her soul, used to remind me of the Latin proverb: Errare humanum est….

with a bath tub opening onto the street, Richard Murphy was never going to fit-in & conform

Stepping out & up, dressed in full gothic revival

For those still fighting the “does not fit-in not conform” polemic

Client called us in on a project that went D&B with the PM/QS recommending a contractor who had their own “cheaper architect”. Our details swapped for contractor design portions & their architect failing to meet regs let alone expectation on finishes. You can’t say I told you so

Alex does his best to demonstrate the strength of broken/waste 10mm stone floor tiles repurposed/reformed as truncated conical vaults. Stone already 99.8% lower than steel, 98% lower than reinforced concrete & here cost & carbon free

RT @CompletedStreet: *Electric & autonomous vehicles

4 days in Tirana …celebrating architects, their clients & planners/politicians’ vision for its near & long term future …spot the architects .

Back to the stone future ✊🏼

RT @mmpadellan: Holy shit, these San Diego residents kicking ICE the fuck out of their neighborhood. THIS IS POWERFUL.✊💪..

Possibly as Alberti came from a banking family, skipping his 7yr architecture apprenticeship; in “The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors & Architects”, Vasari finds him an “admirable citizen who wrote books…whose work sometimes looks awkward (& indeed it is)”. ?

RT @Future_Cities: #BD @BDonline has included a thorough, critical review by Amin Taha @Groupwork_arch of our Five Critical Essays on #EDI….

Having walked the several ha’ of Harvard Sqr & the 25mx15m pro-peace camp of Jews, Christians, Muslims & those of no religious faith protesting against the Gaza war; the idea of banning 100% of foreign & any US protestors is just barking

Followed by an invite Alex Bertrand of.StonemasonryCo. Who knew he’s a full on hifi geek?!. Currently, out of one of those personal passion hobbies… building stone speakers with extraordinary sound…