Sam Goss
@bfootarch_sam
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founding director of barefoot architects. sustainable contemporary architecture in the homes, housing, and community sectors.
Bristol
Joined January 2013
Nice to see this featured in @ArchitectsJrnal Bristol housing competition shortlists five practices to redevelop school site
architectsjournal.co.uk
The Bristol Housing Festival has shortlisted five teams in its contest for local architects to redevelop a former school site on Novers Hill
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Thanks to the team who organised #mipout last night @The_CosyClub - great to speak with lots of folks and gauge the temperature of the Bristol construction economy. Planning woes aplenty, but optimism too!
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RT @Bristol_HF: A brilliant submission by @bfootarch_sam. For more info on the other shortlisters and competition process, visit our websit….
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We’re really excited to be shortlisted, enjoying working on the next stage of @Bristol_HF and @GoramHomes latest competition.
A brilliant submission by @bfootarch_sam. For more info on the other shortlisters and competition process, visit our website:
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As a #governor of our local #PrimarySchool I want to see a #schoolstreets implemented asap. The level of traffic, pollution and pavement parking is off the charts and I’ve had enough. Any help and guidance on lessons learned on the best process very gratefully received!.
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Great morning discussing the future of housing with the future of the profession @RIBAEducation hopefully inspiring them to work differently, think big, and act as agents of positive change.
At housing seminar with @UWEArchBuiltEnv. @bfootarch_sam of talks about #communityled homes. Below their ethical compass 🧭 shows how they work. #Housingforall .#ukhousing
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RT @RIBA: Are you curious about the business benefits of adopting a 4 day week? Join us for our annual conference Guerrilla Tactics on 8 No….
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This was hilarious!! Tell it like it is @Miriammargolyes.
Miriam Margolyes has just said directly to Jeremy hunt live on the radio 4 “F*ck you you bastard” . Brilliant .#ToriesOutNow #JeremyHunt #radio4.
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RT @g_gosden: Yvette Cooper in full flow is a force of nature. Sue Ellen is defenestrated with aplomb. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.
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RT @DesignWest1: The UK has the oldest & coldest buildings in Europe ❄️🏠 . is it time to Retrofit our homes? .Join us @ArnolfiniArts (Thur….
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Great intro to an inspiring day of speakers #radicalhousingsolutions thinking hats on, juggling different issues of land planning finance delivery and more. Excited to be part of the conversation with the inspiring @agile_homes @DesignWest1 @uwearch for ‘supported reinvention’
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And yes, that is bird shit on my shirt which I hear is very auspicious!.
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Rob and I from Barefoot Architects are fundraising for Jamie's Farm by running the Bath Half. Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving
justgiving.com
Help Barefoot Architects raise money to support Jamie's Farm
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My favourite line in this long, but insightful thread on why we need to end neoliberal politics and the decimation of values.
I believe that the time has come to reject the isolation of neoliberalism and to replace that with a participatory, supportive and inclusive society. That is the big idea that should underpin charge now.
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Architects, working a 4 day week?! Who’d have thought…. ahead of speaking at @RIBA guerrilla tactics here’s a few of my reflections on our approach to a more flexible attitude to practice.
Can a four-day week work for architectural practices? . Four-day weeks are the hottest topic in the workplace and increasingly piloted by businesses in all sectors. @bfootarch_sam, Director of Barefoot Architects explains why the practice made the jump:
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Another great thread expressing with real objective clarity the problems facing the uk. I’m mourning the loss of our future more and more as each day passes.
I had decided that I would leave aside discussion of the monarchy and its role in our society until the Queen’s funeral had passed. But now that her death is being used by politicians to further their aims I have changed my mind. A thread….
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. a staggering 85% decline in home insulation installations between 2012 and 2019. Under current plans, it will take 700 years to upgrade Britain’s homes for low-carbon heating.
theguardian.com
Instead of home insulation and cheap renewables ministers have given us fracking, says Max Wakefield, a director at climate action group Possible
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More sober reading of this Trussed up nonsense of a government. An insightful if frightening thread.
Yesterday was bad. It was, in fact, very, very bad. If Johnson was a disaster, Truss has set out to be worse. I very much doubt that any prime minister has set out to create so many conflicts from the outset of their premiership in the way that Truss has. A thread….
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