James Taite
@jamestaite.bsky.social
Stonemason in Ottawa, Canada.
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A while back I asked a crab fisherman in Maryland what he uses for bait and he looked out over the river and whispered “horse lips on a trot line” as if he were proposing to a beautiful woman
February 14, 2026 at 1:13 PM
A while back I asked a crab fisherman in Maryland what he uses for bait and he looked out over the river and whispered “horse lips on a trot line” as if he were proposing to a beautiful woman
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Happy Valentine’s Day, to those who celebrate!
👇 Corbel, St. Mary & St. David, Kilpeck, ca. 1140.
#SculptureSaturday
👇 Corbel, St. Mary & St. David, Kilpeck, ca. 1140.
#SculptureSaturday
February 14, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day, to those who celebrate!
👇 Corbel, St. Mary & St. David, Kilpeck, ca. 1140.
#SculptureSaturday
👇 Corbel, St. Mary & St. David, Kilpeck, ca. 1140.
#SculptureSaturday
Archives Building, Washington, John Russell Pope arch., 1934
My eyes go immediately to the angled timber props at the corner, tucked up in the armpit of that part of the cornice called the corona and sitting on the bed-moulding below, just above the fascia of the colonnades.
Short 🧵:
My eyes go immediately to the angled timber props at the corner, tucked up in the armpit of that part of the cornice called the corona and sitting on the bed-moulding below, just above the fascia of the colonnades.
Short 🧵:
February 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Archives Building, Washington, John Russell Pope arch., 1934
My eyes go immediately to the angled timber props at the corner, tucked up in the armpit of that part of the cornice called the corona and sitting on the bed-moulding below, just above the fascia of the colonnades.
Short 🧵:
My eyes go immediately to the angled timber props at the corner, tucked up in the armpit of that part of the cornice called the corona and sitting on the bed-moulding below, just above the fascia of the colonnades.
Short 🧵:
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#210: Bernhard Rotterdam, St. Konrad, Bergisch Gladbach-Hand (1952-57)
February 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
#210: Bernhard Rotterdam, St. Konrad, Bergisch Gladbach-Hand (1952-57)
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The absolutely stunning 12thC Virtues triumphing over Vices font at St Peter's, Southrop.
In this scene patience is seen scourging wrath. I was particularly taken with the little buildings sitting on top of the arcade, the detail throughout is jaw dropping.
#FontsOnFriday
In this scene patience is seen scourging wrath. I was particularly taken with the little buildings sitting on top of the arcade, the detail throughout is jaw dropping.
#FontsOnFriday
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The absolutely stunning 12thC Virtues triumphing over Vices font at St Peter's, Southrop.
In this scene patience is seen scourging wrath. I was particularly taken with the little buildings sitting on top of the arcade, the detail throughout is jaw dropping.
#FontsOnFriday
In this scene patience is seen scourging wrath. I was particularly taken with the little buildings sitting on top of the arcade, the detail throughout is jaw dropping.
#FontsOnFriday
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February 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Incredible woman. Lived in Toronto briefly while persona non grata in the US, in a house on Spadina. Hated it.
Today I've been reading about the firebrand anarchist and atheist Emma Goldman
"arrested for giving lessons in public on how to use contraceptives" among many other controversial topics of the time.
Hoover wrote "(They) are beyond doubt, two of the most dangerous anarchists in this country "
"arrested for giving lessons in public on how to use contraceptives" among many other controversial topics of the time.
Hoover wrote "(They) are beyond doubt, two of the most dangerous anarchists in this country "
Emma Goldman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Incredible woman. Lived in Toronto briefly while persona non grata in the US, in a house on Spadina. Hated it.
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On the subject of renewing public spaces!
This is such a beautiful project by STUDIOARTEC and @brunotonelli.bsky.social - loved this detail about the repaving technique used:
about: archello.com/de/project/r...
lots of pictures in thread below
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This is such a beautiful project by STUDIOARTEC and @brunotonelli.bsky.social - loved this detail about the repaving technique used:
about: archello.com/de/project/r...
lots of pictures in thread below
👇
February 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
On the subject of renewing public spaces!
This is such a beautiful project by STUDIOARTEC and @brunotonelli.bsky.social - loved this detail about the repaving technique used:
about: archello.com/de/project/r...
lots of pictures in thread below
👇
This is such a beautiful project by STUDIOARTEC and @brunotonelli.bsky.social - loved this detail about the repaving technique used:
about: archello.com/de/project/r...
lots of pictures in thread below
👇
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My actual favourite class test is one that David Reed gave me:
“Did the roof of your school come to a point?”
“Did the roof of your school come to a point?”
February 12, 2026 at 7:58 AM
My actual favourite class test is one that David Reed gave me:
“Did the roof of your school come to a point?”
“Did the roof of your school come to a point?”
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Trouble with Reviewer 2? Why not carve your alternative theory into the side of your house instead?
(seen on a facade on New Street, Scalloway, Shetland)
(seen on a facade on New Street, Scalloway, Shetland)
![A series of worn inscriptions carved into the facade of a house on New Street, Scalloway. The inscription reads:
'This diagram illustrates the cause of the so called Earth Tides. Also each alternate Ocean Flood, the cause of which has never yet been understood. [Text below ridge mostly illegible]
[Lower stone:] The water flows back when att[ractio]n over & forms a heap on opposite side of E[arth] to balance att[ractio]n flood. There is no [... illegible].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4tvxd4eblq5sgvwr7t6iohtt/bafkreiad6biamkodzexevzbgm275fjllf26wwymunk4k6qgho6n7wv7c34@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Trouble with Reviewer 2? Why not carve your alternative theory into the side of your house instead?
(seen on a facade on New Street, Scalloway, Shetland)
(seen on a facade on New Street, Scalloway, Shetland)
One of several passages in Semper’s 4 Elements inferring that the masonry of a Greek temple was rendered with a finish because the (now-bare) stone was worked with a punch or point. The tooling wasn’t residual to the process of squaring stone, but intentionally introduced as a key for the render.
February 12, 2026 at 1:42 AM
One of several passages in Semper’s 4 Elements inferring that the masonry of a Greek temple was rendered with a finish because the (now-bare) stone was worked with a punch or point. The tooling wasn’t residual to the process of squaring stone, but intentionally introduced as a key for the render.
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I'm sorry, I walk by this building every morning while dropping the 7-y.o. off at school, and I think everyone should know how amazing it is. (And yes, those are seahorses and a trident on top of the tower.)
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I'm sorry, I walk by this building every morning while dropping the 7-y.o. off at school, and I think everyone should know how amazing it is. (And yes, those are seahorses and a trident on top of the tower.)
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The nitty gritty of medieval architecture. The corner of an upper storey. The top of Cheap Street, Sherborne.
February 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
The nitty gritty of medieval architecture. The corner of an upper storey. The top of Cheap Street, Sherborne.
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If you’re in Ottawa, don’t miss Miroyama Teshima’s extraordinary architecture for the Canadian War Museum.
Some of our students get a good look at the Moriyama Regeneration Hall during an excellent tour of the Canadian War Museum today.
February 10, 2026 at 11:44 PM
If you’re in Ottawa, don’t miss Miroyama Teshima’s extraordinary architecture for the Canadian War Museum.
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Post Office
Sagola, MI
Sagola, MI
February 10, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Post Office
Sagola, MI
Sagola, MI
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Random background 1960s buildings, Budapest.
February 10, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Random background 1960s buildings, Budapest.
February 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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Wanted to let you all know I will be at Mouse Arts & Letters Club in Chicago on Saturday, February 21 at 4pm giving a presentation on modern design in West Michigan.
No tickets required, just a $10 suggested donation at the door.
No tickets required, just a $10 suggested donation at the door.
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Wanted to let you all know I will be at Mouse Arts & Letters Club in Chicago on Saturday, February 21 at 4pm giving a presentation on modern design in West Michigan.
No tickets required, just a $10 suggested donation at the door.
No tickets required, just a $10 suggested donation at the door.
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In this weekend’s @thestar.com column I look at how churches have a tradition creating needed housing in Canada & Cabbagetown’s objection to height at St Luke’s is wrong. It’s also voter-supported city policy to force all density into a few areas so you can’t have it both ways, yo.
Shawn Micallef: How high is too high? Why Toronto’s beef with the size of residential towers misses the point
The pressure to go higher in places like this is because it’s not possible in a lot of Toronto where multi-unit apartment bias is strong.
www.thestar.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:43 PM
In this weekend’s @thestar.com column I look at how churches have a tradition creating needed housing in Canada & Cabbagetown’s objection to height at St Luke’s is wrong. It’s also voter-supported city policy to force all density into a few areas so you can’t have it both ways, yo.
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Cathedral of St Mary, Newcastle
Details from the 2006 stained glass window by Joseph A Nuttgens celebrating Newcastle's industrial heritage.
• Ship building on the Tyne with the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing.
• Pottery painting
• Machining
#StainedGlassSunday
Details from the 2006 stained glass window by Joseph A Nuttgens celebrating Newcastle's industrial heritage.
• Ship building on the Tyne with the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing.
• Pottery painting
• Machining
#StainedGlassSunday
February 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Cathedral of St Mary, Newcastle
Details from the 2006 stained glass window by Joseph A Nuttgens celebrating Newcastle's industrial heritage.
• Ship building on the Tyne with the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing.
• Pottery painting
• Machining
#StainedGlassSunday
Details from the 2006 stained glass window by Joseph A Nuttgens celebrating Newcastle's industrial heritage.
• Ship building on the Tyne with the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing.
• Pottery painting
• Machining
#StainedGlassSunday
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The most important event to happen here since Winnipeg General Strike 1919: we just combined pro-wrestling with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. The world will follow.
February 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The most important event to happen here since Winnipeg General Strike 1919: we just combined pro-wrestling with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. The world will follow.
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Found old Markuskyrkan photos I never processed so you’re getting Lewerentz on your feed again. I miss him
February 2, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Found old Markuskyrkan photos I never processed so you’re getting Lewerentz on your feed again. I miss him
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love this Don Draper-ass branding of something completely perfunctory. ‘It’s Fluted’
Doric fluting was invented ca 800 BCE when Dorians needed to make a large opening through a slab but only had smaller core drills so simply cored a circle of overlapping holes
as described by Vitruvius
as described by Vitruvius
February 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
love this Don Draper-ass branding of something completely perfunctory. ‘It’s Fluted’