Nick Thorn
@nickjthorn.com
i’m an architect.
fayetteville, arkansas.
everyone deserves good design.
fayetteville, arkansas.
everyone deserves good design.
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Nick Thorn
@nickjthorn.com
· Jul 19
Going to do the same here in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
“How would you prefer to see Northwest Arkansas developed?”
Sadly, we’re overrun with folks who want single family houses and to protect the natural beauty of the city. Can’t have both, folks.
DENSITY SAVES NATURE
“How would you prefer to see Northwest Arkansas developed?”
Sadly, we’re overrun with folks who want single family houses and to protect the natural beauty of the city. Can’t have both, folks.
DENSITY SAVES NATURE
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this is why i think the power of point access blocks is even greater at scale...
not only do you house nearly same number of people - you do it in like 60% of the footprint
meaning construction costs go way down.
more privacy. more space for trees. more daylight. homes that cross ventilate.
not only do you house nearly same number of people - you do it in like 60% of the footprint
meaning construction costs go way down.
more privacy. more space for trees. more daylight. homes that cross ventilate.
here's version w/ (4) 6 story 'el'-shaped PABs
300 homes
half of them are 2-4 bedrooms (status quo development in seattle right now has that number at <6%)
max FAR: 2.8 (less than half what would normally see on a 6 story site)
lot coverage: 47%
look at how massive those courtyards are: 🌳🌳🌳🌳
300 homes
half of them are 2-4 bedrooms (status quo development in seattle right now has that number at <6%)
max FAR: 2.8 (less than half what would normally see on a 6 story site)
lot coverage: 47%
look at how massive those courtyards are: 🌳🌳🌳🌳
October 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
this is why i think the power of point access blocks is even greater at scale...
not only do you house nearly same number of people - you do it in like 60% of the footprint
meaning construction costs go way down.
more privacy. more space for trees. more daylight. homes that cross ventilate.
not only do you house nearly same number of people - you do it in like 60% of the footprint
meaning construction costs go way down.
more privacy. more space for trees. more daylight. homes that cross ventilate.
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you know how i keep saying single stair buildings are workhorse of walkable urbanism the world over?
here are 174 homes on a 2.2 acre block in seattle.
(16) 4-5 story single stair buildings.
what do you think FAR is?
what about lot coverage?
unit distribution?
here are 174 homes on a 2.2 acre block in seattle.
(16) 4-5 story single stair buildings.
what do you think FAR is?
what about lot coverage?
unit distribution?
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
you know how i keep saying single stair buildings are workhorse of walkable urbanism the world over?
here are 174 homes on a 2.2 acre block in seattle.
(16) 4-5 story single stair buildings.
what do you think FAR is?
what about lot coverage?
unit distribution?
here are 174 homes on a 2.2 acre block in seattle.
(16) 4-5 story single stair buildings.
what do you think FAR is?
what about lot coverage?
unit distribution?
Buy a cool house, I said. Why would anyone want to live in a cookie-cutter builder home, I asked.
Yesterday, the 45 year-old 4 foot by 7 foot single-pane skylight in our primary bath shattered into a million little pieces. Thankfully nobody was in there.
Oh, the joys of homeownership.
Yesterday, the 45 year-old 4 foot by 7 foot single-pane skylight in our primary bath shattered into a million little pieces. Thankfully nobody was in there.
Oh, the joys of homeownership.
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Buy a cool house, I said. Why would anyone want to live in a cookie-cutter builder home, I asked.
Yesterday, the 45 year-old 4 foot by 7 foot single-pane skylight in our primary bath shattered into a million little pieces. Thankfully nobody was in there.
Oh, the joys of homeownership.
Yesterday, the 45 year-old 4 foot by 7 foot single-pane skylight in our primary bath shattered into a million little pieces. Thankfully nobody was in there.
Oh, the joys of homeownership.
Glad I chose doing yard work instead of watching the Cowboys stink up the field this afternoon.
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Glad I chose doing yard work instead of watching the Cowboys stink up the field this afternoon.
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If your app needs to add these features maybe it's just not that great for people??? techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/t...
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If your app needs to add these features maybe it's just not that great for people??? techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/t...
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He stole the desk. That belongs to the American people. They better get it back.
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
He stole the desk. That belongs to the American people. They better get it back.
All this kvetching about among “leaders” trying to figure how to bring down prices is exhausting.
What if we just paid all people a living wage that kept up with inflation?
Seems simple to me. 🤷♂️
What if we just paid all people a living wage that kept up with inflation?
Seems simple to me. 🤷♂️
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
All this kvetching about among “leaders” trying to figure how to bring down prices is exhausting.
What if we just paid all people a living wage that kept up with inflation?
Seems simple to me. 🤷♂️
What if we just paid all people a living wage that kept up with inflation?
Seems simple to me. 🤷♂️
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It's possible. Not with what we have built. But it is possible if we want it.
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It's possible. Not with what we have built. But it is possible if we want it.
This is pre-bailout GM levels of bad rebadging.
Nissan couldn’t even get the refreshed version of the Mitsubishi. Why would anyone buy this?
Nissan couldn’t even get the refreshed version of the Mitsubishi. Why would anyone buy this?
Nissan finally has a hybrid entrant in the compact-SUV class, but the Rogue Plug-In Hybrid strikes us as a stopgap until a next-generation model arrives in 2027.
Rebadge Inception: 2026 Nissan Rogue Plug-In Hybrid Is Basically Just a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Nissan finally has a hybrid entrant in the compact-SUV class, but the Rogue Plug-In Hybrid strikes us as a stopgap until a next-generation model arrives in 2027.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is pre-bailout GM levels of bad rebadging.
Nissan couldn’t even get the refreshed version of the Mitsubishi. Why would anyone buy this?
Nissan couldn’t even get the refreshed version of the Mitsubishi. Why would anyone buy this?
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Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
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We should make these legal again
November 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
We should make these legal again
Continuously disappointed by my alma mater. 👎
“…regents unanimously voted Thursday to approve a new policy that will require each campus president to sign off on any course that could be seen as advocating for “race and gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity.”
“…regents unanimously voted Thursday to approve a new policy that will require each campus president to sign off on any course that could be seen as advocating for “race and gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity.”
Texas A&M regents preview course review after gender identity instruction controversy
Texas A&M previews course audit ordered after viral video
Regents on Thursday are also set to consider rules that would restrict faculty from advocating “race or gender ideology” and from teaching material inconsistent with approved syllabi.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Continuously disappointed by my alma mater. 👎
“…regents unanimously voted Thursday to approve a new policy that will require each campus president to sign off on any course that could be seen as advocating for “race and gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity.”
“…regents unanimously voted Thursday to approve a new policy that will require each campus president to sign off on any course that could be seen as advocating for “race and gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity.”
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Texas A&M is no longer a "university". It's a Vacation Bible School with a football team and parking problems.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Texas A&M is no longer a "university". It's a Vacation Bible School with a football team and parking problems.
If the Ferrari F1 team needed to have a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad race weekend in Brazil so that the Ferrari WEC team could win multiple championships (driver & constructor's) at the end of the 8 Hours of Bahrain, I'll gladly accept that trade from the motorsports gods.
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If the Ferrari F1 team needed to have a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad race weekend in Brazil so that the Ferrari WEC team could win multiple championships (driver & constructor's) at the end of the 8 Hours of Bahrain, I'll gladly accept that trade from the motorsports gods.
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What's most frustrating about Sprint weekends overall is the lack of overall preparation time.
It's clear several teams haven't unlocked their cars' potential given this lack of time, and this excellence is, fundamentally, what #F1 is supposed to be all about. 1 hour isn't it.
It's clear several teams haven't unlocked their cars' potential given this lack of time, and this excellence is, fundamentally, what #F1 is supposed to be all about. 1 hour isn't it.
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What's most frustrating about Sprint weekends overall is the lack of overall preparation time.
It's clear several teams haven't unlocked their cars' potential given this lack of time, and this excellence is, fundamentally, what #F1 is supposed to be all about. 1 hour isn't it.
It's clear several teams haven't unlocked their cars' potential given this lack of time, and this excellence is, fundamentally, what #F1 is supposed to be all about. 1 hour isn't it.
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It’s looking like the worst Louis XIV quinceañera over there
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It’s looking like the worst Louis XIV quinceañera over there
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Make this make sense.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit just built a transit line extension into Plano that opened just a couple weeks ago. Yesterday, Plano City Council voted 8-0 to allow voters to choose whether or not to leave DART www.keranews.org/news/2025-11...
Plano leaders vote to hold DART withdrawal election next spring
City council members heard hours of public comment Wednesday, most of it in support of DART, before voting to call the election.
www.keranews.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Make this make sense.
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Keep it up. Public shaming is the best tool to keep city council members from doing something stupid.
A prominent Australian architecture professor is urging the Dallas City Council to save its iconic I.M. Pei-designed City Hall building from a potential demolition, calling it an internationally important symbol of the city and democracy.
International expert astounded Dallas might demolish City Hall
A prominent Australian architecture professor is urging the Dallas City Council to save its iconic I.M. Pei-designed City Hall building from a potential demolition, calling it an internationally important symbol of the city and democracy.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Keep it up. Public shaming is the best tool to keep city council members from doing something stupid.
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Last night shows us that change is coming, and it means workers rights, affordable healthcare and food, and a good education for our kids. 
I’m the farmer running to unseat Tom Cotton in the U.S. Senate.
Join me, and let’s take back AR for real people!
#ussenate #politics #arkansas #filing
I’m the farmer running to unseat Tom Cotton in the U.S. Senate.
Join me, and let’s take back AR for real people!
#ussenate #politics #arkansas #filing
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If Mississippi can do it, then Arkansas can do it in 2026.
Time to break the supermajority at the state house in Little Rock!
Time to break the supermajority at the state house in Little Rock!
Yeah, the east and west coasts stood up. Even Georgia made progress. But when MISSISSIPPI breaks the red noose around its legislative neck, you know there is something way more fundamental going on: www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If Mississippi can do it, then Arkansas can do it in 2026.
Time to break the supermajority at the state house in Little Rock!
Time to break the supermajority at the state house in Little Rock!
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Scientists say the return to "standard time" is good for our health. But the time change can be disruptive and we must also adjust to more winter darkness. Syncing our habits to our body clock helps.
To optimize health, sync your habits with your body clock. Here's how
Scientists say the return to "standard time" is good for our health. But the time change can be disruptive and we must also adjust to more winter darkness. Syncing our habits to our body clock helps.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Scientists say the return to "standard time" is good for our health. But the time change can be disruptive and we must also adjust to more winter darkness. Syncing our habits to our body clock helps.
My least favorite thing about flying #AmericanAirlines is the ridiculous and obnoxious pitch by their flight attendants for the AAdvantage credit card during the final approach of the flight.
Please, AA. Make it stop.
Please, AA. Make it stop.
November 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My least favorite thing about flying #AmericanAirlines is the ridiculous and obnoxious pitch by their flight attendants for the AAdvantage credit card during the final approach of the flight.
Please, AA. Make it stop.
Please, AA. Make it stop.
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someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives