Rob Fiehn
@robfiehn.bsky.social
Writer, editor, PR, enthusiast (buildings) | Director at The London Society | Chair of Museum of Architecture | Trustee for Blackhorse Workshop
I LOVED this piece on the optometrist by Kate and all the eye-based allegories. It got me thinking about Ruskin's 'innocent eye' and furore it subsequently incited in the art history world. Or the eye in Un Chien Andalou, a scene from a 1929 film that I still believe to be the apex of body horror.
i wrote about why i am obsessed with going to the eye doctor api.omarshehata.me/substack-pro...
ways of not seeing
i am obsessed with the eye doctor
api.omarshehata.me
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I LOVED this piece on the optometrist by Kate and all the eye-based allegories. It got me thinking about Ruskin's 'innocent eye' and furore it subsequently incited in the art history world. Or the eye in Un Chien Andalou, a scene from a 1929 film that I still believe to be the apex of body horror.
My photos from the largely abandoned Expo ‘92 site in Seville. Most of the original structures were demolished but some remain.
October 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
My photos from the largely abandoned Expo ‘92 site in Seville. Most of the original structures were demolished but some remain.
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Playtime at the Pavilions: Carmody Groarke at Dulwich Picture Gallery
by @robfiehn.bsky.social
@dulwichgallery.bsky.social
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by @robfiehn.bsky.social
@dulwichgallery.bsky.social
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00301-ArtPlay-Pavilion-Dulwich — recessed.space
Playtime at the Pavilions: Carmody Groarke at Dulwich Picture Gallery After Peter Cook’s temporary play...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Playtime at the Pavilions: Carmody Groarke at Dulwich Picture Gallery
by @robfiehn.bsky.social
@dulwichgallery.bsky.social
recessed.space/00301-ArtPla...
by @robfiehn.bsky.social
@dulwichgallery.bsky.social
recessed.space/00301-ArtPla...
I wrote about the new @dulwichgallery.bsky.social ArtPlay Pavilion by Carmody Groarke for @recessedspace.bsky.social. It led me down a rabbit hole that took me from south London to the Serpentine.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I wrote about the new @dulwichgallery.bsky.social ArtPlay Pavilion by Carmody Groarke for @recessedspace.bsky.social. It led me down a rabbit hole that took me from south London to the Serpentine.
recessed.space/00301-ArtPla...
recessed.space/00301-ArtPla...
This article took a while but it turns out there’s lots to learn about housing at this year’s Venice Biennale.
August 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This article took a while but it turns out there’s lots to learn about housing at this year’s Venice Biennale.
On Tuesday 26 August, I’ll be co-chairing a discussion about the short-term commodification of our cities at… the Negroni Talks!
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Negroni Talks #54 Home Economics
Short Term Gain, Longer Term Pain?
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August 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
On Tuesday 26 August, I’ll be co-chairing a discussion about the short-term commodification of our cities at… the Negroni Talks!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/negroni-ta...?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/negroni-ta...?
I went to visit Space House ahead of the London Society event in a few weeks time. It’s even better than I dared hope for. The attention to detail from Squire and Partners is amazing.
February 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I went to visit Space House ahead of the London Society event in a few weeks time. It’s even better than I dared hope for. The attention to detail from Squire and Partners is amazing.
GREAT article from the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk all about infill housing. They spoke to many architects, including fourth_space and Archio.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/infill-...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/infill-...
How do you kickstart an infill housing boom?
Could more infill housing give the government a swift but significant win in its rush to build 1.5 million new homes by 2030? Richard Waite looks at the issues holding back small-scale development and...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
GREAT article from the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk all about infill housing. They spoke to many architects, including fourth_space and Archio.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/infill-...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/infill-...
I wrote a review of The Brutalist for the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk (ducks and covers).
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/practice/cul...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/practice/cul...
Film review: Brutalism with soul
An architect and his client survey the raw beauty and majesty of a marble quarry in Carrara. A hand ...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I wrote a review of The Brutalist for the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk (ducks and covers).
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/practice/cul...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/practice/cul...
Fascinating to see that ‘New Towns’ will really be urban extensions and that the government is aware that agencies like National Highways can block development. And what’s that I see about the “character” of housing reflecting local history…?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Work on up to 12 new towns in England to begin by next election, says Starmer
About 100 potential locations identified as government vows to sweep away red tape to get them built
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Fascinating to see that ‘New Towns’ will really be urban extensions and that the government is aware that agencies like National Highways can block development. And what’s that I see about the “character” of housing reflecting local history…?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Learning that Iceland is having a greenhouse revolution. They can grow their own veggies all year round using clean energy and geothermal water. Way to go!
January 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Learning that Iceland is having a greenhouse revolution. They can grow their own veggies all year round using clean energy and geothermal water. Way to go!
City of London at dusk has still got it. I have to be honest, I’m drawn to the old classics.
January 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
City of London at dusk has still got it. I have to be honest, I’m drawn to the old classics.
Canary Wharf in the fading light, shot on a Panasonic Lumix. Very happy with how the Herzog & de Meuron tower came out.
January 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Canary Wharf in the fading light, shot on a Panasonic Lumix. Very happy with how the Herzog & de Meuron tower came out.
In preparation for the Brutalist, I’m spending the festive period watching films about architects.
December 28, 2024 at 7:03 PM
In preparation for the Brutalist, I’m spending the festive period watching films about architects.
City of London right now and it’s not even 6pm!
December 19, 2024 at 5:56 PM
City of London right now and it’s not even 6pm!
My Italian Christmas tradition is no more. RIP Camisa.
December 19, 2024 at 12:06 PM
My Italian Christmas tradition is no more. RIP Camisa.
Reader, it’s going to exceed its £46m budget. Probably best we accept the inevitable outcome for the public purse now.
December 13, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Reader, it’s going to exceed its £46m budget. Probably best we accept the inevitable outcome for the public purse now.
This is a really excellent episode. We must start seeing housing as infrastructure!
🎙️"This isn't the end of retrofit first, almost exactly the opposite” Peter Murray on the shock decision to approve M&S Oxford St, PLUS his verdict on the government's 1.5m homes pledge and Bank junction cycle safety in this week's The Brief podcast 🏙️ shows.acast.com/opencity
December 12, 2024 at 4:58 PM
This is a really excellent episode. We must start seeing housing as infrastructure!
Should have said big pig energy.
Big hog energy in these posts.
üpdate: the hog has grown to be much larger than the sun. bröther, may it have this final öat?
December 10, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Should have said big pig energy.
A lot of us were hoping that this new government would understand the carbon agenda but this is not a good first sign. Hopefully, it’s just one decision and that future calls for retrofit might go the other way. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/ms-oxfo...
Rayner approves M&S Oxford Street plans
She today (5 December) ruled that the retailer could press ahead with its plan to replace the iconic...
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 5:55 PM
A lot of us were hoping that this new government would understand the carbon agenda but this is not a good first sign. Hopefully, it’s just one decision and that future calls for retrofit might go the other way. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/ms-oxfo...
Big hog energy in these posts.
üpdate: the hog has grown to be much larger than the sun. bröther, may it have this final öat?
December 3, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Big hog energy in these posts.
Amazing, Open City is here now!
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December 3, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Amazing, Open City is here now!
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Jaguar compares new campaign for their pink and blue cars to the best of British creativity, including David Bowie, Vivienne Westwood and Richard Rogers! youtu.be/Zqt7_sd_Sgo?...
Jaguar Type 00 | Copy Nothing Miami
YouTube video by Jaguar
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December 3, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Jaguar compares new campaign for their pink and blue cars to the best of British creativity, including David Bowie, Vivienne Westwood and Richard Rogers! youtu.be/Zqt7_sd_Sgo?...
Smithfield AND Billingsgate?! What is going on? This feels shortsighted and very bad for London. londonist.com/london/lates...
Smithfield And Billingsgate Markets To Close Forever
An end to almost a millennium of tradition.
londonist.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Smithfield AND Billingsgate?! What is going on? This feels shortsighted and very bad for London. londonist.com/london/lates...
The London Society is not yet on BlueSky so I’m posting on their behalf.
On #WorldToiletDay, we are proud to be a partner of the #LondonLooAlliance. Public toilet provision MUST be improved in London if the city is to become truly inclusive.
On #WorldToiletDay, we are proud to be a partner of the #LondonLooAlliance. Public toilet provision MUST be improved in London if the city is to become truly inclusive.
November 19, 2024 at 10:29 AM
The London Society is not yet on BlueSky so I’m posting on their behalf.
On #WorldToiletDay, we are proud to be a partner of the #LondonLooAlliance. Public toilet provision MUST be improved in London if the city is to become truly inclusive.
On #WorldToiletDay, we are proud to be a partner of the #LondonLooAlliance. Public toilet provision MUST be improved in London if the city is to become truly inclusive.