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Built environment enthusiast all the time, and working mainly on built heritage stuff by day.
Asset manager > architect
But seriously, bad move to replace the most sustainable window and door material with a toxic one with a very short lifespan and high embodied energy.
Infuriating how it's still the most economical option to replace every 10-15 years with the cheapest but worst product.
But seriously, bad move to replace the most sustainable window and door material with a toxic one with a very short lifespan and high embodied energy.
Infuriating how it's still the most economical option to replace every 10-15 years with the cheapest but worst product.
Plans to replace timber windows with uPVC ones at Peter Barber’s award-winning Donnybrook Quarter in east London have prompted widespread concern
Plans to retrofit Peter Barber housing with uPVC are ‘devastating’
Plans to retrofit Peter Barber housing with uPVC are ‘devastating’
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Asset manager > architect
But seriously, bad move to replace the most sustainable window and door material with a toxic one with a very short lifespan and high embodied energy.
Infuriating how it's still the most economical option to replace every 10-15 years with the cheapest but worst product.
But seriously, bad move to replace the most sustainable window and door material with a toxic one with a very short lifespan and high embodied energy.
Infuriating how it's still the most economical option to replace every 10-15 years with the cheapest but worst product.
So many people will look at this photo and think:"What satellite dish? I just see brickwork!"
If you know your bonds, you'll spot the small area of garden wall bond among the Flemish
If you know your bonds, you'll spot the small area of garden wall bond among the Flemish
October 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So many people will look at this photo and think:"What satellite dish? I just see brickwork!"
If you know your bonds, you'll spot the small area of garden wall bond among the Flemish
If you know your bonds, you'll spot the small area of garden wall bond among the Flemish
Pembridge and Kington. Part of Herefordshire's black and white villages trail. Peeved at how a Victorian colour scheme has become the orthodox! Would love to see trad finishes, colours and decorative schemes reinstated.
September 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Pembridge and Kington. Part of Herefordshire's black and white villages trail. Peeved at how a Victorian colour scheme has become the orthodox! Would love to see trad finishes, colours and decorative schemes reinstated.
Polyrhythmic Cambridge.
July 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Polyrhythmic Cambridge.
I know what will fix it: more cement!
July 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I know what will fix it: more cement!
Church of St Mary, Marton-cum-Moxby, N. Yorkshire. 1540 rebuild of a C12th church, possibly using bits of redundant priory. Restored by Ewan Christian in 1886, who chose a strange mix of boring new windows, a receding tower and asymmetrical crowsteps.
July 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Church of St Mary, Marton-cum-Moxby, N. Yorkshire. 1540 rebuild of a C12th church, possibly using bits of redundant priory. Restored by Ewan Christian in 1886, who chose a strange mix of boring new windows, a receding tower and asymmetrical crowsteps.
The Devil's Arrows have such a strange immediate context. Town edge on one side, A1(M) on the other, farming, a ring of trees, a road and twee gates. 3 stones. The 4th and 5th ones were apparently toppled in the search for treasure underneath.
July 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Devil's Arrows have such a strange immediate context. Town edge on one side, A1(M) on the other, farming, a ring of trees, a road and twee gates. 3 stones. The 4th and 5th ones were apparently toppled in the search for treasure underneath.
This just arrived in the post today! As someone who loved reading English Shops and Shopping cover to cover, I'm looking forward to devouring this!
June 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This just arrived in the post today! As someone who loved reading English Shops and Shopping cover to cover, I'm looking forward to devouring this!
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The impressive Norman doorway was described by Pevsner as "sumptuous and barbaric". A delightful sight!
May 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The impressive Norman doorway was described by Pevsner as "sumptuous and barbaric". A delightful sight!
Gardens. Castle. Mountains. In that order. The view from Bodysgallen Hall near Conwy.
May 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Gardens. Castle. Mountains. In that order. The view from Bodysgallen Hall near Conwy.
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High on top of the Conwy Valley, the remote 12th century Llangelynnin Old Church, dedicated to Saint Celynnin. Also dedicated Saint Celynnin is a 6th century well in the churchyard, thought to have healing powers, especially for children.
April 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
High on top of the Conwy Valley, the remote 12th century Llangelynnin Old Church, dedicated to Saint Celynnin. Also dedicated Saint Celynnin is a 6th century well in the churchyard, thought to have healing powers, especially for children.
Loved this when it came out 25 years ago. Am I the only person who has always heard the Sound of Silence (1966) in Come On Let's Go? In the sense of both tracks having a percussive yet slide-y bass that alternates with a cold, melancholic melody? Broadcast sounded like the past and future in 2000.
'The influence of the movies on The Noise Made By People is often close, whether it’s Morricone again or a flirt with the epic aural landscapes of John Barry. More often, the noises made by the band belong to oblique European cinema'
#Broadcast’s The Noise Made By People at 25
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#Broadcast’s The Noise Made By People at 25
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March 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Loved this when it came out 25 years ago. Am I the only person who has always heard the Sound of Silence (1966) in Come On Let's Go? In the sense of both tracks having a percussive yet slide-y bass that alternates with a cold, melancholic melody? Broadcast sounded like the past and future in 2000.
What luck! This has never happened before: I found two lots of buried treasure today.
March 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
What luck! This has never happened before: I found two lots of buried treasure today.
I think the little notice says "This is the oldest part of the church..." but they've repointed in cement anyway...
Cor, a surviving Anglo-Saxon wall in the Church of St Romald, Romaldkirk... but the cement pointing is a bummer 😱
February 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I think the little notice says "This is the oldest part of the church..." but they've repointed in cement anyway...
Pastiche works when there is attention to detail. Yes, some details are clear giveaways to these shopfronts not being old-old, but for 1987 this is a tremendous effort and clearly a source of pride for the people behind it. Nice to see it's been looked after too.
February 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Pastiche works when there is attention to detail. Yes, some details are clear giveaways to these shopfronts not being old-old, but for 1987 this is a tremendous effort and clearly a source of pride for the people behind it. Nice to see it's been looked after too.
Fleeting Black Lodge vibes in the chancel of the Church of St Mary, Barnard Castle.
"That floor you like is going to come back into style." #TwinPeaks
"That floor you like is going to come back into style." #TwinPeaks
February 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Fleeting Black Lodge vibes in the chancel of the Church of St Mary, Barnard Castle.
"That floor you like is going to come back into style." #TwinPeaks
"That floor you like is going to come back into style." #TwinPeaks
Have timber, will jetty.
Have brick, will corbel.
Have brick, will corbel.
February 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Have timber, will jetty.
Have brick, will corbel.
Have brick, will corbel.
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AS TIME PASSES AND THEIR NUMBERS DIMINISH, THAT STRIDENT AND PRAGMATIC MONOTONY OF WORKADAY LATE MODERN MUNICIPAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL BUILDINGS BEGINS TO FEEL INCREASINGLY EXOTIC AND ESOTERIC. LET’S HOPE THEY ENDURE.
February 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
AS TIME PASSES AND THEIR NUMBERS DIMINISH, THAT STRIDENT AND PRAGMATIC MONOTONY OF WORKADAY LATE MODERN MUNICIPAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL BUILDINGS BEGINS TO FEEL INCREASINGLY EXOTIC AND ESOTERIC. LET’S HOPE THEY ENDURE.
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Tale of two cludgies
January 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Tale of two cludgies
The Regency vibes are very strong indeed at this building in Settle.
January 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The Regency vibes are very strong indeed at this building in Settle.
Stradding the line between conservation area architecture and Pomo. Or a sort of Cheshire salute to Louis Sullivan but without the frills. Chester.
January 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stradding the line between conservation area architecture and Pomo. Or a sort of Cheshire salute to Louis Sullivan but without the frills. Chester.
REMEMBER YOU ARE ONE. The film The Substance but applied to buildings?
December 29, 2024 at 12:38 PM
REMEMBER YOU ARE ONE. The film The Substance but applied to buildings?
Church of St John the Baptist, Kirkby Hammerton, North Yorkshire. The SPAB advised on the restoration. Probably why the 11th, 13th and 1890s bits are so distinct rather than jumbled up.
December 22, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Church of St John the Baptist, Kirkby Hammerton, North Yorkshire. The SPAB advised on the restoration. Probably why the 11th, 13th and 1890s bits are so distinct rather than jumbled up.
Church of St James, Shipton, Shropshire. Love the three masses of the tower, nave and chancel. Also a very rare thing: a 'Gothic survival' chancel rebuild of 1589.
December 15, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Church of St James, Shipton, Shropshire. Love the three masses of the tower, nave and chancel. Also a very rare thing: a 'Gothic survival' chancel rebuild of 1589.
A room with a view: Edinburgh.
December 8, 2024 at 12:06 PM
A room with a view: Edinburgh.