Aidan Ridyard
@aidanridyard.bsky.social
Back from the delights of Rome…… but worse places for an afternoon’s meeting !!
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Back from the delights of Rome…… but worse places for an afternoon’s meeting !!
My last morning in Rome so I wanted to drop in on an old favourite once more…. San Giorgio in Valabrum. Founded in C5th but visibly dating to C7th-8th so Alfred the Great would have seen it when he came to Rome about 855.
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
My last morning in Rome so I wanted to drop in on an old favourite once more…. San Giorgio in Valabrum. Founded in C5th but visibly dating to C7th-8th so Alfred the Great would have seen it when he came to Rome about 855.
Off to Assisi….
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Off to Assisi….
Bernini or Borromini….. pick your favourite!
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Bernini or Borromini….. pick your favourite!
What a place to be on a Wednesday morning!!!
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
What a place to be on a Wednesday morning!!!
What are we all looking at……?? Arguably the most exquisite spatial expression of C17
#pilgrimage
#Rome
#pilgrimage
#Rome
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What are we all looking at……?? Arguably the most exquisite spatial expression of C17
#pilgrimage
#Rome
#pilgrimage
#Rome
Just finished three days of public consultation at EXOq in Oxford….. super project and exciting to have it in the public realm after about ten months on the drawing board!
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just finished three days of public consultation at EXOq in Oxford….. super project and exciting to have it in the public realm after about ten months on the drawing board!
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A massive new research and innovation campus is proposed to bridge the A34 between Oxford and Kidlington – becoming a neighbour to Oxford United’s new stadium. EXOq, so-called because it will be built on land owned by Exeter College, would be centred around High-Performance Compute infrastructure.
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A massive new research and innovation campus is proposed to bridge the A34 between Oxford and Kidlington – becoming a neighbour to Oxford United’s new stadium. EXOq, so-called because it will be built on land owned by Exeter College, would be centred around High-Performance Compute infrastructure.
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Plans for development at the end of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc - with Sovereign High-Performance Compute (HPC) infrastructure with research facilities. Next to Parkway Station, the plans include a new FE college. Cooling the supercomputer will heat other buildings.
www.exoq.co.uk
www.exoq.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Plans for development at the end of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc - with Sovereign High-Performance Compute (HPC) infrastructure with research facilities. Next to Parkway Station, the plans include a new FE college. Cooling the supercomputer will heat other buildings.
www.exoq.co.uk
www.exoq.co.uk
Spending a bit of quality time with one of my favourite staircases…..
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Spending a bit of quality time with one of my favourite staircases…..
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Scott was also, very late in his career, architect of Trinity College Chapel at the University of Toronto. Nov. 20 will mark the 70th anniversary of the consecration of the chapel, and the College will host the symposium "Sacred Space: Conflicts and Convergences”. I will be one of the speakers.
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Scott was also, very late in his career, architect of Trinity College Chapel at the University of Toronto. Nov. 20 will mark the 70th anniversary of the consecration of the chapel, and the College will host the symposium "Sacred Space: Conflicts and Convergences”. I will be one of the speakers.
Good to be outdoing another talk about Richard Twentyman yesterday with Prof Chris Kennedy for the Friends of Wolverhampton Archives : super audience and a really great venue too!
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Good to be outdoing another talk about Richard Twentyman yesterday with Prof Chris Kennedy for the Friends of Wolverhampton Archives : super audience and a really great venue too!
Just found an old sketch….. ideas for redeveloping a new public square at Back Quay in Truro.
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Just found an old sketch….. ideas for redeveloping a new public square at Back Quay in Truro.
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Thanks to BBC Midlands Today's @james-bovill.bsky.social for interviewing Tim Bridges + Joe Holyoak from the Society's Birmingham & West Midlands Group about the impact the heritage skills gap is having on local heritage. Watch the report on BBC iPlayer bit.ly/4oooJ04
Read online here bit.ly/4oooJ04
Read online here bit.ly/4oooJ04
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Thanks to BBC Midlands Today's @james-bovill.bsky.social for interviewing Tim Bridges + Joe Holyoak from the Society's Birmingham & West Midlands Group about the impact the heritage skills gap is having on local heritage. Watch the report on BBC iPlayer bit.ly/4oooJ04
Read online here bit.ly/4oooJ04
Read online here bit.ly/4oooJ04
Walking Perdington this afternoon I thought I spotted another dog crossing the Rugby club….. it was a robot mower (doing an excellent job) so we had a very suspicious dog on our hands….. why wouldn’t it turn round and make friends…..?
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Walking Perdington this afternoon I thought I spotted another dog crossing the Rugby club….. it was a robot mower (doing an excellent job) so we had a very suspicious dog on our hands….. why wouldn’t it turn round and make friends…..?
Anniversary visit to the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham this afternoon: ostensibly to get Penny’s wedding ring resized but she got distracted and things ended up a bit sparkly!
October 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Anniversary visit to the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham this afternoon: ostensibly to get Penny’s wedding ring resized but she got distracted and things ended up a bit sparkly!
Sixteen years ago today…..happy memories!!
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sixteen years ago today…..happy memories!!
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WOULD TOLERATE MORE IN-OFFICE DAYS IF MY WORKPLACE LOOKED LIKE THIS.
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
WOULD TOLERATE MORE IN-OFFICE DAYS IF MY WORKPLACE LOOKED LIKE THIS.
Interesting week: a quick visit to the wonderful Ewelme on my way to Ascot, Derwent Mills World Heritage Site and then back to Ascot yesterday to study sliding door strategies. All with a little bit of designing things mixed in between
October 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Interesting week: a quick visit to the wonderful Ewelme on my way to Ascot, Derwent Mills World Heritage Site and then back to Ascot yesterday to study sliding door strategies. All with a little bit of designing things mixed in between
@gretellemaitre.bsky.social Bellringing insight #3
Kent Treble-Bob Major is actually really boring: It is long slow and very repetitive… therefore very easy to doze off in the middle of! A “peal” involves each bell sounding 5000 times without stopping, so 3hrs of Kent is a real feat of endurance!
Kent Treble-Bob Major is actually really boring: It is long slow and very repetitive… therefore very easy to doze off in the middle of! A “peal” involves each bell sounding 5000 times without stopping, so 3hrs of Kent is a real feat of endurance!
October 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
@gretellemaitre.bsky.social Bellringing insight #3
Kent Treble-Bob Major is actually really boring: It is long slow and very repetitive… therefore very easy to doze off in the middle of! A “peal” involves each bell sounding 5000 times without stopping, so 3hrs of Kent is a real feat of endurance!
Kent Treble-Bob Major is actually really boring: It is long slow and very repetitive… therefore very easy to doze off in the middle of! A “peal” involves each bell sounding 5000 times without stopping, so 3hrs of Kent is a real feat of endurance!
Good morning @gretellemaitre.bsky.social - Bellringing insight #2
“Tittums” is indeed pronounced Tit-ums!!
It comes from the sound of the bells in that particular sequence (15263748).
This is four pairs of descending 5ths, which if you sing it goes: “ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum” .
“Tittums” is indeed pronounced Tit-ums!!
It comes from the sound of the bells in that particular sequence (15263748).
This is four pairs of descending 5ths, which if you sing it goes: “ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum” .
October 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Good morning @gretellemaitre.bsky.social - Bellringing insight #2
“Tittums” is indeed pronounced Tit-ums!!
It comes from the sound of the bells in that particular sequence (15263748).
This is four pairs of descending 5ths, which if you sing it goes: “ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum” .
“Tittums” is indeed pronounced Tit-ums!!
It comes from the sound of the bells in that particular sequence (15263748).
This is four pairs of descending 5ths, which if you sing it goes: “ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum ti-tum” .
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Night night sweet dreamies
Life is hard on everyone, even the ones who hide it well.
If you can be anything,
be kind
Because you never know who’s holding themselves together in silence
Be kind to yourself too 🧡
Life is hard on everyone, even the ones who hide it well.
If you can be anything,
be kind
Because you never know who’s holding themselves together in silence
Be kind to yourself too 🧡
October 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
Life is hard on everyone, even the ones who hide it well.
If you can be anything,
be kind
Because you never know who’s holding themselves together in silence
Be kind to yourself too 🧡
Life is hard on everyone, even the ones who hide it well.
If you can be anything,
be kind
Because you never know who’s holding themselves together in silence
Be kind to yourself too 🧡
Champions Day at Ascot….. from a very privileged view point!!
October 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Champions Day at Ascot….. from a very privileged view point!!
I revisited Ewelme in Oxfordshire today….. what an architectural treat…. Albeit with some terrible period details…. Sloping the parapet brickwork with the roof pitch was not the best decision!!
October 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I revisited Ewelme in Oxfordshire today….. what an architectural treat…. Albeit with some terrible period details…. Sloping the parapet brickwork with the roof pitch was not the best decision!!
A bit of two point perspective to end the week
@bff-architects
@bff-architects
October 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
A bit of two point perspective to end the week
@bff-architects
@bff-architects