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!
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…..
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.
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!!
The biggest challenge with ringing a “peal” is concentration: you have to remember a complex pattern following it for 3hrs non stop & fitting in with others doing the same thing but slightly out of phase with you- it’s quite hypnotic & very easy to loose your place on the “line” you’re following !!
October 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The biggest challenge with ringing a “peal” is concentration: you have to remember a complex pattern following it for 3hrs non stop & fitting in with others doing the same thing but slightly out of phase with you- it’s quite hypnotic & very easy to loose your place on the “line” you’re following !!
I’m off to Rome next month for the first time in 25 years and looking forward to seeing how much influence Sant’Andrea delle Fratte had on Archer’s tower at StPhilips….. unlike many contemporaries, he would have actually seen it so I have always wondered if it was his inspiration??
October 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I’m off to Rome next month for the first time in 25 years and looking forward to seeing how much influence Sant’Andrea delle Fratte had on Archer’s tower at StPhilips….. unlike many contemporaries, he would have actually seen it so I have always wondered if it was his inspiration??
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
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
“You are weak and we are strong….. bring us toast and make sure it’s well buttered…..”
October 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“You are weak and we are strong….. bring us toast and make sure it’s well buttered…..”
Sunday morning Latte in the company of Perdington. She knows she’s a bit of a special girl!!
October 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Sunday morning Latte in the company of Perdington. She knows she’s a bit of a special girl!!
Excellent evening returning to Tettenhall College this week: the five of us haven’t sat here together in 40 years!!
October 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Excellent evening returning to Tettenhall College this week: the five of us haven’t sat here together in 40 years!!
Peter Gifford’s brother in law was Airie Neave (the MP assassinated in the Westminster car park). My favourite bit of the house is the mile long drive which you think is delivering you on axis to the main facade only to realise at the very end it angles away in a completely different direction!
October 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Peter Gifford’s brother in law was Airie Neave (the MP assassinated in the Westminster car park). My favourite bit of the house is the mile long drive which you think is delivering you on axis to the main facade only to realise at the very end it angles away in a completely different direction!
@gretellemaitre.bsky.social Gifford Update: They were Lords of the Manor at Chillington Hall nr. Brewood, Staffs. (Pronounced “Brewed” as in tea!!☕️) where I grew up in the 80s. Peter was dad’s churchwarden. His great achievement was stopping the Americans from bombing Chartre after DDay landings!
October 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
@gretellemaitre.bsky.social Gifford Update: They were Lords of the Manor at Chillington Hall nr. Brewood, Staffs. (Pronounced “Brewed” as in tea!!☕️) where I grew up in the 80s. Peter was dad’s churchwarden. His great achievement was stopping the Americans from bombing Chartre after DDay landings!
My Speedster spent many happy years in Darwin House’s garage!!
September 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My Speedster spent many happy years in Darwin House’s garage!!