Duncan Blackmore
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Duncan Blackmore
@arrantindustries.bsky.social
AKA Arrant Industries
Hands-on urbanism / Good development / Small sites / Planning / Experimental investment / Arts
Honcho at Arrant Land
Co-honcho at Neighbourhood
Waltham Forest DRP

www.arrantindustries.com
www.arrantland.com
www.neighbourhood.company
Bottled water retail extension, Sydenham. Presumably assembled and disassembled daily.

Taken from a moving car. I wasn’t driving.
July 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
How I miss the pre-Elon days when I could have made an evening’s fun out of asking people to guess the adjectives a LA with 3.5YR 5YHLS might have used to justify the refusal of +2 fully compliant homes with this roof form, on design grounds, in a highly accessible non-conservation area.
July 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
>> NINE WORKSPACES ON STREETS BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER K 🤯🦘🥋 >>

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July 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
>> FIVE HOMES WITH 6-10 COAT HOOKS 🧥🪝👌>>

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July 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
>> EIGHT KITCHENS WITH FRIDGES HINGED ON THE RIGHT 👉➡️🔎 >>

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July 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Amazing how focaccia and ciabatta have silently swapped places over the last year.
July 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This bottom tread is the worst bit of the Barbican.
April 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
What style is this building please?
April 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It’s 21:09 in Northampton Town Centre and the vibes are dreadful.
April 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Anybody on here an expert in old glass roof tiles? This kind of thing…
February 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Right, let’s play a game of ‘who can find the planning application for the least habitable dwelling?’

I’ll start with this 19m2 ‘house’ with it’s only small window in the bathroom.
February 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Anybody want to buy a flat with a ground rent rising to £27487790694000 PA (27.5 trillion pounds a year)?
January 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Costa’s Barbers has only gone a win a Civic Trust Award. Must be pretty rare for a private residence (although it’s also been an office, shop and event space in recent months). Very very pleased. Thanks to all involved.
January 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Still current (c.1998) Bristol shopfront design guidance. Personally, I like Jim’s shop.
January 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I’m sure I’ve yet to find the Bluesky niche for such things, but please enjoy some still ‘current’ (1998) design guidance from Bristol’s ‘Responding to Local Character’ Design Advice Note.
January 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Just gonna post this lovely agri-vernacular aire-adjacent barn/shelter here like it was Twitter in 2017.
January 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reposted by Duncan Blackmore
ENJOYING THIS LAD.
December 30, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Single piece folded stainless fixingless parasitic coffee bar, Valencia. Bit of me.
December 16, 2024 at 7:56 AM
3.3m x 3.3m bedroom / living
December 14, 2024 at 8:32 PM