Tickled that Bing recommends gazebos as related products to Smiljan Radić's Serpentine pavilion.

Close enough I guess.

Selling the dream in sunny Folkestone.

Comté excitement > comté regret.

Perfect.

Further adventures in art school.

This week in 'I work in an art school' - is this a commentary on health and safety culture or the estates team being a bit overzealous?

Thanks to @andy-matthews.bsky.social for letting me know that a building we worked on in our past lives is in this month's @news.architectsjournal.co.uk.

Struck by the uncanny nature of the photos that look as polished as renders and their role the image-based economy architecture reproduces.

Frankly finding it offensive that I have to work today*.

And that I didn't finish my marking earlier.

Oh fuck off.

The message of improvement is in line with so-called regeneration projects in other places. Here, the photos of what used to be on the site are captioned 'Images here show parts of the site in the years before improvements were undertaken'. Certain types of use and user are explicitly excluded.

Putting a short talk together on the redevelopment of Folkestone with a focus on pseudo public space. Signs everywhere make clear that access is permissive and can be revoked at any time.

Folkestone's finest baby Barbican in the in-between day fog.

Guys I've found the button.

My favourite radiator model is helping to celebrate St Andrews Day.

Shit render ahoy: as far as I can tell, the eco credentials of this development relates to the two solar panels to the rear of each.

As the luxury flats have stalled for so long that the cores have become a feature in their own right, perhaps the surroundings are safe.

Greetings from Folkestone where the sky is blue and the luxury flats devoid of context.

Safe to say that my friend and I have not improved our tennis game over the summer.

Today will be a quiet day after the joyful chaos of yesterday and the arrival of the new first years.