Timothy Hyde
@hydetimothy.bsky.social
Historian of architecture, urbanism, modernity / MIT / Author of Ugliness & Judgment / research: architecture & law, building sites, ugliness, Antarctica
Spotted in the wild, a coin-operated stamp vending machine, at the eve of 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Spotted in the wild, a coin-operated stamp vending machine, at the eve of 2026.
Anyone else have this curious scheduling in their Outlook calendar?
October 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Anyone else have this curious scheduling in their Outlook calendar?
From President Kornbluth's letter to the Dept of Education:
October 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
From President Kornbluth's letter to the Dept of Education:
Library of Congress digital collection doing quality work keeping the patrons amused:
August 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Library of Congress digital collection doing quality work keeping the patrons amused:
Main Street, Sheridan, Wyoming
August 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Main Street, Sheridan, Wyoming
Article 19 has implications for anyone who is asked to write an external review letter for a Columbia tenure case.
July 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Article 19 has implications for anyone who is asked to write an external review letter for a Columbia tenure case.
Huh, I wonder if the UNC Board of Trustees proceeded very cautiously and with full information before signing Belichick to a $50 million contract (with $30 million guaranteed). www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
June 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Huh, I wonder if the UNC Board of Trustees proceeded very cautiously and with full information before signing Belichick to a $50 million contract (with $30 million guaranteed). www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Congratulations to Dr Christina Crawford for winning this year's Spiro Kostof Award for her amazing book Spatial Revolution. @sah1365.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Congratulations to Dr Christina Crawford for winning this year's Spiro Kostof Award for her amazing book Spatial Revolution. @sah1365.bsky.social
Harvard President Alan Garber has informed the Harvard community that the university will not accede to government demands:
April 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Harvard President Alan Garber has informed the Harvard community that the university will not accede to government demands:
If entertaining illustrations would be helpful Jean-Marc Côté's 1899 postcard series imagining the year 2000 (France not U.S., but technology focussed so perhaps Twain-adjacent?):
January 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If entertaining illustrations would be helpful Jean-Marc Côté's 1899 postcard series imagining the year 2000 (France not U.S., but technology focussed so perhaps Twain-adjacent?):
It’s only January but I’m pretty certain this is my archival find of the year:
January 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It’s only January but I’m pretty certain this is my archival find of the year:
Wisdom, the 74-year-old albatross, having the last laugh:
December 7, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Wisdom, the 74-year-old albatross, having the last laugh:
RIP Frank Auerbach. His Building Sites series was a huge influence first in my book on Ugliness & Architecture, and now again in my research on construction sites.
November 12, 2024 at 12:34 PM
RIP Frank Auerbach. His Building Sites series was a huge influence first in my book on Ugliness & Architecture, and now again in my research on construction sites.
And the mausoleum he designed for himself:
November 2, 2024 at 3:24 PM
And the mausoleum he designed for himself:
Final verdict is in:
October 5, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Final verdict is in:
A reminder that you can buy physical copies of issues of the journal Thresholds, including the newest on "Disappearance" at this link: mitpressjournals.mit.edu/shop/journal...
September 17, 2024 at 1:30 PM
A reminder that you can buy physical copies of issues of the journal Thresholds, including the newest on "Disappearance" at this link: mitpressjournals.mit.edu/shop/journal...
Summer winding down.
August 27, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Summer winding down.
The Cheyenne Sun-Leader was less than impressed with the Ames Monument in 1900, suggested that the Ames brothers should have built a library instead. (probably correct @shannonmattern.bsky.social ?)
August 21, 2024 at 1:46 PM
The Cheyenne Sun-Leader was less than impressed with the Ames Monument in 1900, suggested that the Ames brothers should have built a library instead. (probably correct @shannonmattern.bsky.social ?)
Summer research travel highlight, Ames Monument in WY:
August 20, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Summer research travel highlight, Ames Monument in WY:
Posted without comment for my fellow historians...
September 21, 2023 at 12:31 PM
Posted without comment for my fellow historians...
Really starting to wonder about the algorithm universe I seem to have been transported into:
September 16, 2023 at 2:56 PM
Really starting to wonder about the algorithm universe I seem to have been transported into: