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philbixby.bsky.social
philbixby.bsky.social
@philbixby.bsky.social
Architect and Passivhaus Designer in York, UK with a passion for sustainable & community-based projects, half of myfutureyork.org & part of yoco.uk. Makes B&W photos on film, rides bikes for pleasure & utility, and leans to the political left.
Yesterday evening we visited Hamilton, Canada, with www.yoco.uk plus @colville-andersen.com plus some Hamilton residents (thanks to extensive family networks!). *Really* good discussion, reflecting on York - and I've blogged it at www.yoco.uk/blog/the-lif...
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Firmly in thermal image camera weather now, so here's the cat enjoying the underfloor heating
November 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Final reminder for YoCo's next Screenings & Discussions event on Zoom! 7:00pm-9:00pm next Monday 24th Nov - join us online to visit Hamilton in Canada & share thoughts about what we can learn about making our own cities more life-sized. Free booking via YoCo's website at www.yoco.uk/events
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Say what you like about a wet weekend but by heck it's an opportunity to get stuff done - it's been solid printing / cutting / folding here, meaning I now have a (very limited) stock of Marginal, my photobook. Better work out how to sell it or there'll be a lot left for next year's #yorkopenstudios
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A gift for the next romantic

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
November 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Too much to take in at once

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are encircled

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A river runs beneath it
Leeds Railway Station

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I seem to have heard lots of discussion this week about what culture is, where it happens and what it means, so a good reminder to plug the www.yoco.uk screening & discussion on Monday 24th Nov. Join us for free to find out what Hamilton can suggest for our own cities - www.yoco.uk/events/the-l...
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
After the rain

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Autumn will for now define me, and I will define it

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sinuous you say

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
No idea why I bother with design - working with a brief and thinking through rational responses - why don't I simply have a competition for every decision? Bath in the kitchen? Give it your best shot! Bother with a roof or just go for nicer skirtings? C'mon roof-lovers, bid! What *is* this nonsense?
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
With one stride

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon F4
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Just passing through

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon F4
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
These dark evenings give us more time for blog-writing - two new ones at www.yoco.uk/blog prompted by our recent Life-Sized City screening and discussion on Antwerp. A write-up & links from me, and some thoughts on activism from Chris Bailey. Sign up to YoCo's mailing list for news of future events!
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Beauty may fade, but

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon F4
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
If you take planning your social diary seriously - the next Screenings and Discussions event organised by www.yoco.uk is on the evening of Monday 24th Nov. Visit Hamilton via Zoom, and join us in discussing what we might take away to shape change in our own city. Book via www.yoco.uk/events/the-l...
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The past will gently envelope us

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon F4
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Just sorted my annual retention fee of £225.00 to ensure I'm still an architect next year. Gone up a bit since I qualified, eh?
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We're just a week away from the @passivhaustrust.bsky.social Open Days and here in York we have a special treat in the shape of Fulford Passivhaus and ten years of occupancy data! A real chance to find out how Passivhaus works in practice - free booking via www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/event_detail...
November 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Moving unseen through the city

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon F4
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
November 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
You are invited

Beneath the tracks at Retford station
B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon F4
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Some of this repurposing goes over my head (underside of bridge, Retford)

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon F4
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Written in the heavens

B&W photography on film
📷 Nikon F4
🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 400
#believeinfilm
#fridayfavourites
#ilfordphoto
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM