Ran Boydell
@ranboydell.bsky.social
Australian architect working in Aus+UK, pioneer of sustainable homes, built environment research, posts on #climatechange #netzero #architecture #housing #ecoart #leadership
"The limit on action is culture not capacity."
www.ecohus.net
#allmyownwork
"The limit on action is culture not capacity."
www.ecohus.net
#allmyownwork
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A new record - on 5 December wind power produced enough electricity for 3/4 of UK homes
At 23.8GW it meant that even during winter peak demand, it was still providing nearly half the country's power needs
Still a way to go though....
www.edie.net/uk-soars-pas...
At 23.8GW it meant that even during winter peak demand, it was still providing nearly half the country's power needs
Still a way to go though....
www.edie.net/uk-soars-pas...
UK soars past wind power generation record for second time in two months - edie
Great Britain’s maximum wind generation record was broken on Friday, 5 December, the National Energy System Operator (NESO) has confirmed.
www.edie.net
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A new record - on 5 December wind power produced enough electricity for 3/4 of UK homes
At 23.8GW it meant that even during winter peak demand, it was still providing nearly half the country's power needs
Still a way to go though....
www.edie.net/uk-soars-pas...
At 23.8GW it meant that even during winter peak demand, it was still providing nearly half the country's power needs
Still a way to go though....
www.edie.net/uk-soars-pas...
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‘In the history of architecture lie clues to how you can make new architecture,’ explains Alexander Turner of Studio MUTT, the Liverpool-based practice founded by Turner, Graham Burn and James Crawford. 1/
December 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
‘In the history of architecture lie clues to how you can make new architecture,’ explains Alexander Turner of Studio MUTT, the Liverpool-based practice founded by Turner, Graham Burn and James Crawford. 1/
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📢 Through works that take you from dark to light, artist Olafur Eliasson underscores why sometimes it’s important to speak with people you might disagree with.
Lego, glaciers and a room without colour: The show that’s all about seeing things differently
www.smh.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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🚨☢️ "A structure designed to prevent radioactive leakage at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine is no longer operational after Russian drones targeted it earlier this year, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog has found." www.politico.eu/article/cher...
Chernobyl radiation shield has stopped working after Russian drone strikes, UN warns
The confinement facility “lost its primary safety functions” after a Russian drone strike in February, nuclear watchdog says.
www.politico.eu
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨☢️ "A structure designed to prevent radioactive leakage at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine is no longer operational after Russian drones targeted it earlier this year, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog has found." www.politico.eu/article/cher...
"Communities, industry and the environment are all expected to feel the impacts of #climate change if there are no changes to water management arrangements."
Grim outlook for river spanning four states if nothing is done to combat climate's impact
Water needs for river communities will be under increasing pressure over the next 25 years, according to predictions from the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.
www.abc.net.au
December 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Communities, industry and the environment are all expected to feel the impacts of #climate change if there are no changes to water management arrangements."
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Directed by Cinema Paradiso’s Giuseppe Tornatore, ‘Brunello: the Gracious Visionary’ premiered in cinematic fashion at Rome’s Cinecittà studios last night, charting the meteoric rise of the deep-thinking Italian designer www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beau...
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Directed by Cinema Paradiso’s Giuseppe Tornatore, ‘Brunello: the Gracious Visionary’ premiered in cinematic fashion at Rome’s Cinecittà studios last night, charting the meteoric rise of the deep-thinking Italian designer www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beau...
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Piet Oudolf is one of the most impactful contemporary masters of landscape and garden design; explore our ultimate guide to his work www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Piet Oudolf is one of the most impactful contemporary masters of landscape and garden design; explore our ultimate guide to his work www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
"Playwright Richard Greenberg aspired to be an architect... The neurotic families who populate his dramas are shaped by the design of their homes; Greenberg often gives the impression of having constructed an imaginary house at the centre of a drama, before creating the characters to live in it."
Homebuilder: the vital theatre of Richard Greenberg
The playwright’s works are finally receiving proper attention in the UK, four months after his death
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 5:54 AM
"Playwright Richard Greenberg aspired to be an architect... The neurotic families who populate his dramas are shaped by the design of their homes; Greenberg often gives the impression of having constructed an imaginary house at the centre of a drama, before creating the characters to live in it."
“Warburg is our haunting; he is to art history that which an unredeemed ghost—a dybbuk—might be to the place where we live.”
Georges Didi-Huberman
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Georges Didi-Huberman
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
Edward George’s mapping of past, present and future
The filmmaker’s latest work is an idiosyncratic, inventive attempt to contextualise our images of blackness
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
“Warburg is our haunting; he is to art history that which an unredeemed ghost—a dybbuk—might be to the place where we live.”
Georges Didi-Huberman
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
Georges Didi-Huberman
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
Young benefit recipients to be offered construction, care and hospitality work.
Government to offer construction, care and hospitality work to young benefit recipients in big to curb youth unemployment | LBC
Ministers have announced an £820 million package aimed at helping almost one million get off benefits and into work
www.lbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Young benefit recipients to be offered construction, care and hospitality work.
Young people on benefits will be offered job opportunities in industries such as construction and hospitality in a bid to tackle rising youth unemployment.
Young people on benefits to be offered construction and hospitality work
The government says it will fund training and work experience for 350,000 not in work or education.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Young people on benefits will be offered job opportunities in industries such as construction and hospitality in a bid to tackle rising youth unemployment.
"Foskett’s latest project survived the inferno thanks to Bushfire Attack Standard 29. It requires homes to have walls made of non-combustible materials such as concrete or bricks, ember shields on roofs, toughened glass in windows and metal mesh screens."
As houses burned around it, the one that Steve built stood firm
Steve Foskett finished building this home a month ago. He tells us why this and others were saved from Saturday’s ferocious blaze.
www.smh.com.au
December 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"Foskett’s latest project survived the inferno thanks to Bushfire Attack Standard 29. It requires homes to have walls made of non-combustible materials such as concrete or bricks, ember shields on roofs, toughened glass in windows and metal mesh screens."
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Bush Heritage Australia says it is still considering how to safely reopen the walk, which prior to closure was being visited by 100,000 people a year.
Beloved by Instagrammers, walk closed to preserve paperbark forest
Bush Heritage Australia says it is still considering how to safely reopen the walk, which prior to closure was being visited by 100,000 people a year.
www.abc.net.au
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Bush Heritage Australia says it is still considering how to safely reopen the walk, which prior to closure was being visited by 100,000 people a year.
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Frank Gehry: maximalist master who created instant icons like the Bilbao Guggenheim
Frank Gehry: maximalist master who created instant icons like the Bilbao Guggenheim
He made buildings that looked like slouching drunks and quarrelling couples but it was the Spanish museum that secured his ‘starchitect’ status – a creation that became something of a curse
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Frank Gehry: maximalist master who created instant icons like the Bilbao Guggenheim
“It makes a mockery of our housing crisis. Our affordable housing stock is being cannibalised for expensive housing and it’s becoming a playground for the rich. The super wealthy will be the only people who can live here. It’s really depressing.”
Paula Masselos
Paula Masselos
‘Enclaves for the rich’: new luxury housing is putting parts of Sydney out of reach to all but the very few
A wave of redevelopment in Bondi, the inner city and lower north shore is pricing people out – even while governments profess to be focused on affordability
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
“It makes a mockery of our housing crisis. Our affordable housing stock is being cannibalised for expensive housing and it’s becoming a playground for the rich. The super wealthy will be the only people who can live here. It’s really depressing.”
Paula Masselos
Paula Masselos
> power of architecture
"Gehry achieved global fame with his billowing, sculptural designs such as the Guggenheim Bilbao, a building that was often credited with single-handedly revitalising a dying industrial city, a feat which became known as the ‘Bilbao Effect’."
"Gehry achieved global fame with his billowing, sculptural designs such as the Guggenheim Bilbao, a building that was often credited with single-handedly revitalising a dying industrial city, a feat which became known as the ‘Bilbao Effect’."
Frank Gehry, architect, dies aged 96
Modern master whose sinuous, billowing forms for the Guggenheim in Bilbao gave birth to the ‘Bilbao Effect’
www.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
> power of architecture
"Gehry achieved global fame with his billowing, sculptural designs such as the Guggenheim Bilbao, a building that was often credited with single-handedly revitalising a dying industrial city, a feat which became known as the ‘Bilbao Effect’."
"Gehry achieved global fame with his billowing, sculptural designs such as the Guggenheim Bilbao, a building that was often credited with single-handedly revitalising a dying industrial city, a feat which became known as the ‘Bilbao Effect’."
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Gehry's most memorable creations were either celebrated as works of genius or reviled as self-indulgent messes — but either way, people were looking, as he liked to say.
Frank Gehry, world-renowned architect behind Guggenheim Bilbao, dies aged 96
Gehry's most memorable creations were either celebrated as works of genius or reviled as self-indulgent messes — but either way, people were looking, as he liked to say.
www.abc.net.au
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Gehry's most memorable creations were either celebrated as works of genius or reviled as self-indulgent messes — but either way, people were looking, as he liked to say.
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Frank Gehry, whose daring and whimsical creations of leaning towers and sweeping sheets of curved metal made him a superstar in the world of architecture, died at the age of 96 reut.rs/48lNcNV
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Frank Gehry, whose daring and whimsical creations of leaning towers and sweeping sheets of curved metal made him a superstar in the world of architecture, died at the age of 96 reut.rs/48lNcNV
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Postmodernist was hailed for designs of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. on.wsj.com/3Mhb9NT
Frank Gehry, Architect Whose Eccentric Exteriors Earned Acclaim, Dies at 96
Postmodernist was hailed for designs of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Postmodernist was hailed for designs of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. on.wsj.com/3Mhb9NT
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With Tiny House Lux, ODA Architects showcases a functional, low-cost and sustainable home that serves as an important case study for the potential benefits of 3D-printed construction www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
With Tiny House Lux, ODA Architects showcases a functional, low-cost and sustainable home that serves as an important case study for the potential benefits of 3D-printed construction www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
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Three more houses join the shortlist for the UK’s highest domestic architectural accolade. We explore the Triangle House, Amento and Jankes Barn www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Three more houses join the shortlist for the UK’s highest domestic architectural accolade. We explore the Triangle House, Amento and Jankes Barn www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
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Coloured using dyes derived from plants and minerals, the new bedding sets and pyjamas are meant to evoke the feeling of ‘a well-worn band T-shirt or your favourite vintage sweatshirt’, says Our Legacy co-founder Jockum Hallin www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beau...
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Coloured using dyes derived from plants and minerals, the new bedding sets and pyjamas are meant to evoke the feeling of ‘a well-worn band T-shirt or your favourite vintage sweatshirt’, says Our Legacy co-founder Jockum Hallin www.wallpaper.com/fashion-beau...
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The restored and updated Jules Salkin Residence by John Lautner is a unique piece of Californian design heritage, an early private house by the Frank Lloyd Wright acolyte that points to his future iconic status www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The restored and updated Jules Salkin Residence by John Lautner is a unique piece of Californian design heritage, an early private house by the Frank Lloyd Wright acolyte that points to his future iconic status www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
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Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens by Stallan-Brand Architecture + Design and LDA Design wins the 2025 Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens by Stallan-Brand Architecture + Design and LDA Design wins the 2025 Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
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"The region, known as the Mithaka cultural landscape, spans 33,000 sq km and includes one of the oldest quarries in the world made by a non-agricultural society and the two oldest known intact houses in Australia, built by Mithaka people." #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘Remarkable’ Mithaka cultural landscape featuring Australia’s oldest houses placed on national heritage list
Aboriginal site featuring ancient quarry sits on transcontinental trading route connecting Gulf of Carpentaria to Flinders Ranges
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"The region, known as the Mithaka cultural landscape, spans 33,000 sq km and includes one of the oldest quarries in the world made by a non-agricultural society and the two oldest known intact houses in Australia, built by Mithaka people." #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...