Robert Proctor
@rproctor.bsky.social
Architectural historian of the twentieth century.
It always seems amazing to me that tomatoes can have such substance and flavour there, but not here. I don't think it's just climate, I think we've also bred out the flesh in favour of acidic water.
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It always seems amazing to me that tomatoes can have such substance and flavour there, but not here. I don't think it's just climate, I think we've also bred out the flesh in favour of acidic water.
I searched for 'expressionist bierhalle' and nothing relevant came up. When is the deadline?
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I searched for 'expressionist bierhalle' and nothing relevant came up. When is the deadline?
He has to say this kind of thing because Greens came second in his (our) constituency and are breathing down his neck.
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
He has to say this kind of thing because Greens came second in his (our) constituency and are breathing down his neck.
Happy to, send me an email.
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy to, send me an email.
If this were in Britain it would have been listed 15 years ago because there's so little as good as that. Presumably in Cologne it seemed too ordinary.
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If this were in Britain it would have been listed 15 years ago because there's so little as good as that. Presumably in Cologne it seemed too ordinary.
One of the best summaries of *that moment* I think.
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
One of the best summaries of *that moment* I think.
The young people seem to find it very boring and pointless, reassuringly.
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The young people seem to find it very boring and pointless, reassuringly.
I've long wondered why sat navs/Google maps have not been forced to tell the police when their owners exceed the speed limit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I've long wondered why sat navs/Google maps have not been forced to tell the police when their owners exceed the speed limit.
Always find it so rude that profit making companies want me to do some work for them for nothing. I'll answer surveys when they pay me for it.
November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Always find it so rude that profit making companies want me to do some work for them for nothing. I'll answer surveys when they pay me for it.
Bookmarking! And some of the other articles, great to know about it.
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Bookmarking! And some of the other articles, great to know about it.
Does it ever not?
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Does it ever not?
Ask, purely because it's in the Assembly Rooms, if you don't mind the overpriced average chain food.
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Ask, purely because it's in the Assembly Rooms, if you don't mind the overpriced average chain food.
Found a model paragraph from a past essay to demonstrate good paragraph structure, then compare with a paragraph from Copilot, and well there is no comparison at all.
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Found a model paragraph from a past essay to demonstrate good paragraph structure, then compare with a paragraph from Copilot, and well there is no comparison at all.
Mostly refuse to sign off buildings for listing, although even that is more not doing something than doing it.
October 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Mostly refuse to sign off buildings for listing, although even that is more not doing something than doing it.
I'm half joking, more likely it would be an all staff email insisting on not printing anything because there's no money left.
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I'm half joking, more likely it would be an all staff email insisting on not printing anything because there's no money left.
I would get an angry email from the HoD if I did that purely because the printing cost would be flagged.
October 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I would get an angry email from the HoD if I did that purely because the printing cost would be flagged.
DOI doesn't work for some reason, sorry, look it up on your library catalogue if you care.
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
DOI doesn't work for some reason, sorry, look it up on your library catalogue if you care.
From M. Levy Bencostta, 'History and Modern Architecture: Prellerhaus, the Bauhaus Residential Colleges in Dessau (1926-1932)', Espacio, tiempo y educación, 10/1, pp. 51–75 (doi.org/10.14516/ete...).
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October 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
From M. Levy Bencostta, 'History and Modern Architecture: Prellerhaus, the Bauhaus Residential Colleges in Dessau (1926-1932)', Espacio, tiempo y educación, 10/1, pp. 51–75 (doi.org/10.14516/ete...).
Amazing, but I prefer it with books!
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Amazing, but I prefer it with books!