Tom Holbrook
@thomholbrook.bsky.social
Director of @5th_Studio, architect, Professor @RMIT, generalist, sailor.
Great that government is backing an innovation hub in #Cambridge that will be open to all for participation – but this image of it as an august, intimidating stone edifice doesn’t speak of that intention.
October 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Great that government is backing an innovation hub in #Cambridge that will be open to all for participation – but this image of it as an august, intimidating stone edifice doesn’t speak of that intention.
Wait until all the conservative heritage classical buildings tradition guys hear about this. They are going to be FURIOUS.
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wait until all the conservative heritage classical buildings tradition guys hear about this. They are going to be FURIOUS.
This is so obviously going to go tits up it’s like watching slapstick – Starmer playing Inspector Clouseau
October 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is so obviously going to go tits up it’s like watching slapstick – Starmer playing Inspector Clouseau
The hype versus the reality
October 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The hype versus the reality
River Maas scene
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
River Maas scene
River Stour scene
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
River Stour scene
This is great! Back in 2006, to support a travelling exhibition by CABE, the UK's Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment, we suggested a train complete with film truck, debating carriages and a fold out exhibition. 60% of UK households are within 15 min cycle ride of a rail siding.
October 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This is great! Back in 2006, to support a travelling exhibition by CABE, the UK's Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment, we suggested a train complete with film truck, debating carriages and a fold out exhibition. 60% of UK households are within 15 min cycle ride of a rail siding.
New t shirt just dropped from @modernistestates.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
New t shirt just dropped from @modernistestates.bsky.social
Ma, they turned my local into a brand
September 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Ma, they turned my local into a brand
Adobe used to produce serious software; now after labouring on a document to get the messaging right, Acrobat suggests I shouldn't have bothered (this is a 20 page pdf btw: TLDR):
September 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Adobe used to produce serious software; now after labouring on a document to get the messaging right, Acrobat suggests I shouldn't have bothered (this is a 20 page pdf btw: TLDR):
The @BBC response to my complaint about their constant platforming of Farage and Reform justifies itself on polling and vote share – but doesn’t account for their own role in building their voter recognition and popularity by constant exposure:
September 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The @BBC response to my complaint about their constant platforming of Farage and Reform justifies itself on polling and vote share – but doesn’t account for their own role in building their voter recognition and popularity by constant exposure:
The contemporary Right ladies and gentlemen – racists, crooks, grifters, cheats and traitors
August 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The contemporary Right ladies and gentlemen – racists, crooks, grifters, cheats and traitors
Pasted from X courtesy of @edwinhayward.com:
August 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Pasted from X courtesy of @edwinhayward.com:
I voted for @zackpolanski.bsky.social to lead the @greenparty.org.uk – we need a politics of hope, not more centrism ✊🏼
August 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I voted for @zackpolanski.bsky.social to lead the @greenparty.org.uk – we need a politics of hope, not more centrism ✊🏼
This is our future – aping US denialism about the climate, and actively unpicking moves to decarbonise UK power. Pick a side and do something to head off the trolls:
July 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is our future – aping US denialism about the climate, and actively unpicking moves to decarbonise UK power. Pick a side and do something to head off the trolls:
Fished this out for a friend who is going to LA. I’ve got issues with Banham, but the writing & structure is fantastic. Mary Banham’s drawings are just fab &, of course, she should have had better acknowledgment. Imagine publishing something like this today!
June 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Fished this out for a friend who is going to LA. I’ve got issues with Banham, but the writing & structure is fantastic. Mary Banham’s drawings are just fab &, of course, she should have had better acknowledgment. Imagine publishing something like this today!
Is it the Night of the Long Bribes?
June 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Is it the Night of the Long Bribes?
The week ahead in UK economic policy:
June 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The week ahead in UK economic policy:
Sorry, what? I’ll take it if it comes with Alison’s DS thrown in
May 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Sorry, what? I’ll take it if it comes with Alison’s DS thrown in
The Daily Fail hasn’t moved on from Brexit, and they continue to spread disinformation, with today’s headline claiming ‘US TRADE DEAL MADE BY BREXIT’ – which is to say the country has been ‘shafted’ (K Badenoch) and the country is much poorer, thanks to nutjob right-wing nihilists like their owner.
May 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Daily Fail hasn’t moved on from Brexit, and they continue to spread disinformation, with today’s headline claiming ‘US TRADE DEAL MADE BY BREXIT’ – which is to say the country has been ‘shafted’ (K Badenoch) and the country is much poorer, thanks to nutjob right-wing nihilists like their owner.