Jonathan Kendall

Johnson! Again!

Tributes paid to ‘much loved’ Archigram member Dennis Crompton Cook called Crompton a ‘highly honourable man’ who was passionate about his home town of Blackpool, ...

And some very nice tributes here too www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/tribute...

Hi @dannycarrier.bsky.social ! It has indeed been a very long time … Do share nostalgia inducing pics of the glory days when we were young enough to have got into the Spurs team last night… Congrats for all the good work you do at CNJ - will pass on your best to Dan

Archigram co-founder Dennis Crompton dies aged 89 British architect Dennis Crompton, best known as one of the founders of the experimental collective Archigram, has died at the age of 89.

www.dezeen.com/2025/01/23/a...

Very sad news, and my deepest condolences to his family, friends and former colleagues. I will remember Dennis very fondly from our time teaching together at the @thebartlettucl.bsky.social .

thinking of calling this "The Illusion Illusion"

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A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.

Cartoon of three buildings by the architect Le Corbusier, top to bottom: Notre Dame du Haut La Tourette monastery Unité d'Habitation Captions: Below the top one: Le Corbusy Middle: Le Corbusier Top: Le Corbusiest

I misread this sentence in the Guardian ... Would LOVE to watch an Alan Bennett zombie film...

Will Musk and Trump fall out? [FREE TO READ] The X owner may be flying too close to the sun

"I see a train wreck approaching - and not in slow motion". My Swamp Notes newsletter on whether Musk and Trump are destined to fall out. Free to read. on.ft.com/491H9N6

I've created a starter pack for colleagues and graduate students at the #Bartlett #UCL Faculty of the Built Environment including @timwaterman.bsky.social @willjennings.bsky.social @djdunc.bsky.social @adamdennett.bsky.social and others
- who am I missing? Suggestions welcome

go.bsky.app/8tVcce6

“From three friends in high places to essentially zero is quite the feat of statecraft.”

Ouch. Janah Ganesh in FT today:

How Britain squandered the best hand in the world on.ft.com/3AP6eOO

A satirical cartoon of a passenger on a plane saying the pilot has lost touch with regular passengers before adding: “who thinks I should fly the plane?” Everyone puts their hands up.

cartoon of the day

Hi. Yes please!

Professor Colin Fournier – 1944–2024 It is with great sadness that The Bartlett School of Architecture announces the death of Emeritus Professor Colin Fournier.

My tribute included here

www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/arc...

Colin Fournier, Architekt und Co-Gestalter des Grazer Kunsthauses, gestorben Fournier starb im Alter von 80 Jahren in Paris. Er hat zusammen mit Sir Peter Cook den "Friendly Alien" entworfen

Sad news: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...