Mike Eliason

or the argument

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

i don't know where it comes from - but the almost garish soft pastel colored tile seems to be pretty ubiquitous in swiss housing

interior view of a coop in switzerland

swiss coops go so hard. this is in suburbs of basel.

building is <45' deep.

22 homes: (8) x 2-BR, (10) x 3-BR, (4) x 4-BR

a third of residents are kids. 40% of households are young families. 20% are retirees. it's a passivhaus. a *ton* of community spaces.
www.hagnauer-gaerten.ch/wohnungsange...

Flyer describing a Pacific Northwest Single Stair Design Competition. It is sponsored by Portland: Neighbors Welcome and Strong Towns PDX. It is eligible to Undergrad + Grad students in Oregon and Washington. The prizes are 1st: $1500, 2nd: $1,000 (x2), 3rd: $500 (x3). Important Dates are: November 15th, 2025, which is when registration is due, and April 1st, 2026 which is when submissions are due. To learn more, the website link is PNWDREAMS.ORG

We are excited to announce that we are co-sponsoring a Single Stair Design Competition along with our friends at @strongtownspdx.bsky.social and the University of Oregon School of Architecture! The competition will be open to undergrad + grad students in Oregon and Washington pnwdreams.org

Blue flyer for the Pacific Northwest Single Stair Design Competition Kickoff Event. The sponsors are the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Environment, Portland: Neighbors Welcome, and Strong Towns PDX. The Text on the right reads: Opening Lecture by Michael Eliason Monday, October 20, 2025 5:30 - 7:30pm / doors open at 5:15pm University of Oregon Portland Innovation Building: Commons (3rd Fl) 2811 NE Holman St, Portland, OR 97211 Join our kickoff event for the single stair student design competition! The event will feature a lecture by Michael Eliason, RA, on single stair code reform. Michael is the founder and principal of Larch Lab. He is a researcher, writer, urbanist, and architect based in Seattle. He is a licensed architect, holds a B.Arch from Virginia Tech, and has been an advocate and consultant for Passivhaus buildings for over a decade. He is also the author of ‘Building For People’ (Island Press 2024). Space is limited, and attendance from students, faculty, and mentors will be prioritized. The general public should register their interest in advance at the QR code below. Video recording will be available. Light refreshments provided.

We are also incredibly excited that the Opening Lecture will be given by the one and only Michael Eliason, RA @holz-bau.bsky.social! The opening lecture will have limited seating, but there will be reserved seats for volunteer mentors (sign up here: pnwdreams.notion.site/mentor)

Data center boom sparks sticker shock for PJM ratepayers New analyses show that costs passed on to utility customers to guarantee future electricity demand are rising rapidly.

“By 2028, an average family in the region will be paying around $70 a month extra on their electricity bills because of forecasted data center growth”

I'm once again asking why ratepayers are subsidizing AI titans?

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seattle has entered the chat.

a bunch of trump-supporting developers from the suburbs are trying to buy this election

Gallery of Diorit Residence / Architekti DRNH - 10 Image 10 of 30 from gallery of Diorit Residence / Architekti DRNH. Photograph by Petr Polák

as is turning most of the homes in the point access block portion of the building into dual aspect homes that also overlook the remains of the quarry

www.archdaily.com/1034636/dior...

Gallery of Diorit Residence / Architekti DRNH - 15 Image 15 of 30 from gallery of Diorit Residence / Architekti DRNH. Photograph by Petr Polák

it's also formed to make the courtard, that all units look out on to - quieter

man, and the profilit glass here is a nice touch.

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view of road next to development

here's why that buffer is necessary:

local access street
tram line
4-lane highway

Diorit Residence / Architekti DRNH Completed in 2025 in Brno-Komín, Czechia. Images by Petr Polák. The newly constructed „Diorit" residential building was developed on the site of a former quarry, on abandoned plots located at the bord...

the combo of single loaded corridor + point access blocks for some diversity in unit size and typology is interesting.

the single loaded corridor is facing the loud side of the building, and can act as a buffer to reduce noise pollution for residents

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wait i'm sorry wtaf

SDOT's design really is quite terrible, but at least it was also expensive.

siiiigh.

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I checked again today at rush hour to see how people handled high volumes. Cyclists were actually quite good at leaving space for pedestrians and other direction cyclists to cross.

(Knowing how to turn left? Not so much, like the guy at the end of the clip.)

compare v. thomas st.

bike lane is actually wide enough for more than 1 bike
room for more than 1 bike to queue up for left turn
turning bikes don't block the bike lane
bike lane doesn't narrow further after turn either
no contrast issues here to same degree
no sharp and dangerous curbs, either

more likely he looked lost and confused seeing 'elect katie wilson' signs and none of his - and a neighbor tried to help out

yep. this reads as something that never actually happened.

'just to be candid with you'

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

the mayor believes he is entitled to this position - but it is clear after losing to katie wilson in the primary that he is too scared to even bring himself to say her name

Cat ladders in Switzerland adorn buildings A photographer documents the creative architecture the Swiss have made to help their their feline friends get around.

colleague was in switzerland this summer a little after we were - and was talking about all the cat ladders they saw...

i did not know this was a thing...

a new type of single stair!

have herzog and de meuron designed any?

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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social dragging his feet on this and SB 79 is…not good. Should he fail to sign one or both, primary voters who want livable and affordable cities and reasonable electricity prices will not forget.

One thing that the Swiss historically pointed to as why transit was so popular in referenda is that people who couldn’t drive (women and the elderly) are far more represented in a referendum than in a legislature or bureaucracy which tend to be filled disproportionately with able bodied men.

Bruce Harrell is crashing out hard. What a wacky interview! He starts by praising the journalist and by the end he’s so ticked off he tries to take back the compliment then completely dodges the question with a rant about Katie Wilson.

Gallery of Huis aan de Haven / Powerhouse Company - 11 Image 11 of 26 from gallery of Huis aan de Haven / Powerhouse Company. Photograph by Sebastian van Damme

for no reason at all, thinking about how our block sized-development doesn't have courtyards like this, about how we don't have height variability due to insane levels of FAR and no comprehensive planning...

www.archdaily.com/1032113/hous...

US lags behind world on electric vehicle sales Share of new cars sold that are electric Graph showing: 50% China 30% (ish) UK 20% ish World/EU (axis cross) 10% USA All datapoints start @ 0% in 2015 and goes to 2025 Source: IEA, Our World In Data Note: Electric cars include fully battery-electric and plug-in hybrids.

How the US got left behind in the global #electric #car race

#BEV #EV #GHG #CO2
$TSLAQ

Full story:
www.bbc.com/news/article...

And in the end isn’t judging people on the size of their homes just classism?

the paradox of sprawl

*need. omfg.

dang. meetings all day to discuss point access blocks, social housing, accessibility, and better quality development.

we beed faster reforms and better policy