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ACAN Natural Materials Detail Library

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www.naturaldetailslibrary.org

Yes, that would have made more sense if I'd replied to the curling post... I was just too pumped from all the curling excitement to care

Jenrick Among the Folding Tables A New Yorker profile

NEW - I'm thrilled to announce I was asked to interview Robert Jenrick at a car boot sale for the New Yorker.

open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

How they all just calmly shook the Americans' hands at the end, I don't know... I'd have been David Pleat-ing up and down the ice after that!

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

I mean, they're called "Palantir" FFS!!

How A Texas Passive House Survived a 2021 Deep Freeze Discover how a Texas passive house maintained comfort and energy efficiency during the 2021 deep freeze, showcasing resilient sustainable home design and passive house principles for extreme weather e...

The power went out and when he woke that morning in his Passive House, it was 9°F outside and 62°F inside.

"At our neighbor's house, which was identical to ours [before the Passive House retrofit], it was 36°F. They may as well have been living in a tent"
passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/how...

Yes, Horsley!

When you've lost Daniel Hanan...

'The past is an underused tool': An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm In a deadly cold period known as the Little Ice Age, clever Elizabethan designs kept a magnificent stately home unusually warm – with lessons for how we can heat our own homes better.

Brilliant to see the BBC picking up Ranald Lawrence and Dean Hawkes' fabulously interesting and important #environmentalhumanities work on #HardwickHall. They measured solar gain to understand Elizabethan comfort tech.
The original articles are hugely worth reading too.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

"...high explosive humanitarianism."

As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor

Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes

Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day

Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods

Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸

Utility Room with small lip in doorway, perfect for stubbing your toe(s).

... nice "toe breaker" threshold detail. I need to stop!

And of course, who needs to be able to get into their cupboards when you've just spaffed £1.6 million on your new gaff...

Jesus Christ. Turns out I'd only seen about half the photos. The boat... the 'stone' bar... the Sauna/ Washer Dryer combo... G.O.A.T.

When I saw the cover photo I thought "Primary school chic, that's new", interesting. But then... the floor plan... the fake water... the bathrooms... the "Handsome Devil's Club"... noooooo.... my eyes..... AGGGGHHHHH!!

So what? Trump doesn't care. He is the epitome of "... ask for forgiveness, not permission..." the only thing is, he's not bothered about forgiveness either. You can't reason with him. You can't appease him. He only responds to power.

Form Follows Fuel - a book by Florian Urban and Barnabas Calder about the energy history of architecture.

The wonderful @johnczulowskiburns.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Do give him a follow. He's the architect who produced the digital models of our buildings for #FormFollowsFuel, which enabled us to calculate #embodiedenergy for each of them. Also the stunning cover image.

@florianurban.bsky.social

Strong agree...

It's sad when you don't have the vision to be born into a dynasty. So sad... Losers.

Only about 300 years out!

Wait a minute. Might immigration be a good thing...?

Thank you all for your support

"If you can't afford it you're all losers!"

this is incredible. Art is incredible. Science is incredible. Great artists and great scientists are life changing.