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Underpass in the dark at dusk

Sign over unlit subway underpass suggesting 'This Way for a safer journey'

Underpass lights out at St George's. Maybe due to Odeon going up in flames yesterday but sadly no one in charge thought this might be dangerous enough to fix in a hurry

Vineyard entrance with buff stone elevation and flint and grass landscape

Enjoyed a quick visit to Domaine Evremond vineyard yesterday to buy a bottle for Valentine's. Fabulous

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Road sign saying 'Impractical for cars' St Winnow, Cornwall, UK

Vintage but true

low traffic neighbourhood diagram showing vehicular controlled access and cycle priority

The English translation is a bit dodge in places, but I do like the simplicity of the Fietsberaad Mix neighbourhood plans (from 2018)

So many Century 21 Fandersons here. Who knew?

Yellow cassette and flip top package

I do miss my old cassette pet. Go wild

Late afternoon winter sun grazing Canterbury Cathedral

light is changing

Otford Pond, Otford - 1259054 | Historic England List entry 1259054. Grade II Listing: Otford Pond. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.

haha but only duck pond historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...

duck pond in middle of roundabout with houses and village shops behind

You might appreciate that this lovely little duck pond at Otford, in middle of a roundabout, is a Grade II listed building - the only one in England

inspirational staple

B3nch in front of cottage. Inscribed on back is "Aren't we lucky?"

Luck needed

Govt to partner with architects to redesign KL public spaces The Federal Territories Ministry will collaborate with architects to recreate public spaces in KL, focusing on infrastructure for health and community...

New Fed Territories minister in Kuala Lumpur is promising action. Let's hope some good design ideas emerge that really challenge the car-centric culture and transform space for people.
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Oh no, not the Tufty roll out

glazed and white marble atrium space with large dome structure dipping from roof

Beautiful and understated - inverted dome in the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

Narrow rebuilt footway with concrete slabs and in situ poured battered kerb. Sign poles and street lamp posts in carriageway leaving parked cars 0.5m from kerb, space that could be footway

Narrow footway improvement kerb line clashes with lamp post and os fudged around the post base

Lamp post base showing how new kerb has been laid straight through it

Penang footways are often a bit dodge. This welcome improvement with in situ kerb mostly went kind of well

Glass of beer with Paper Kite written on it

Malaysia's Paper Kite craft Copper Ale.. Sunday in a glass

Tree leaning on fence so long that it has grown around it. Sign pinned on it says 'Beware of falling Tree- do not park here'

Beware of falling tree

Goodness knows what they really thought of Barbara Hepworth , Arthur Wallis and Bernard Leach then

Cycling along tree lined Klang riverside path. Merdeka 118 tower skyscraper towers over skyline

Cycling in MikeBikes orange vests along 3 lane dual carriageway street with blue cycle lane (with cars parked in it). Speed humps mean traffic isn't too difficult to contend with

Cycle tour group cycling in Indian quarter of Brickfields with parked cars and coloured arches along footway edge

Happy cycle rider in orange hi vis. Stopped at busy junction with bus passing, overhead monorail and motorbikes chaos. Cycle riders have to take the lane to be safe

Loved the riverside cycle tour on Kuala Lumpur city centre [Mike Bikes] with my son and some other tourists. Back roads, river path, temples and great lunch all in Dutch orange

Only way between development separated by double height elevated highway is by muddy path across a vacant lot

Tree route heave on footway that has severely pushed up paving slabs

Route from private development to pedestrian crossing is a muddy path between planting. Ped crossing has signal post in middle of pathway

Paved path behind crash barrier next to double deck elevated highway to dodgy staircase. An unofficial but well used footpath from one side of road to other

Normal walking in KL has all those very basic difficulties of sub division development and lack of public planning interest in making sure there are good pedestrian connections, streets and spaces

2 pictures. Left: Leon Krier ciover sketch on Architecture Choix ou Fatalité of grouped calssical style buildings with greek temple aloft tallest and Right: tower block in Kuala Lumpur with 'acropolis' on top

Funny seeing a Leon Krier style doodle being interpreted literally on a block in KL

Photo of Petronas Towers in KL with mock snowflakes dotted over it and message saying Happy Christmas

a bit of a culture shock for me being in tropical 29 deg C for Christmas...but someone's got to do it. Merry Christmas all

View down over one of the roads over Singapore river opening to harbour to Marina Bay Sands. Pedestrian bridge curves alongside

Marina Bay Sands lobby with tall roof

One of the mega malls to traverse on multiple levels to get from harbour to Gardens by the Bay.

Getting 500m from Singapore Harbour to Gardens by the Bay involves crossing 2 dual carriageways, weaving through the massive Marina Bay Sands hotel and multiple lifts and escalators (& via mega brand mall and green bridges). Fun but convoluted & 2nd class - could have been straightforward and level

Bodinnick even

Night view of Marina Bay Sands 3 tower hotel with banana shaped skyway on top lit up in pink

Safdie designed Marina Bay Sands Hotel from across Singapore Harbour lit up in blue at night with resort pods below in pink. Fountain display in progress in distance

Pink or blue? Either way it's quite a show, even before Christmas

View of west KL suburb with multilane highway and toll gate surrounded by remnant jungle. Skyscrapers and supersized villas line the valley.

View from 21 floor apartment over KL hills with skyscrapers and villas cut through by multilane highway. Scraps of remnant green space left over between

Always a culture shock returning to KL to visit family. Only the size of Birmingham but built with total US style car-based planning like a megalopolis. Lots of buzz but basic things sacrificed: nature, rivers, walking and cycling. Fightbacks are happening but uphill gradient is now so steep

Space Syntax heat map of Canterbury city (UK) with most connected streets in red, transitioning orange, yellow and green to least connected in blue

Generous of Space Syntax to share a national connectedness map. It necessarily only covers the main links but here in Canterbury goes to show why the ring road around the city walls is often chocker as these routes are most connected locally spacesyntax-openmapping.netlify.app#14/51.2799/1...

Just over a year ago we planted the Sutherland Road #raingardens with @wfcouncil. 🌱 🌼 What started out as a community planting day is now a vibrant stretch of green space. Just check out the growth! 🌿 #urbangreening

Interestingly Strøget in Denmark is similar length (half the width at c.12m) and has no cycling too, but outdone by other city neighbourhoods now that have cycle access. Can't cycling be permitted off peak? Sad that they haven't tried, at least not presented any design option that includes it