Ran Boydell
@ranboydell
Australian architect working in Aus+UK, pioneer of sustainable homes, built environment research, posts on #climatechange #netzero #architecture #housing #ecoart #leadership “Capacity is a state of mind.” David Schwartz www.ecohus.net #allmyownwork
But then again, the water level in the Thames is inevitably going to rise due to climate change, with a serious risk the Houses of Parliament will be flooded. So maybe the politicians should decant now to higher ground?
It's all gone quiet at the moment but refurbishment of the Houses of Parliament is desperately needed but the politicians keep procrastinating because of the multi billion £ cost. But I'm an architect and we always enjoy a good design challenge... 1/
"As a society and as individuals, our behaviour often fails to acknowledge the real threat of climate change." Enuma Okoro @financialtimes.com
Really disappointed for you, was lucky to go last year when a friend dragged me along, its a wonder of nature, the edge of the world.
Advancing climate action through strategic urban transformation at #LCAW26 hosted by ARUP + @c40cities.bsky.social
Note to politicians: you can just do stuff regular people actually need and want and it’s OK
"Any visit to the 'Spiral Jetty' [Robert Smithson, 1970] took on the character of a pilgrimage... One had already given more assent to it before seeing it than a sculpture in a more accessible place would normally get." Robert Hughes
"Art discovers its true social use, not on the ideological plane, but by opening the passage from feeling to memory... for those who want to try." Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New
"Since Joseph wanted the project to be an art, as well as being an environmental project, he accompanied each tree with a basalt stone." mjsymuleski.com/artofthemooc...
"vanguard art seems to have lost its political role..." The shock of the new, Robert Hughes 1980 Hughes was incredibly insightful about the role of art+architecture in society - crafting words like a sculptor carves complex forms from lumpen stone - an underrecognised Australian on the world stage.
Just because... (turn the volume on) Jerusalem Creek Falls in the Barrington Tops National Park near Dungog, NSW Australia
"Invention and start-up have tended to get most of the attention here, by policy makers and scholars alike. That's a big mistake, because invention and start-up without scale-up is immaterial in today's world. Scale-up is ultimately what matters, and, especially, superscaling." Flyvbjerg et al.
"While Americans and Europeans have been repeating, like a mantra, that China cannot innovate, China invented the largest and fastest production and construction machine in history, right under their noses." Flyvbjerg, Budzier + Christodoulou
This is one of the reasons why #nuclear is a BAD idea > bottom of the pile for cost overrun, out-competed only by the olympics Flyvbjerg, Budzier + Christodoulou papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
We have enough roadmaps to a sustainable built environment to get lost with. We don’t need another roadmap... Anyway, we are already on the road and have made some good progress; we just need to pick up speed and commit to breaking a few of the established “best practice” road rules.
"The Government will limit negative gearing to new builds from 1 July 2027, to focus tax support on new supply."
"Investors in new builds will be able to choose the 50 per cent CGT discount or the new arrangements."
This is why (most) countries separate church and politics. All religions inevitably end up with some extremists who do weird shit like this, it's human nature, sadly. Politics and the rule of law is meant to protect everyone else from them.
Apple at 50: the roots of a tech revolution - www.ft.com/content/0800... via @financialtimes.com
Apple at 50: how Asia fuelled its rise to the top - www.ft.com/content/95fd... via @financialtimes.com
“I think China is using it in a very, very geopolitically savvy way, taking advantage of America’s stupidity and regression back into a petrostate. China just wins. America has abrogated the playing field.” Tim Buckley
My favourite portrait is this one by Clifton Pugh of Gough Whitlam, former Australian PM, it absolutely captures his personality despite the abstract composition. It's hanging in St Pauls College at Sydney Uni where Gough was a student.