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The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished. 10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes

As a general rule I'm live and let live about moles, but this new variety may be more of a threat.

Dave the planet: build with second-hand copies of my book.

Truly shocked by the ruinous state of the Bernat Klein studio. One of the flying beams on the front elevation seems to have somehow been decapitated - the severed end lying in undergrowth below. Very sad…

Dear Google, what is the average #energy consumption per search of the #AI overview at the top of all searches now? Please could we have an option to switch it off to avoid the environmental harms associated with this energy cost?

Perfect setting for a meeting to discuss the reuse of buildings. Messums West

Glad to see The Guardian recognising Liverpool as one of the top three #architecture schools in the country. @LivUniArch University of Liverpool News Humanities & Social Sciences @ Uni of Liverpool

I'm trying out Bluesky Social, on the recommendation of the excellent Market Urbanism. If you're on there, or want to explore it as a gaggle of #architectureandenergy people, I'm barnabascalder.bsky.social. Hope to see you there.

This week on The Brief Dr Ewan Harrison speaks with Merlin Fulcher about Sadiq Khan’s new powers to pedestrianise Oxford Street, a blocked listing bid for Portsmouth Civic Offices and plans to transform Dunn Sports Centre into a skateboarding facility. 🎧: ow.ly/8Iob50TpV9R

Speaking at this next week: do come along in person or join online if you can - fantastic range of speakers looking at a massively important topic as we face the need for urgent systemic change today: carta.anthropogeny.org/events/how-hum…

A niche question for #history, #energy and #energyhistory people: does anyone know what the fuel for al-Mahalla al-Kubra cotton mill in #Egypt was at its foundation? #coal? and if so when did it move over to #oil and #renewables? Any help hugely appreciated!

How do you prepare your pot plants to survive 5227mph winds?

Barnabas Calder amazing talk in the @CARTAUCSD symposium

My first three books. For news of the next three, currently in varying states of incompletion, come over to Bluesky, where I'm unsurprisingly Barnabas.Calder. It's charmingly low-troll over there, and lots of good #builtenvironment, #sustainability and #architecture people.

I know there are bigger worries today, but to do something small and good, please sign this petition to save two excellent #Brutalist towers in #Loughborough. (Great photo by Simon Phipps) change.org/p/save-towers-…

Today looks like being the day Bluesky hits 20m users. Why are you on here instead? It's active, congenial, and thanks to starter packs you can quickly find your communities of interest. bcounter.nat.vg

Bastion House is condemned. Awful, stupid, wasteful. #retrofirst