Hexham Local History Society's Spring Newsletter (No. 95) has a lovely review of my Living in Houses book by Hugh Dixon. Thanks Hugh & HLHS! hexhamhistorian.org Lund Humphries

A paper published, led by my wonderful, former PhD student Demet Yeşiltepe and the rest of the team, Ayse Ozbil Torun Antoine Coutrot / moved to ciel bleu @Jan_Wiener @hugospiers authors.elsevier.com/c/1gqYa_Ebvum4…

Last week we have hosted the last design review of our first UG Architecture cohort. Looking forward to see your final submissions! Many thanks to our guest reviewers for the insightful feedback. AndyBarnes Grimshaw Architects , Tim Narey Eden Project Morecambe, Prof Ruth Conroy Dalton and Deyan Sudjic

New article in Journal of Urban Design by Dr. Michal Gath-Morad, et al. Attract or repel: how street features shape pedestrians’ leisure walks in cities tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Dr. Michal Gath-Morad Panos Mavros Prof Ruth Conroy Dalton We are so excited to learn from your team! This is a not-to-be-missed talk! #ANFA2023 #neuroarchitecture #cognition

On 21st Sept I'm giving a lunchtime talk, 13:00 in the UK, to the wonderful Sign Design Society Sign Design Society on the topic of social wayfinding, how the presence of others in the environment contributes to wayfinding processes (see: bit.ly/SDS_Sep23). Northumbria Uni Northumbria Arch Soc

Booking open to hear Prof Ruth Conroy Dalton talk about wayfinding as a social activity for Sign Design Society at 1pm BST on 21 September '23: bit.ly/SDS_Sep23 #sdsTalks #events #wayfinding #navigation #behaviouralscience

I do not identify as working class, but firmly believe that anti-working class bias and the privileges of elite education are profound challenges in the architecture and design world. That is why I'll be at this event tonight. Please join me. open-city.org.uk/events/working…

Prof Ruth Conroy Dalton , Christoph Hölscher, Panos Mavros, Michal Gath-Morad ask, How does knowledge from spatial cognition affect how we design environments? #spacesyntax #simulation #complexity

Just been sent this - absolutely horrific that the iconic Sycamore Gap tree has been felled.

The iconic Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian's Wall Path in Northumberland has been felled overnight. We're waiting more information on this. Pics - Amanda Marks, Author, Facebook.

Hearing on local Facebook (Amanda Marks) & via the National Park that the wonderful Sycamore tree at Sycamore Gap, has been chainsawed, almost certainly illegally. So sad. Our broken relationship to nature summed up in one shocking act Northumberland National Park Rangers N'land National Park @NENature_

Are left-handers better than right-handers at spatial navigation? New research in #ProcB this week suggests not: ow.ly/VcKS50PVyXB Antoine Coutrot / moved to ciel bleu Hope Oloye @Jan_Wiener Prof Ruth Conroy Dalton - @m_hornberger @hugospiers #OpenAccess

New preprint!! osf.io/preprints/psya… A short 🧵👇

Thanks to everyone involved!! @hugospiers @m_hornberger @rogierK Stuart Ritchie 🇺🇦 - @Jan_Wiener Prof Ruth Conroy Dalton

Last week I recorded a podcast with New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) about my 'Living in Houses' book published by Lund Humphries It was great fun talking to Dr Miranda Melcher about the book. Do follow the link! newbooksnetwork.com/living-houses-…

Got my copy! Ace to contribute a chapter on sustainable products-services-systems design for future homes/communities. Big thanks to editors Prof Ruth Conroy Dalton & Alejandro Rangel ImaginationLancaster #sustainablefutures #speculativedesign #righttorepair #ewaste #IoT #AI #circulareconomy