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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Apr 17

“British people are not familiar with heat and often don’t see heat as a risk – most consider it as something nice, for socialising, going out, going to the beach” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Number of UK homes overheating soars to 80% in a decade, study finds

Researchers say urgent action needed to inform people about risks of heatwave temperatures and adapt homes

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Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · Mar 13

The Isokon Building in Belsize Park in London has become an architectural icon, and its own history is full of scandal and Central European emigrés, writes Owen Hatherley

Spies and socialists in Belsize Park | Apollo Magazine

The Isokon Building has become an architectural icon, but its own history is full of scandal and Central European emigrés, writes Owen Hatherley

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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Mar 9

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Ce plat londonien boudé par les Français veut sa reconnaissance

Le «pie and mash», plat de tradition londonienne par excellence, cherche à se faire un nom. Avec l’ambition d’obtenir une reconnaissance officielle, il aspire à figurer parmi les plus grandes spéciali...

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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Feb 24

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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Feb 9

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The Pevsner way of seeing - Architecture Today

For Martine Hamilton Knight, contributing to a revision of Pevsner’s ‘Buildings of England’ prompted a re-evaluation of the notion of ‘timelessness’ in architectural photography.

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Otto Saumarez Smith @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social · Jan 24

Wedgwood Festival of Britain mug, designed by Norman Makinson, & depicting the Skylon and Crystal Palace.

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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Jan 23

www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/city-of...

City of London’s ‘retrofit first’ policy to come into force

The new Planning for Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), provides guidance on how ...

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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Jan 19

England’s last lacemakers are shutting up shop on.ft.com/4g64y1I

England’s last lacemakers are shutting up shop

In lace country, around Nottingham, there are only a handful of people left who know how to operate machines that have run since the 1800s. Soon there will be none

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David Morrison @david-morrison.bsky.social · Jan 14

Thought I’d do a small thread of some modernist homes and buildings you can visit in England. First up is 2 Willow Rd, Erno Goldfinger’s house in Hampstead, now looked after by the National Trust: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/london...

2 Willow Road | London

Visitor information for 2 Willow Road, Ernő Goldfinger's 1930s Modernist home in Hampstead, London.

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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Jan 1

Fortnum’s truffled rarebit on sourdough. This was very good and very easy to prepare.

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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · Jan 1

In 2025 I’m shifting my work from design to climate.

It’s impossible to continue to witness the destruction of our environment caused by the cruise industry & sit idle.

My introduction to their reprehensible impact to port communities was in Venice:

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#cruisecontrol

#NoGrandiNavi. An open letter

Italian version They said it couldn’t happen. The cruise ships were too big to fail. Escorted by tugs at the bow and stern, traveling at 6 knots, the ships were…

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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Dec 30

London Comfort Food Restaurant a Padova ohmygodpadova.it

Oh My God - London Comfort Food Restaurant a Padova

Vieni a provare il vero London Comfort Food a Padova! Ci trovi in Via Savonarola, 84 con tanti prodotti tipici ispirati alla cucina Londinese!

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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · Dec 28

I would like to go to a New Year’s Eve party at Restaurant Varna in the early 1970’s please!

In Aarhus, designed by Verner Panton

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Wendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social · Dec 10

Atomic style Christmas tree of candle holders with starbursts from House Beautiful, December 1961

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Zoë Chan @zoechan.bsky.social · Dec 24

I never get bored of this 1965 Sainsbury’s Christmas Pudding packaging design. So simple and elegant.

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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Dec 19

www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/12/06/t...

Through the Notre-Dame restoration, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc has now become ‘untouchable’. But at what price?

The five-year restoration of the cathedral has cemented the reign of the 19th-century architect, but his methods may not meet modern standards

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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Dec 16

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‘It was so fragile, we weren’t certain it wouldn’t collapse’: the architect who sketched Notre Dame’s ancient insides — The Guardian

After disaster struck Notre Dame in 2019, Axelle Ponsonnet began to draw parts of the cathedral exposed by the fire, some not seen for centuries. A new book documents what she discovered

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · Dec 14

📮For #PostboxSaturday here's a C20 favourite: the streamlined Type N, designed by Sir Kenneth Grange in 1996-99 as a 21st century version of the humble rural postbox.

Nicknamed 'Bantam' for its resemblence to the fuel tank on a GPO Bantam motorcycle, it was the last model to be made in cast-iron.

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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · Dec 9

An interview with Venetian writer Tiziano Scarpa

“..a sense of precariousness has sharpened. I look at Venice and think: how long will it last? Will she still be here in thirty years' time?”

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#Venice #Venezia #VeniceBooks

An interview with Venetian writer Tiziano Scarpa

An interview with Venetian author Tiziano Scarpa about Venice, art, food and hopes for the future of the lagoon...

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · Dec 4

In the 1980s, when there was a gap in daytime TV, ITV would play classical music with a sci-fi video.

For a lot of people, it's been a weird "did it really happen and why does no one else remember it?" memory.

I'VE FOUND IT!

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Rondò Veneziano - La Serenissima

YouTube video by randomVHStat

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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Dec 3

Thanks. Purchased

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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Nov 21

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

How Clive of India’s 1767 sofa ended up in a British south Asian living room

Seven artists launch project to ‘decolonise’ national museums and arts organisations in Wales

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LEE Peng Hui @peregrinpenguin.bsky.social · Nov 21

I was thinking yesterday that the same applies to electric vs standard bicycles although obviously to a lesser degree

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · Nov 19

UPDATE: Disappointing news that C20’s application to list three site-specific dinosaur play sculptures at Teessaurus Park in Middlesbrough, has been rejected by Historic England.

Designed by Geneviève Glatt in 1977-79, they represent a rare major 20th.C public-art commission for a female artist.

Teessaurus Park, Middlesbrough
Image credit: Ashley Cooper pics

Image from the John Buchan photo collection (Ref: ACC- 7224), courtesy of Teesside Archives

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cy / sal sun 🐚 @cyhsal.bsky.social · Nov 16

And on Lubetkin day no less! Perfect place to celebrate for many reasons, come say hi 🐧🎂

Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · Nov 16

The Isokon Gallery is currently closed until the next season which begins in March. However … we will be holding our🎄Christmas shop 🎄on Saturday 14 December, 11am - 4 pm, so do come along then.

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