Prince Architect
@princearchitect.bsky.social
Liverpool based architect and part-time architecture tutor at the University of Liverpool. he/him
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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The power went out and when he woke that morning in his Passive House, it was 9°F outside and 62°F inside.
"At our neighbor's house, which was identical to ours [before the Passive House retrofit], it was 36°F. They may as well have been living in a tent"
passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/how...
"At our neighbor's house, which was identical to ours [before the Passive House retrofit], it was 36°F. They may as well have been living in a tent"
passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/how...
How A Texas Passive House Survived a 2021 Deep Freeze
Discover how a Texas passive house maintained comfort and energy efficiency during the 2021 deep freeze, showcasing resilient sustainable home design and passive house principles for extreme weather e...
passivehouseaccelerator.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The power went out and when he woke that morning in his Passive House, it was 9°F outside and 62°F inside.
"At our neighbor's house, which was identical to ours [before the Passive House retrofit], it was 36°F. They may as well have been living in a tent"
passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/how...
"At our neighbor's house, which was identical to ours [before the Passive House retrofit], it was 36°F. They may as well have been living in a tent"
passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/how...
When you've lost Daniel Hanan...
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 PM
When you've lost Daniel Hanan...
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Brilliant to see the BBC picking up Ranald Lawrence and Dean Hawkes' fabulously interesting and important #environmentalhumanities work on #HardwickHall. They measured solar gain to understand Elizabethan comfort tech.
The original articles are hugely worth reading too.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
The original articles are hugely worth reading too.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
'The past is an underused tool': An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm
In a deadly cold period known as the Little Ice Age, clever Elizabethan designs kept a magnificent stately home unusually warm – with lessons for how we can heat our own homes better.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Brilliant to see the BBC picking up Ranald Lawrence and Dean Hawkes' fabulously interesting and important #environmentalhumanities work on #HardwickHall. They measured solar gain to understand Elizabethan comfort tech.
The original articles are hugely worth reading too.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
The original articles are hugely worth reading too.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
"...high explosive humanitarianism."
The very latest from the PNG Courier's overseas correspondent.
Visit the link for more.
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
Visit the link for more.
mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...
January 17, 2026 at 8:47 AM
"...high explosive humanitarianism."
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As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Naaaaaaailed it
January 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
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Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
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The wonderful @johnczulowskiburns.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Do give him a follow. He's the architect who produced the digital models of our buildings for #FormFollowsFuel, which enabled us to calculate #embodiedenergy for each of them. Also the stunning cover image.
@florianurban.bsky.social
@florianurban.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The wonderful @johnczulowskiburns.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Do give him a follow. He's the architect who produced the digital models of our buildings for #FormFollowsFuel, which enabled us to calculate #embodiedenergy for each of them. Also the stunning cover image.
@florianurban.bsky.social
@florianurban.bsky.social
It's sad when you don't have the vision to be born into a dynasty. So sad... Losers.
The Little Match Girl - A Christmas Story
By Donald J Trump, winner of the coveted FIFA peace prize
Live now, on my Substack
Nadolig llawen pawb!
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
By Donald J Trump, winner of the coveted FIFA peace prize
Live now, on my Substack
Nadolig llawen pawb!
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
December 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It's sad when you don't have the vision to be born into a dynasty. So sad... Losers.
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Thank you all for your support
Beautifully said: “They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness [and] empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn’t pamper myself with the luxury of silence.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d....
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d....
Comedian Robin Ince quits Radio 4 show, claiming BBC found his views ‘problematic’
Ince says he resigned as co-host of Infinite Monkey Cage because of what he described as his lack of ‘obedience’
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/13/comedian-robin-ince-quits-as-host-of-bbcs-infinite-monkey-cage#:~:text=The%20comedian%20and%20author%20Robin,a%20lack%20of%20“obedience”
December 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Thank you all for your support
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this is incredible. Art is incredible. Science is incredible. Great artists and great scientists are life changing.
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
this is incredible. Art is incredible. Science is incredible. Great artists and great scientists are life changing.
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Thank you , John
If you don't want to see the hearing dogs, skip to 47:15 for @robinince.bsky.social talking about his amazing book on #SundayMorningLive
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002mxmk
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002mxmk
Sunday Morning Live - Series 16: 30/11/2025
The government announced an extension of the 'sugar tax', which follows renewed calls from some experts for higher taxes on ultra-processed foods. We ask, can we tax our way to healthier diets?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thank you , John
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Baroness Jones, "The problem is that labour have not created enough safe managed routes"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Baroness Jones, "The problem is that labour have not created enough safe managed routes"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
Twatting around with the planning system won't achieve anything. You need to fund and resource local authorities properly AND embark on a serious council housing building programme. THE PRIVATE SECTOR CANNOT, AND WILL NOT, DELIVER SUFFICIENT HOUSING! ARRRGGGHHH!
'We can't keep saying no to development when we've got a housing crisis'
Housing Secretary Steve Reed speaks to #BBCBreakfast about plans to build homes on land close to railway stations in England
Housing Secretary Steve Reed speaks to #BBCBreakfast about plans to build homes on land close to railway stations in England
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Twatting around with the planning system won't achieve anything. You need to fund and resource local authorities properly AND embark on a serious council housing building programme. THE PRIVATE SECTOR CANNOT, AND WILL NOT, DELIVER SUFFICIENT HOUSING! ARRRGGGHHH!
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'The engineer said there were two options: “Color or cracks.”'
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Strictly speaking, it's not a façade that's cracking up at 432 Park Ave. in NYC; it's a "load-bearing, concrete exoskeleton." This makes the problem much harder to fix. The engineers called it back in 2012, but hubris and vanity overruled them. lloydalter.substack.com/p/schadenfre...
SchadenfreudeTower in New York City is cracking up
The problems at 432 Park Avenue never end.
lloydalter.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
'The engineer said there were two options: “Color or cracks.”'
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If you're in Stockport on Tuesday, go and see Robin. You won't regret it!
Only a fiver to see me perform in STOCKPORT on Tuesday
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele... #stockport #manchester #poetry #bookshops
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele... #stockport #manchester #poetry #bookshops
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If you're in Stockport on Tuesday, go and see Robin. You won't regret it!
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The European Convention on Human Rights protects every single one of us in the UK.
Some politicians want to tear up these protections to distract us from the real problems affecting our daily lives.
Some politicians want to tear up these protections to distract us from the real problems affecting our daily lives.
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The European Convention on Human Rights protects every single one of us in the UK.
Some politicians want to tear up these protections to distract us from the real problems affecting our daily lives.
Some politicians want to tear up these protections to distract us from the real problems affecting our daily lives.
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We always try to get Nine Lessons shows beyond London - it is never profitable but we hope it makes it accessible for others - This year is CARDIFF - but no one seems to want to come - so we will pull it next week if we see that it is going to lose us too much money
www.glee.co.uk/performer/ni...
www.glee.co.uk/performer/ni...
Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People - The Glee Club
The iconic Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People season extravaganza is headed to Cardiff for the first time
www.glee.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We always try to get Nine Lessons shows beyond London - it is never profitable but we hope it makes it accessible for others - This year is CARDIFF - but no one seems to want to come - so we will pull it next week if we see that it is going to lose us too much money
www.glee.co.uk/performer/ni...
www.glee.co.uk/performer/ni...
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Farage’s plan to scrap indefinite leave could collapse the NHS…
Which would be incredibly good news for someone wanting us to move to an ‘insurance based system’
FYI the average American pays £480 per month for private healthcare
Please wake up folks.
Which would be incredibly good news for someone wanting us to move to an ‘insurance based system’
FYI the average American pays £480 per month for private healthcare
Please wake up folks.
September 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Farage’s plan to scrap indefinite leave could collapse the NHS…
Which would be incredibly good news for someone wanting us to move to an ‘insurance based system’
FYI the average American pays £480 per month for private healthcare
Please wake up folks.
Which would be incredibly good news for someone wanting us to move to an ‘insurance based system’
FYI the average American pays £480 per month for private healthcare
Please wake up folks.
2 episodes in to #RiotWomen and it is superb. The scene with Nancy asking Holly to take her to her mum and dad's is one of the most moving bits of telly I've seen in a long time... absolute masterclass.
October 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
2 episodes in to #RiotWomen and it is superb. The scene with Nancy asking Holly to take her to her mum and dad's is one of the most moving bits of telly I've seen in a long time... absolute masterclass.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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ltl architects built a #strawhouse with super dense Durra Panels. Literally almost all of it out of straw panels...
Look at their #biobased potfolio, it may blow your mind. ltlarchitects.com/biogenic-pro... /
www.instagram.com/p/DPWkvW4kST...
Look at their #biobased potfolio, it may blow your mind. ltlarchitects.com/biogenic-pro... /
www.instagram.com/p/DPWkvW4kST...
October 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
ltl architects built a #strawhouse with super dense Durra Panels. Literally almost all of it out of straw panels...
Look at their #biobased potfolio, it may blow your mind. ltlarchitects.com/biogenic-pro... /
www.instagram.com/p/DPWkvW4kST...
Look at their #biobased potfolio, it may blow your mind. ltlarchitects.com/biogenic-pro... /
www.instagram.com/p/DPWkvW4kST...