Aidan Ridyard
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Aidan Ridyard
@aidanridyard.bsky.social
RIBA FRSA
Architect
Believer that the blind pig will eventually find an acorn
Swynnerton: top choice!
December 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
GB news watching equating with a sad lack of friendship, no one to share Christmas with and a need for self expression through physical violence….. surely not??!!
December 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thank you so much….. and a very happy Christmas to you too!!
December 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Yes : we did the restoration and extension; it was always a bit special when the sun was on the stone work… so much colour and texture and sparkle in every square meter!!
December 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Interestingly it was an instant reaction: After seven years working on the Guildhall, I think it must have sunk into my visual memory to a level where it becomes instinct!!
Is it “Tadcaster” limestone or is that a crude generalisation??
December 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I would guess at York?
December 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Drove past it today….. always a favourite
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I seem to have spent my week peering at failing concrete now approaching its 100th birthday….. arguably the biggest conservation challenge of our generation
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Yes indeed!! It would have been a pleasure to have said hello! Here is an interesting view from the drone…. It really is one of those excellent buildings where the more you look the more you see!
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You have defeated me……’A Lady is smarter than a gentleman maybe…. ‘
🤔
December 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM