Joss Durnan
@jossdurnan.bsky.social
You want to know about Irvine New Town? Of course you do.
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I’ve had a few new followers recently so thought it was time for a wee introduction. I’m Natalie, Southsider, midcentury design and concrete lover, mum to two kids, work full time in public sector and illustrate brutalist architecture in my (sparingly) spare time.
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June 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I’ve had a few new followers recently so thought it was time for a wee introduction. I’m Natalie, Southsider, midcentury design and concrete lover, mum to two kids, work full time in public sector and illustrate brutalist architecture in my (sparingly) spare time.
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Assertive use of Microgramma here
June 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Assertive use of Microgramma here
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GLAD WE ALL STILL AGREE THAT THE JAGUAR XJ-S REMAINS ONE OF THE UK'S FOREMOST CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS.
February 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
GLAD WE ALL STILL AGREE THAT THE JAGUAR XJ-S REMAINS ONE OF THE UK'S FOREMOST CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS.
"A huge number are simply demolishing them"
Simply indeed, without perhaps thinking of long-term repercussions in the round. These unusual monuments speak to an important time when the car's dominance was sacrosanct and seemed destined to continually rise.
If we are not careful, none will be left.
Simply indeed, without perhaps thinking of long-term repercussions in the round. These unusual monuments speak to an important time when the car's dominance was sacrosanct and seemed destined to continually rise.
If we are not careful, none will be left.
What are cities doing with the city-splitting highways that were all the rage between the 1950s and 1970s? A huge number are simply demolishing them - and predictions of traffic chaos aren't materialising: www.ft.com/content/5489...
How city-splitting highways are coming to the end of the road
Many authorities are pulling down elevated urban routes and transforming the sites to improve quality of life
www.ft.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"A huge number are simply demolishing them"
Simply indeed, without perhaps thinking of long-term repercussions in the round. These unusual monuments speak to an important time when the car's dominance was sacrosanct and seemed destined to continually rise.
If we are not careful, none will be left.
Simply indeed, without perhaps thinking of long-term repercussions in the round. These unusual monuments speak to an important time when the car's dominance was sacrosanct and seemed destined to continually rise.
If we are not careful, none will be left.
One of my favourite pieces of New Town art, and one I still need to see.
David Harding and Alan Bold, Poetry Path, 1977, Glenrothes
The neat, angled routes designed by planners around public open spaces are often subverted by people taking the shortest distance between two points - across the grass. These are described by planners as 'desire lines’. #publicart #poetry
The neat, angled routes designed by planners around public open spaces are often subverted by people taking the shortest distance between two points - across the grass. These are described by planners as 'desire lines’. #publicart #poetry
February 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
One of my favourite pieces of New Town art, and one I still need to see.
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Publication day! A social & architectural history of post-war Scottish new towns: planning & buildings plus community, family, gender, work, education, home. The ebook is FREE via bit.ly/4hLkxn9. Print copy (more attractive!) via www.bloomsbury.com/uk/building-... - do ask libraries to purchase
February 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Publication day! A social & architectural history of post-war Scottish new towns: planning & buildings plus community, family, gender, work, education, home. The ebook is FREE via bit.ly/4hLkxn9. Print copy (more attractive!) via www.bloomsbury.com/uk/building-... - do ask libraries to purchase
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‘This is the building which often prompts the response “I can’t believe it’s not listed”. Our message for DCMS and the heritage minister, Chris Bryant MP, is: do the right thing.’
C20 in @theguardian.com on the Southbank Centre campaign.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
C20 in @theguardian.com on the Southbank Centre campaign.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Architecture film sparks new call to list Southbank Centre
Twentieth Century Society wants London landmark to get listed status with brutalism in Oscars spotlight
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
‘This is the building which often prompts the response “I can’t believe it’s not listed”. Our message for DCMS and the heritage minister, Chris Bryant MP, is: do the right thing.’
C20 in @theguardian.com on the Southbank Centre campaign.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
C20 in @theguardian.com on the Southbank Centre campaign.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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For our next event, we’ll be joined by the authors of ‘Building Modern Scotland’ who’ll be discussing their research into New Towns.
Tickets available via Eventbrite
Tickets available via Eventbrite
February 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
For our next event, we’ll be joined by the authors of ‘Building Modern Scotland’ who’ll be discussing their research into New Towns.
Tickets available via Eventbrite
Tickets available via Eventbrite
Finished writing a book chapter. Could greet.
February 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Finished writing a book chapter. Could greet.
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Over the next week, I'll add to this post to create a thread about the new book I've co-written, 'Building Modern Scotland'. It's a social and architectural history of Scotland's post-war new towns, written collaboratively by a team from @edincollegeofart.bsky.social & Glasgow University (1/..)
January 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Over the next week, I'll add to this post to create a thread about the new book I've co-written, 'Building Modern Scotland'. It's a social and architectural history of Scotland's post-war new towns, written collaboratively by a team from @edincollegeofart.bsky.social & Glasgow University (1/..)
The initial plan for #IrvineNewTown, prepared by Hugh Wilson (of Cumbernauld fame) was never realised. Wilson proposed capping the Annick Water to the east of Irvine with a concrete deck studded with buildings. The area remains rural today.
January 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The initial plan for #IrvineNewTown, prepared by Hugh Wilson (of Cumbernauld fame) was never realised. Wilson proposed capping the Annick Water to the east of Irvine with a concrete deck studded with buildings. The area remains rural today.
*opens book draft to continue writing*
Time for another self-flagellating game of paragraphy-movey.
Time for another self-flagellating game of paragraphy-movey.
January 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
*opens book draft to continue writing*
Time for another self-flagellating game of paragraphy-movey.
Time for another self-flagellating game of paragraphy-movey.
Only four posts about Irvine New Town on the whole platform! Let's change that.
Fencedyke, in the northern part of Bourtreehill, encapsulates IDC's housing ethos -- layouts that respond to topography, incorporation of existing mature trees / historic buildings, and block colour finishes.
Fencedyke, in the northern part of Bourtreehill, encapsulates IDC's housing ethos -- layouts that respond to topography, incorporation of existing mature trees / historic buildings, and block colour finishes.
December 19, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Only four posts about Irvine New Town on the whole platform! Let's change that.
Fencedyke, in the northern part of Bourtreehill, encapsulates IDC's housing ethos -- layouts that respond to topography, incorporation of existing mature trees / historic buildings, and block colour finishes.
Fencedyke, in the northern part of Bourtreehill, encapsulates IDC's housing ethos -- layouts that respond to topography, incorporation of existing mature trees / historic buildings, and block colour finishes.
Leaving the Internet's public lavatory wall to join Bluesky like
December 19, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Leaving the Internet's public lavatory wall to join Bluesky like