Saw Civil War. Pretty dire

Enjoyed Brian Butterfield in today’s Guardian. Especially his famous suit.
‘It’s made from a material I invented myself – Brylon – a blend of wool, nylon and asbestos. I’ve only been able to wear it since Brexit as it contravenes several European health regulations.”

‘Mishal, respectfully…’
Odious starter/shut down attempt and following arguments used by ‘illegal migration minister’ Michael Tomlinson about the planes/small boats/deportation pre-election ‘big idea’ on BBC Radio 4 Today
We’ve got months of this

One for the Spurs fans (and stadium design fans)
#tottenhamhotspur
⁦Populous⁩

⁦Chris Atkins⁩ linkedin.com/posts/david-ta…

So very enriching, as ever. Incredible talent and a brilliant ear-tonic Nitin Sawhney
Brighton Dome

So looking forward to catching this next week at
Brighton Dome. One of my absolute favourites

So happy and excited to be back out touring with my wonderful band mates next week. Such a lovely bunch of people… and absolutely mind-blowing musicians/ performers. We’ll be performing material right from early 90’s albums through #beyondskin all the way to the present…

After 4 years (to the day) as Open City chief executive, Phineas Harper is stepping down from their position to pursue their writing and curatorial career. The charity is looking for a new director; COO Lucy Pickford will lead the organisation in the interim

'Our vision for Raffles is that each property is a timeless oasis of refinement '

Maria Ashton, Vice President, Head of Development Luxury Brands – Northern Europe, Accor Group on The OWO -
it has a pipeline of over 100 new venues globally, taking it to 500 in all.
NLA

'A key part of the scheme was creating this incredible ballroom space. There is not really anything like it in London'

Adam Smith of Elliott Wood on The OWO project, including its complex engineering challenges, & collaborative success of having 'the right people in the room'

'This is the courtyard, Again, the envelope was there. Thank you to the British Empire.'

Madani Sow, CEO, Westminster Development Services on elements of The OWO at NLA projects in practice webinar

'So much of the discussion is about viability & that's driving height rather than lifestyle & quality'

Harrow's Emma Talbot at NLA webinar: tall buildings in Toronto & London

'We've got to really put people at the centre of it if we want development to deliver for them'

'Like every city it seems we're in the middle of a housing crisis'

Richard Witt of BDP on Toronto and a political promise to deliver 1.5 million homes, at NLA webinar

'It's safe to say that high-rise housing is here to stay'

'The architecture of the buildings is designed to be completely tenure-blind from the outside, so all four blocks have this kind of
super-grid elevation approach'

Tom Stoneham of HUB on the AHMM-designed Queen's Gardens in Croydon at NLA webinar

'34% of London is classed as open space, something like 53,000 ha of green land - which is quite interesting because lots of people think of London as a very dense urban environment'

Tom Stoneham of HUB at NLA webinar on tall buildings for housing

Kath Scanlon, Distinguished Policy Fellow, @LSE London, on the pluses and minuses of tall buildings for housing in London at NLA webinar...
...and its own research on schemes, mostly in east London

'Attitudes to tall buildings have also changed over the last decades '

Kath Scanlon, Distinguished Policy Fellow, LSE London, on the impact of Ken Livingstone, foreign investors and population growth on going tall, at High Life: Housing in London and Toronto from NLA

Crikey. 15 years here. Get less for murder, etc

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

‘They’ve been burnt out, priced out, bummed out and now they’re getting out. If Greater London were on a dating app, people would be swiping left’

Creatives are leaving London, and I understand why theguardian.com/commentisfree/…