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20th Apr 2020

Thank you Peter for the lovely post! #Repost @peterjakewilliams with @make_repost
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The highlight of my East to West morning ride was stumbling on @jamiefobert stunning Levring House. Beautifully detailed and super articulation on a tricky mews corner. What was really lovely was a clearly still, five years on, thrilled client came out to say hello from the balcony (appropriately socially distanced) and tell me all about it. It’s always lovely to see a client in love with their home.
#bloomsbury #jamiefobertarchitects #londonarchitecture #modernhouses #romanbrick #brickwork #bronze #themodernhouse #mewshouse #mewshouses
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2nd Apr 2020

This morning was meant to have been my Investiture at Buckingham Palace. Oh well, its postponement is clearly insignificant in the face of the current health crisis. But on Sunday, on our cross city cycle (permitted once a day exercise) we stopped and took this pic at the deserted palace. It’s the closest I’ll get this week.#cbe #queenshonourslist #buckinghampalace #desertedlondon #cycle #london #architect #somethingtolookforwardto
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27th Feb 2020

Night shots, looking up from the courtyard of our recently completed house in Primrose Hill. #brick #concrete #travertine A big thank you to @gregjcohen and @evieccohen for a wonderful dinner in their new home. #amazingclients #lovelyfamily
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6th Feb 2020

Following on from my last post I thought I would share the material explorations we did in the studio for the ceramic cladding for the Dublin house. The first three shots are of a study where 16 pieces were hand cut in foam at 1:1 but with a reduced height. These allowed us to study the effect of various stacking formations. The last three photos are of a 1:1 study we made in the studio in clay. The form was made by dragging a cut timber plate across the surface of the wet clay, simulating the extrusion process. Next to it, in the last shot, is the first prototype in a pale ceramic, that @ceramicacumella produced from our design. #architecture #ceramic #ceramicstudy #clay #experimentation #contemporaryarchitecture #dublin #house
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2nd Feb 2020

On Friday we went to Dublin to see the cladding mock-up for a house under construction there. The cladding is an extruded unglazed ceramic. The form of the extrusion was developed through numerous tests in the studio, cut in foam, before the dye was cut. The vertical ribs move from shallow to deep across the surface, catching the light and creating depth. #architecture #ceramic #cladding #contemporaryarchitecture #dublin #facade #design #ceramicacumella @ceramicacumella
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17th Jan 2020

What a difficult task I was set yesterday! Nine young people, all under 19, spoke for 10 minutes each about a work of art they admire. Nine amazing, passionate and powerful talks, and I was asked to adjudicate, deciding who would go forward to the London finals. The whole uk wide event is called ARTiculation, and it is an inspired initiative; giving young people a platform to hone there skills in public speaking and the confidence to put their own ideas forward with clarity and passion. What an amazing thing to see. But horrible to chose two to go forward when, honestly, they were all amazing. Thank you to the team of ARTiculation for making this great event happen all across the UK. #articulationprise #articulation #art #arthistory #publicspeaking #v&a https://www.articulation.org.uk/. @articulationprize
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29th Dec 2019

So, much to my surprise I have been appointed a COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (C.B.E.) in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours Lists. As a Canadian immigrant to this country I never expected anything like this would happen. I was more than content that I had been able to practice here for the past 30 years with such a great team to work along side and on so many wonderful projects, with the most incredible set of clients any architect could hope for. I owe so much to so many. (And ,yes, my middle name is Earl, named after a dear uncle) #cbe #queenshonours2020
#architecture #honour #amazingnews #thankyou
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18th Dec 2019

DOMUS magazine (December issue) announces that @davidchipperfield will be its guest editor for 2020. I was very happy to contribute to this introductory issue with a short text recalling a moment from the beginning of David’s extraordinary career. #davidchipperfield #architecture #domus @domusweb #italianarchitecture @showstudio @nick_knight #editor #rememberanceofthingspast
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16th Dec 2019

A wonderful studio visit to the magical São Lourenço Do Barrocal in central Portugal. Primarily to let everyone visit the site of a new house project we have there but also to have our Christmas Celebration, in great style. The house will be on a vast estate of vines, olives and beautiful cattle not far from these restored agricultural buildings which Eduardo Souto de Moura converted (with a very light touch) into a hotel. The simple rural vernacular is beautiful. #portugal #architecture #vernacular #rural
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12th Dec 2019

It’s been great to watch how brands have been occupying our aluminium frames in The SELFRIDGES Men’s Streetwear Department over the past year. The imaginative additions and playful use of materials all set against the consistent repetition of the frame. Here are a few recent additions. @theyellowdrop @theofficialselfridges @meldabur #retail #streetwear #selfridges #aluminium #framework #architecture
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10th Dec 2019

A big thank you to THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW for their article on Kettle’s Yard in the December issue. A very interesting text by @eabeaumont on the evolution from private house to public building, drawing on other examples as well. @thearchitecturalreview @kettlesyard #cambridge #gallery #kettlesyard #house #jimede #art #contemporaryart #contemporaryarchitecture #architecture #brick #domesticspace @andrewnairne
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3rd Nov 2019

VILLA D’ESTE, Tivoli. The villa is well known for its endless, amazing fountains but here are a few of the trompe-l’œil doors (and one window) that appear in the frescoes decorating the private apartments of the villa. Commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este (1509–1572) who created the villa. These were carried out by Federico Zuccari and eight assistants. Two figures appear in the doorways, the first an unidentified young man, possibly a servant, and Ippolito himself (along with his pet monkey) not looking very Cardinal-like. As well as an actual door, for context. #villadeste #tivoli #rome #itally #frescos #historicinterior #architecture #historylover
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30th Oct 2019

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) London. Excellent veneered walls and finely crafted doors. Opened on the 6th of November 1934.
Architect: George Grey Wornum. #veneers #timber #wood #veneerwork #riba #architecture #impressive #crafted #london
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22nd Oct 2019

Sketch of our proposed forecourt to the NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, London. Plan of the steps, ramps, seating and signage, with a study of the way the bench and steps merge and a long elevation at the base. Freehand sketching remains the most important tool an architect has at their disposal. Drawing is thinking. Given to the wonderful Pim Baxter on her final day at the NPG. Thank you Pim for all you’ve done to make this project happen! #drawing #sketching #freehand #architecturesketch #nationalportraitgallery #architecture #cityspace #publicrealm
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22nd Oct 2019

Thanks to Tim Offer Architects for posting this. Working with Joe and Máirín and their two girls on their home in County Clare Ireland, way back in 2005/2007 was a great experience. Repost @timofferarchitects with @get_repost
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Inspiration | Faha farmhouse | Jamie Fobert Architects | 2007
I keep coming back to this project for #inspiration
First saw it published in May 2007 @thearchitecturalreview – still comes out of the archive regularly.
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The #model is a little @timofferarchitects project getting ready for #planning
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#architecture #southhams #southwest #dartmoor #barn #conversion #barnconversion #extension #remodel #renovation #build #newbuild #newbuildhome #lifechangingspaces #lifeofanarchitect #whatanarchitectdoes #archilovers #archilife #instaarchitect #instaarch #swisbest #sketch #cardmodel #cardboard #precedent
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28th Aug 2019

CHILLIDA LEKU. The wonderful EDUARDO CHIILLIDA Foundation outside San Sebatián, Basque Country. Seeing Chillida’s work spanning from the early 1950’s to his death in 2002 was for me a deeply felt experience. I have admired his work since first seeing it at the Hayward in 1990, but had never made the pilgrimage to San Sebastián before last week. Here are a few of his wonderful line drawings of his own hand and one of his cut felt sculptures, GRAVITACIÓN 1990, which struck me as having developed from the hand sketches. Form and material at its best. #chillida #sculpture #drawing #art #contemporaryart #spain #españa🇪🇸 #basquecountry #felt #wonderful
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11th Aug 2019

#Repost @joshfmurphy with @get_repost
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So it seems I only took selfies of me in a sleeping bag or eating an ice cream so huge thanks to @jprobertson for this picture of me crawling out of the alps for the home stretch through France. .
Massive thanks to all the messages back home and from the Shanghai cycling fam. It’s meant so much. .

That’s me for #tcrno7 .Amazing race and unbelievable organisers and volunteers working tirelessly behind the scenes @thetranscontinental @cycling_bear .

Congratulations to Fiona on perhaps the greatest sporting performance I’ve ever witnessed.
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Back to the day job on Monday @jamiefobert !! ☕️☕️☕️
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7th Aug 2019

So proud of @joshfmurphy taking on the @thetranscontinental race!!! A gruelling self supported race from the Black Sea to Brittany. He’s completed 3,000 km already, with ‘only’ another 1,000 km to go! #architectsontheirbikes #cyclearchitects #cycling #architects #amazing ・・・
#repost…Josh Murphy #TCRNo7cap185
“The shift cable breaking last night has been the low point for me emotionally but then I cable tied the mech up and set off onto the Galibier at night and I was the only one there and it was pretty nice to be honest. There have been serious emotional ups and downs in the past 24 hours…” 📷 @jprobertson

#TCRNo7⁠
#TCRNo7riders⁠
@KinesisBikes_UK⁠
#gothedistance⁠
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3rd Aug 2019

A poignant letter from GIO PONTI to my dear friend JOSEPH RYKWERT, November 23rd 1971, upon the announcement that Britain would join the EU. Read it, it’s heartbreaking in its optimism and sincere admiration for Britain and its future role in Europe. The beautiful blue graphic gesture circling and connecting across a distance is so fitting. Thank you Joseph for letting us see a glimpse into your incredible archive. With love and admiration. #gioponti #architecture #history #letters #europe #remain
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21st Jul 2019

Serge Hill Gardens. Thank you Sue and Tom for sharing this beautiful evening with us in your spectacular gardens. So great to get out of the city (and architecture) every so often. @tomstuartsmith #gardens #englishgarden #planting #flowers #abundance #eveninglight #purejoy
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