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Thomas Schielke @arcspaces

Architect looking for luminous spaces. Interested in light as a message. Coauthor of the books Light Perspectives and SuperLux.

Joined December 2010
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Greta Thunberg
@GretaThunberg
9 Jun 2023
School strike week 251. Today, I graduate from school, which means I’ll no longer be able to school strike for the climate. This is then the last school strike for me, so I guess I have to write something on this day. Thread🧵
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The ultimate eco building – made of salt, sunflowers and recycled urine theguardian.com/artanddesign…

The ultimate eco building – made of salt, sunflowers and recycled urine

Its door handles are made of salt. Its walls are made of sunflowers. Its furniture is made of Japanese knotweed. And it was stained with dyes made from filtered urine. Is this recycling marvel in...

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British Museum ends BP sponsorship deal after 27 years theguardian.com/culture/2023…

British Museum ends BP sponsorship deal after 27 years

Campaigners hail split as a ‘massive victory’ , which marks a retreat of the fossil fuel giant from the British arts world

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Olly Wainwright@ollywainwright
19 May 2023
Here’s my take on this year’s biennale theguardian.com/culture/2023…

The toxic landscape of colonialism: Venice’s architecture biennale spotlights Africa

Is the era of the elderly white male finally over? This year’s global extravaganza, boasting a Ghanaian-Scottish curator, features a huge number of exhibitors from Africa – and shows its vicious...

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Olly Wainwright@ollywainwright
19 May 2023
The Latvians have turned all 506 previous Venice architecture biennale pavilions into a nauseating mini-market of lobotomised products, where visitors are invited to shop till they drop for meaningless platitudes in a never-ending game of supermarket sweep 👌
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Drones of the desert: an ancient Aboriginal story comes to life with cutting-edge technology theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

Drones of the desert: an ancient Aboriginal story comes to life with cutting-edge technology

The Wintjiri Wiru show at Uluru tells an Anangu sacred story using more than 1,100 drones, light projections and traditional music

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Sunlight Shadows for Slow but Colorful Façade Movements with Pierre Brault | ArchDaily ⁦@EzzatBaroudi⁩ ⁦@lightcollective⁩ archdaily.com/998225/sunligh…

Sunlight Shadows for Slow but Colorful Façade Movements with Pierre Brault

Thomas Schielke talks with French designer Pierre Brault about his inspiration, experimental approach, and his interest in working responsibly with material.

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Luisa Neubauer
@Luisamneubauer
20 Mar 2023
Ok, you might want to hear this: On Sunday, Berlin will hold a public vote on its climate target. If a majority votes "Yes" Berlin will move its net-zero target to 2030 (!) The result is binding. Over night, Berlin could become the worldwide largest city acting in line with 1,5°.
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The Complex Culture of Nightrise in Jabal ‘Amil, Lebanon | ArchDaily ⁦@EzzatBaroudi⁩ archdaily.com/997359/the-com…

The Complex Culture of Nightrise in Jabal ‘Amil, Lebanon

Thomas Schileke talks to Mohamad Nahleh, lecturer in architecture and urbanism at MIT, about building a new alliance between architecture and the night.

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Michael Gove thinks beautiful buildings must look traditional. Here’s why he’s wrong… theguardian.com/artanddesign…

Michael Gove thinks beautiful buildings must look traditional. Here’s why he’s wrong…

A dynamic fusion of ‘gentle density’ housing in green belt Croydon is the latest example of thoughtful, visionary housing design the government would do well to learn from

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Architect Rafael Viñoly, designer of Walkie Talkie building, dies aged 78 theguardian.com/artanddesign…

Architect Rafael Viñoly, designer of Walkie Talkie building, dies aged 78

Uruguayan-born Viñoly’s sometimes controversial work included more than 600 structures around world

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Timothy Garton Ash
@fromTGA
23 Feb 2023
It's a crucial moment for Ukraine & Europe. My report & conclusions from an inspiring week in #Ukraine, talking to @CinC_AFU @AndriyYermak @DmytroKuleba @StefanishynaO @DmytroNatalukha @PenUkraine @yermolenko_v @IRF_Ukraine & many ors - & then @MunSecConf spectator.co.uk/article/the-…

The need for speed in Ukraine: the West must be bold

Kyiv General Valeriy Zaluzhny, stocky, forceful, apple-cheeked, sits at the desk in Kyiv from which he commands all Ukraine’s armed forces. I ask him what they need from the West. First, air defence....

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Alexandra Lange@LangeAlexandra
13 Feb 2023
Pilgrimage to MIT Chapel / Eero Saarinen with Harry Bertoia
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City of London proposing to make skyscrapers dim their lights at night | London | The Guardian ⁦@EzzatBaroudi⁩ theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…

City of London proposing to make skyscrapers dim their lights at night

Plans for Square Mile would create ‘brightness zones’ governed by curfews amid the darkened buildings

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Learning From Europe: Beyond Symbolic Dark Landmarks to Save Energy at Night ⁦@EzzatBaroudi⁩ ⁦@IALD⁩ ⁦@IDADarkSky⁩ archdaily.com/996083/learnin…

Learning From Europe: Beyond Symbolic Dark Landmarks to Save Energy at Night

The European political strategy to limit illuminating iconic cultural buildings can teach us several important lessons.

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Ashis Basu 🇨🇦 ashis.bluesky.social@BasuAshis
3 Feb 2023
Already last June, a tweet from @biz_ukraine_mag reported that “to ‘Scholz’ is now an accepted term in Ukraine meaning to continually promise something without ever actually having any intention of doing it”. ⁦@fromTGA⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfre…

I went viral in Germany for a meme about Scholzing – but the chancellor’s hesitancy over Ukraine is...

Any credit I got last week for coining a term on Twitter was quite undeserved. The Ukrainians who did need Germany to do more, says the Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

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John King@JohnKingSFChron
20 Jan 2023
Long time readers might recall that when the Bay Lights appeared in 2013, I was the old guy standing with his feet in the water shaking his fist at the tide. Let's just say that the passage of time has not brought me around: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…

Are the Bay Bridge lights worth saving? Our design critic says no

The lights on the Bay Bridge were once novel and new. Now, John King says, they feel like...

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My first "Light Matters" article for @ArchDaily in 2023: How to Frame Dawn in England's Cathedrals archdaily.com/994793/how-to-… @EzzatBaroudi

How to Frame Dawn in England's Cathedrals

The interview with Fiona Naylor, Peter's partner as well as director of the Peter Marlow Foundation, explores the exceptional cathedral documentary.  

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ArchDaily
@ArchDaily
15 Nov 2022
Solar Decathlon Europe: Sustainable Lighting Combines Engineering and Design dlvr.it/ScnsPg

Solar Decathlon Europe: Sustainable Lighting Combines Engineering and Design

The motto of the Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22 was to convert and expand rather than to demolish and reconstruct.

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Blair Kamin@BlairKamin
14 Nov 2022
Check out these fabulous, close-up drone photos of classic Chicago skyscrapers. A must-read—and must-see—from ⁦@NeilSteinberg⁩ of the Chicago Sun-Times. chicago.suntimes.com/columni…

Ready for their close-up

Pennsylvania duo focuses on “antique skyscrapers.”

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