I like things, and not things. Architect and Landscape/Urban Designer @karakusevic-carson @studioONB. Big fan of timber construction
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Benjamin Summers retweeted
21 Nov 2022
Freedom of speech means freedom of speech SPECIFICALLY for the views you despise the most. If you’re not in favor of that, you aren’t in favor of free speech.
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Benjamin Summers retweeted
21 Aug 2022
We should listen to this every single day to be aware exactly how precarious our position has become.
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Benjamin Summers retweeted
16 Jun 2022
‘Unskilled’ jobs is a term used to justify poverty wages.
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Benjamin Summers retweeted
16 Jun 2022
Everyone realises that by reducing our carbon emissions we are only stopping the planet from getting warmer, rather than actually cooling the planet, right?
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Benjamin Summers retweeted
24 May 2022
Let this sink in
Test & Trace £ 37,500,000,000
Elizabeth line £ 18,800,000,000
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Benjamin Summers retweeted
4 May 2022
"I’ve been dug up!" – John Outram on metaphysics in the bathroom, building for billionaires, and his psychedelic plan for Battersea power station theguardian.com/artanddesign… (...and more in @GeraintFranklin's wonderful book)
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Benjamin Summers retweeted
9 Mar 2022
Most important thread I’ve read. Need to get into the detail but holy shit 👇
8 Mar 2022
Can England build all the homes the govt says we need *whilst* staying within our carbon budget & achieving national biodiversity policy goals?
The answer's 🤯
So excited to share what we’ve been working on for the last year – our new Preprint osf.io/5kxce/
Mega 🧵:
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Benjamin Summers retweeted
8 Mar 2022
Where new housebuilding is necessary, it's vital to build social housing to specifically target those with unmet housing needs, & improve building standards. Lastly, the single most important thing in our models is RETROFITTING THE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK
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Benjamin Summers retweeted
15 Feb 2022
Thrilled for Prince Andrew who has justly paid to be innocent.
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Benjamin Summers retweeted
16 Feb 2022
The team had a brilliant time visiting some very inspiring buildings in London recently, and an excellent talk from Paul Karakusevic at KCA offices
@Karakuseviccarsonarchitects @Peterbarber @henleyhalebrown @wwmarchitects
#molearchitects #architecture #contemporaryhousing
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Benjamin Summers retweeted
6 Feb 2022
My farm is untidy. Inefficient. Self seeded trees colonise viable field. Blocked drains create wetland. The margins, yard, old veg plots overgrown with hip tall weeds. An orchards is filled with rotting trees. Parts of it can't be access with a tractor...
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29 Nov 2021
😢 to me these protests demonstrate a lack of trust in the system, but also a lack of compassion. The 'greater good' etc
26 Nov 2021
Tadao Ando, don't look now
7 Aug 2021
Benjamin Summers retweeted
18 Oct 2021
Did I offer peace today?
Did I bring a smile to someone’s face?
Did I say words of healing?
Did I let go of my anger and resentment?
Did I forgive?
Did I love?
These are the real questions.’
Henri Nouwen
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27 Oct 2021
I can't even comprehend how much of a luddite this interviewer is - and therefore what it must say about the usual audience. I'm afraid I'll find it hard to be optimistic about the future today.
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Benjamin Summers retweeted
26 Oct 2021
quick explainer from an architect here, Forestry Stewardship council (FSC) certified timber ensures the timber material is ‘sustainable’; their accreditation system ensures good forestry management, i.e as many trees are replanted as are cut down in any year. 1/
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22 Oct 2021
"To recognise what is outside our homes is even more important [than the home itself]. The quality of the pavement, the quality of the street. _Is there_ a pavement, _is there_ a street?" Sharply-worded criticism on the state of housing in the UK.
22 Oct 2021
Riveting discussion on housing design and standards- this should be required watching for all those who think we deserve better, and wonder what the problem is- House of Lords Committee @DavidOrrCBE @DesignForHomes #RickyBurdett on top form parliamentlive.tv/event/inde…
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