Joshua Brown JIBdb

ecological design build, community build, sustainable building skills training, social side of sustainability, design for the real world, sculptural joinery

[Frugaldom @Frugaldom]

Brilliant news! Scottish Government announces plans to exempt huts from building regs https://t.co/UgzWbZOiD5 via @thousandhuts

[Sofie Pelsmakers @SofiePelsmakers]

“architecture + value of good design are notably absent in the discourse about health & wellbeing” @HattieHartman https://t.co/psxHrfi8eJ

[dusty gedge @greenroofsuk]

Growing mega-#cities will displace vast tracts of #farmland by 2030, study says https://t.co/BK1UQaLmmH

[Tessy Britton @TessyBritton]

Poor health outcomes and intractable urban poverty are as closely related today as they were historically https://t.co/9BqLLv8He5

[Rare @Rare_org]

#soil health is critical to preserving #biodiversity in the #agriculture sector. https://t.co/e2oKUVe0Oa #COP13 #mainstreambiodiversity

[The Design Indaba @designindaba]

The awards don’t make the artist. South Africa’s underrated rapper @YoungstaCpt talks social consciousness via art. https://t.co/x1f2BUZQrF

[Hab-Lab @Hab_Lab]

Challenging insulation upgrade for traditional sandstone tenements! Thanks @ef_insulation for the interesting input and assessment!

[Nature Harmonics @NatureHarmonics]

Good piece on #urban #greenspace &
#mentalhealth and need to consider quality, safety & other factors #UrbanDesign #Planning #PublicHealth

[Peter Wilson @timberinitiativ]

Year-Round Micro Cabins https://t.co/G8i7WPmtGP via @archdaily Not so micro but these student-built cabins look great! #timber #architecture

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

Scandinavia’s largest library, @Dokk1Aarhus, merges old and new concepts of what a library should be. https://t.co/6fDff6D7Se

[Comms 'That Works' / Emma Drake Chart.PR @_emmadrake]

Interesting @MFarmer_Resi @Castconsultancy
https://t.co/AHVtONDIfZ

[Chris Collins @CollChris]

'I had three chairs.. one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society' ~ Henry David Thoreau #writing #books

[Future Scotland @Scots_future]

Social Bite unveils plans for Scotland’s first ‘homeless village’ https://t.co/EmzmyX7dPW

[Burd Haward @burdhaward]

The #prefabricated #engineered #timber #structure has been expressed and exposed timber finishes used throughout @MottisfontNT.

[Doing Things Differently @dtdchange]

Floating urban greenhouse produces clean #energy & #organic food
https://t.co/lqy1aTnH5x #EcoBarge

[The Design Indaba @designindaba]

Using nature to defend itself: TetraPOT creates coastal mangroves: https://t.co/bYUJiUnUmr

[Timber Frame HQ @timberframehq]

Campus Galli. in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Plans are to build a medieval monastery with ninth-century methods. https://t.co/EKLusjYvUV

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

This creative placemaking project in Washington, D.C., puts residents’ faces front and center https://t.co/fqfDV5kNGc

[Source @SourceScot]

Overwhelming support for community land buyout on Sutherland coast
https://t.co/CDg1TZMULU

[ConstructionIndustry @CINmagazine]

More work needs to be done if the Government is to hit its one million new homes target, says the FMB @fmbuilders https://t.co/wcgxSad9so