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Those red lines are not random repairs — they are the ghost routes of old chimneys.

On many older Paris buildings, fireplaces and stoves were connected to vertical terracotta or brick flues built into the walls. When a neighboring building is demolished or a side wall is exposed, these hidden channels can appear like reddish veins climbing toward the roof.

Each track marks where smoke once traveled from rooms on different floors to the chimney pots above.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

Did Ontario just get snookered into a $5 billion airport expansion that no one wants for the benefit of a handful of American investors?

The plot thickens.

(You have to admit, it was odd how this popped back onto the agenda, out of the blue).

https://t.co/2AKblAwOu4

[LeoDaVinciWave @LeoDaVinciWave]

The Spitzhäuschen in Germany was built in 1416 and is over 600 years old. This beautiful old house still stands today.

[Architecture Hub @archpng]

On a long-vacant strip beside London’s North Circular Road, Peter Barber Architects created Edgewood Mews: 97 homes arranged around a car-free, double-crescent pedestrian street.

Formerly known as Beechwood Mews, the project includes 50% affordable housing, plus a café and corner shop — turning a difficult roadside site in North London into a compact piece of city-making.

Architect: @ peterbarberarchitects

[Marjo Uotila @marjouotila1]

Mick Jagger ja Eric Clapton pysäyttivät 29-kerroksisen tornitalon Lontoossa.

Kaikkea ei tarvitse hyväksyä “kehityksenä”, eikä korkeus tee rakennuksesta laadukasta arkkitehtuuria.

Kaunista ja inhimillistä kaupunkia kannattaa puolustaa!

https://t.co/W8BnxMZq1m

[Architecture Hub @archpng]

“Ancient Lights” signs mark a very old idea in English property law: daylight can be protected.

If a window has received natural light for 20 years or more, it may acquire a “right to light,” meaning nearby construction can be challenged if it blocks too much of that daylight.

It is not about views or guaranteed sunshine—it is about access to natural light.

[PlanDesDev @PlanDesDev]

Or did the Chinese ?
Need to check

[GBX @GBX_Press]

Leonardo da Vinci invented the self supporting bridge between 1485-1487.… 🤨
This is how it works.

[Architecture Hub @archpng]

Which one feels more timeless to you?

Beaux-Arts and Art Deco show two very different ideas of grandeur.

Beaux-Arts architecture looked back to classical tradition, using symmetry, sculptural ornament, monumental entrances, and academic composition to create buildings that felt formal and civic.

Art Deco turned toward the modern age, with geometric ornament, vertical lines, stepped setbacks, and a streamlined sense of progress — especially in skyscraper design.

One speaks the language of classical monumentality; the other captures the speed and ambition of the 20th century.

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

Occupants of a sod house in Drenthe, the Netherlands, photographed standing outside in 1936...

Sod houses were a form of rural housing built from compacted earth, peat, grass, and turf, commonly used in regions where timber and stone were scarce or expensive. In parts of the Netherlands, especially poorer rural provinces such as Drenthe, some families continued living in primitive sod dwellings well into the 20th century.

These homes provided insulation against harsh weather but were often overcrowded, damp, and vulnerable to poor sanitation and disease. Rural poverty remained a serious issue in parts of Europe during the interwar years despite growing industrialization elsewhere on the continent.

By the 1930s, governments across Europe were increasingly pushing modernization programs aimed at replacing substandard rural housing with more durable brick and concrete structures. The economic hardships of the Great Depression, however, slowed many improvement efforts.

Similar sod houses were also widely built by settlers on the North American Great Plains during the 19th century, where prairie grass and packed earth became essential building materials due to the lack of trees.

© Colorized History

#archaeohistories

[Doreen Fletcher @DFletcherArtist]

‘Electric Cinema, Notting Hill’ 1998 . Still standing and still operating as a cinema 😊 @PaintingsofLondon @thegentleauthor @ahistoryinart

[Fascinating History @Fascinate_Hist]

Proof that you make anything beautiful - even sewage stations.

19th-century Crossness Pumping Station in London, England.

[Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil @ivan_8848]

How China Built the World’s Biggest Train Station on Top of a Mountain

Welcome to Chongqing East Station: China's $7.8 billion high-speed rail megaproject. 1.22 million square metres. 40,000 peak workers. A 16,500-tonne steel tube truss roof assembled on the ground and hydraulically slid 57 metres upward onto 41-metre tree-shaped "Huangjue" columns.

• How 40,000 workers built a 1.22M m² station in just 38 months on a mountain
• The sliding assembly method — why the 16,500-tonne roof was built on the ground first
• The Huangjue tree columns — 41-metre branching steel structures designed for earthquake resistance
• Stainless steel cladding installation at 57 metres above a mountain slope
• Why Chongqing East Station is now the largest railway hub in the world
• The high-speed rail network connecting Southwest China to 14 major cities

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Really interesting plan for a tower in Malmo, Sweden.

Four, family sized apartments per floor, all with three bedrooms. Living space on the corners. Two winter gardens per home. Plenty of storage. Single stair!!!

By Christoph Hilger

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Piazza Navona is Rome’s ancient stadium hiding in plain sight.

Its long, curved shape still follows the footprint of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD for athletic contests and large enough to hold around 30,000 spectators. The arena disappeared over time, but the outline survived—quietly shaping one of Rome’s most famous Baroque squares.

What looks today like a postcard of fountains, churches, and cafés is still controlled by an ancient stadium beneath the city.

📍Piazza Navona, Rome

[Mühendislik Harikası @muhendisIiktr]

Bu yazı dolabı, 1744–1797 yılları arasında yaşamış Prusya Kralı Frederick William II’ye aitti.

[DaVinci @BiancoDavinci]

Similarity between Apple stores and Soviet-era architecture.

[TheBusinessDesk EM @TBDEastMidlands]

Councillors slam brakes on £100m Assembly Rooms regeneration scheme.
https://t.co/fDLzD3DCY9

[Aidan Stones @OldSheffield]

Huge progress at Forgemasters on the new 30,000m² machine shop on Weedon Street to house advanced vertical turning lathes. Apologies for rubbish photo, it's that vast I need a drone to capture it #Sheffield

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Leonardo da Vinci may be best known for the Mona Lisa or his flying machine sketches.

But among his innovative designs is another remarkable structure: a sturdy bridge that can be assembled and disassembled quickly with wooden logs.

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Art Nouveau vs Art Deco

Though their names are often mentioned together, these two styles belong to different moments in design history.

Art Nouveau emerged in the 1890s and remained influential until the First World War. It is defined by organic curves, floral and plant-inspired motifs, flowing lines, asymmetry, and a strong use of iron and glass.

Art Deco rose to prominence in the 1920s and 1930s. In contrast, it favored geometry, symmetry, stepped forms, and bold decorative motifs such as sunbursts, zigzags, and streamlined vertical emphasis.