Andrew Abraham

architect | certified passivhaus designer. passionate about design + shaping a better future

[Andrew Abraham @_andrewabraham]

A year ago I created this visual imagining what Belfast could be like if we took inspiration from Scandinavian cities and thought less about traffic. 🌳 🏃‍♂️👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 #belfast

[Andrew Abraham @_andrewabraham]

@davymcc1987 @TheFLZone @GabRamseyJourno Mustang sally

[Andrew Abraham @_andrewabraham]

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[Starling3232 @Starling3232]

1/18🧵I'll be looking at the nuances of this apartment block which got the green light. It has rightly received much negative press over lack of affordable housing however I feel like this is disproportionate anger against a project which does a lot right

https://t.co/PFtMCyLPx8

[Andrew Abraham @_andrewabraham]

@joshmeatsix Please do this. What about some TOYC deep cuts: finders keepers or Sweet feet? 😯

[Belfast Entries @BelfastEntries]

Belfast's Theatre Royal opened its doors in 1793 and, until its closure in 1915, brought word famous stars to Belfast.

During it's impressive history the theatre was built 3 times and ultimately destroyed 3 times. Read its historic story below... https://t.co/LEnzMGriUp #Belfast

[CYCUL© @cyculcc]

BELFAST BICYCLE NETWORK: UPDTAE
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The BBN delivery plan was released on Mar 31, 2022.
It is scheduled for completion in ’31.
Since then there's been no obvious progress on the ground.
We asked the DFI for an update on routes 1–53 i.e. the uncompleted routes.
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[Andrew Abraham @_andrewabraham]

Depressing. These buildings offered so much potential. There is a real issue in the attitudes towards historic buildings. They are the life and soul of the city.

[Andrew Abraham @_andrewabraham]

These buildings are an important part of North Street and have so much character. Restoring them to house new artist studios reflecting their past use would be 👌🏻.

[Andrew Abraham @_andrewabraham]

@CircleLineBT @MarkRobinsonNI @belfastcc @Translink_NI @deptinfra 🫶 @CircleLineBT

[Andrew Abraham @_andrewabraham]

Great morning presenting to UU arch. Masters students on our Low Carbon commercial development in Lambeth currently on site. Inspiring to hear about the environmental focused aspirations of students and show how we @FCBStudios are applying them in real life projects.

[FCBStudios @FCBStudios]

Reducing our carbon footprint in everything we do.

Figures are in for last year's FCBStudios carbon footprint.
https://t.co/So2dHubQZH

[Starling3232 @Starling3232]

#openbotanic who says pedestrianisation kills business. It looks to me like Botanic Avenue is far busier than Ormeau road today which seems to be suffering for cramped pavements , excess parking , dangerous parking and generally too many cars and not enough people. #deadormeau

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

Jeremy Hunt is saying we cannot max out the national credit card this morning. This is total nonsense. There is no national credit card. Instead it’s the job of government to make the money we use. And since it can always make that money it can never max out on credit.

[Andrew Abraham @_andrewabraham]

I’m a firm believer in the power of small scale interventions to improve our cities.

Around a year ago Julian Manev and myself developed some ideas for various locations around Belfast with Destination CQ BID : nice to see some of them coming to life.

[Walk Wheel Cycle Trust NI @WWCTrustNI]

Listening to the public broadcaster @BBCRadioUlster you would expect a balanced discussion about @JimAllister remarks instead @StephenNolan mocked the very idea of #cycling so here’s some rebuttals to today’s show. A #thread

[Charles Holland @charlesjholland]

A genuine piece of important advice to clients procuring a building. Do not base your choice of the architect who designs it on the relatively insignificant difference between the highest and lowest fee. Base it on whether they are any good or not.

[Dominic Bryan @Domsball]

A 2 min video on active travel in N Belfast. Getting our kid to school on a bike in the morning. No bike lanes. No Infrastructure. No safety. ⁦@SustransNI⁩ ⁦@deptinfra⁩ ⁦@belfastcc⁩ ⁦@PSNIBelfastN⁩

[Save CQ @SaveCQBelfast]

Just over £10k raised so far in the online fundraiser for the artists and organisations who've lost so much in the fire at Cathedral Buildings. Can you help them get to £15k?

https://t.co/LD4kk7eeGE

[Starling3232 @Starling3232]

In reality this is the majority of our new built housing. We fill in fields Willy Nilly with housing that locks you into car dependency & increases car usage igniting a cycle of bigger roads , more parking and dispersed communities which in turn “warrants” more of this housing

[Sam McBride @SJAMcBride]

These aerial images (from https://t.co/WCn2eRBOZA) of Belfast's Westlink dramatically show how massive roads within cities cut them apart - and how finding ways to soften that divide, in this case by covering the road and creating a park, can reconnect detached parts of the city.

[Andrew Abraham @_andrewabraham]

@a_finbar @merlinfulcher One sip and you feel like your bones are melting