Benjamin Summers

I like things, and not things. Architect and Landscape/Urban Designer @karakusevic-carson @studioONB. Big fan of timber construction

[Benjamin Summers @benjamints_]

@thombrisco Big congrats btw.

[Benjamin Summers @benjamints_]

@thombrisco Glad to see you've got your priorities straight - can always watch on All4..!

[Matt lutz @lutzmatt17]

@Snowden 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.

[Benjamin Summers @benjamints_]

@TarekMerlin

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@TarekMerlin Very satisfying!

[Tim Walker @ThatTimWalker]

We should listen to this every single day to be aware exactly how precarious our position has become.

[Howard Beckett @BeckettUnite]

‘Unskilled’ jobs is a term used to justify poverty wages.

[Ed Hawkins @ed_hawkins]

Everyone realises that by reducing our carbon emissions we are only stopping the planet from getting warmer, rather than actually cooling the planet, right?

[Frank Davies @frank3davies]

Let this sink in

Test & Trace £ 37,500,000,000

Elizabeth line £ 18,800,000,000

[Benjamin Summers @benjamints_]

@andymatthews @jamesjroach I suspect the four day working week may have had something to do with it!! Which is a great practice btw, big support for it.

[Olly Wainwright @ollywainwright]

"I’ve been dug up!" – John Outram on metaphysics in the bathroom, building for billionaires, and his psychedelic plan for Battersea power station https://t.co/8SvkiE6bDc (...and more in @GeraintFranklin's wonderful book)

[Benjamin Summers @benjamints_]

@tomdyckhoff @TPGallery On the weekend* scuse me. It was long, but not that long! 😄

[Benjamin Summers @benjamints_]

@tomdyckhoff @TPGallery Saw this yesterday, great exhib. On a lighter note, the photos of Florida by Anastasia Samoylova were excellent also

[Benjamin Summers @benjamints_]

@FiScott Where we see socialising, SBD see ASB. Places to sit; opportunities to loiter. Affordance for play; paedophile's dream etc etc etc. It's a fundamental disagreement on the premise of humanity and society.

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@architect_24 @Furmadamadam I assumed the floor slabs were CLT at least, is this not the case?!

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@GeorgeMorgan13 @G_B_Store Ahh yes of course, didn't think that one through! 🤭

[Benjamin Summers @benjamints_]

@GeorgeMorgan13 @G_B_Store seemed to do a good line of customisable triple glazed door sets. Not sure about FD30

[Meredith Bowles. @MeredithMole]

Most important thread I’ve read. Need to get into the detail but holy shit 👇

[Sophus zu Ermgassen @sophusticated]

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