@RoryStewartUK You don’t consider it odd when running a huge deficit to borrow money on which you pay interest affecting future generations to give to others in far away places with at best intangible results
Internal walls at a new building at Wolves Lane Centre are constructed from “strocks,” unfired earth blocks made from clay-rich earth and chopped straw, developed by brickmaker H.G. Matthews.
https://t.co/2SjlwDEVPC
@Paul_SLG The Planning system has been broken for decades. Local interests ie house prices should not determine approval or refusal of desperately needed housing provision.
Sneak Peek of the new South Portal Building for the Silvertown Tunnel in Greenwich! 👀
Featuring Ketley double bullnose Staffordshire Blue bricks in a Flemish bond, creating a stunning chain link effect with light and shadow. @RiverlinxCJV
Love this! 💙#Brickwork#Architecture
8. The Neue Elbbrücke Bridge, Hamburg
One of Europe's most glorious bridges - destroyed not by aerial bombs, but by urban planning zealots.
The original was completed in 1887 and featured two beautiful neo-Gothic gateways. It was torn down in 1959 to add an additional lane.
DLUHC working on ‘managed transition’ to new building control regime amid crisis fears: But government does not confirm backing for six-month postponement of deadline amid mounting concern about a collapse in building control services https://t.co/ZVf8eTuBKi #architecture#news
Latest brick stats are a good guide to housebuilding 🧱
They show activity is weak and weakening further
That’s bad for homeownership, bad for jobs and bad for growth
The Chancellor should use the budget to cut stamp duty, increase housing starts and reignite the economy
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👑 The Queen's Head Brixel Brick sculpture has won the Innovation Category at the Brick Awards and the Most Innovative Product at the 2023 Façade Awards!
If you'd like to check it out, it's on display at the Brickworks Museum in Southampton.
#awards#awardwinning#innovation