Dave McCall

Displaced Scot/adopted Manc, kept sane by family, architecture, live music, footy, travel, funny things and funny people.

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

No recognition of the ARCHITECT.
@insidernwest resi property awards 2025. Categories include: best planner, best lawyer, best supplier, best funder, best developer. Who do they think designs these homes? @RIBA @RIBAJ @ArchitectsJrnal

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

Another victim of the appalling lack of safe infrastructure for cyclists.

[BBC Yorkshire @BBCLookNorth]

A cyclist who died after being struck by a van has been named by police as Leeds cardiologist Robert Sapsford. Read more here: https://t.co/E3BQfGF8L2

[BBC Yorkshire @BBCLookNorth]

A cyclist who died after being struck by a van has been named by police as Leeds cardiologist Robert Sapsford. Read more here: https://t.co/E3BQfGF8L2

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

Dynamic pricing……….

[Brian Groom @GroomB]

In fact it's £3 now.

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

Tributes paid to Howard Bernstein, ‘father of modern Manchester’ https://t.co/N1XEHtSqZy

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

@SkySports due to transfer our SKY set up to our new house today between noon and 17:00hrs. Engineer eventually texted at 16:30 to say he was not coming….. so now have no SKY. Can’t watch @England tonight but SKY are going to give me a £25 credit…….RESULT!

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

Might give this one a miss…….

[Kidical Mass Manchester @Kidicalmassmcr]

Listen to the kids! They want child friendly, safe, welcoming streets and a city that invites them in to explore independently and freely. Manchester totally wants to be a child friendly cycling city. Help us @AndyBurnhamGM @DameSarahStorey #visionzero #streersforkids

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

I find towers that cantilever like this so unnecessary.

Surely, it would make sense just to build taller, keep the tower slimmer, and reduce cost, materials and embodied carbon?

https://t.co/485matANds

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

Not quite. Windows / balconies on all facades present difficulties in urban gap sites.

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

The kind of compact point block housing we should be able to build everywhere

This is by Architekten Peter+Paschen in Hamburg

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

There is also the reluctance of volume house builders to build in quantity and with speed because of their desire not to ‘flood’ the market whilst operating a simplistic construction model. Cash flow and borrowing costs further hampers supply.

[Paul Smith @Paul_SLG]

Huw Pill, chief economist at the Bank of England, on the housing crisis.

https://t.co/Jmgs8HrBpg

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

One of my early projects at BDP was to convert the derelict Dock Traffic Office to a news gathering station for @GranadaReports It was cutting edge news reporting at the time and gave new life to a wonderful building. Good to see it has now found a new use more than 30 years on.

[Place North West @PlaceNorthWest]

GALLERY | Designs revealed for £58m Liverpool museums revamp. See them for yourself 👉https://t.co/ShxGBp6v5B https://t.co/ShxGBp6v5B

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

@PhilGriffinMcr Thinking about this a bit more…..and I think this may actually be Barber’s winning scheme back for Morecambe way back when…..OMI were runners up.

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

There’s been a few attempts in the past to get this sort of thing off the ground in Morecambe. When we tried 10 years ago, the property values just did not stack up and it got no further. Things have improved since, so hopefully this might see the light of day. Good luck.

[Peter barber @PpeterPeter]

Morecambe … a ladder of new streets and 2 pocket parks

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

@joemccaul Cyclists get a pathetic white line to protect them from cars, trucks and buses. It should be sufficiently safe for your 6 year old kid or your 70 year old granny to use.

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

Sadly, most UK citizens have no intention of adopting cycling as a plausible means of transport, it’s for those saddos who haven’t got a car. We need sound initiatives that get people on a bike…to realise how much fun it is and that it makes sense as a means of transport.

[Chris Boardman CBE @Chris_Boardman]

👉🏻 “Survey of 21,374 residents in 18 UK cities found 56% in favour & only 17% against moving money from road building to active travel & public transport. 58% support more cycle paths along roads, even if it removes space for cars, only 22% are opposed”. https://t.co/p9PRpoHUsI

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

At least there was an attempt to engage with the street with 4 storeys of brick.
There are so few examples of glass towers hitting the ground in a meaningful way.

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

The mind boggles that high-rise architecture is still so often reduced to creating an interesting shape and then cladding it in curtain walling

https://t.co/5wVjQegFWy

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

OK……what have you done with the cars?

[Peter barber @PpeterPeter]

Edgewood Mews, London

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

Don’t rely upon ‘communities’ to solve this…….good Architects, backed by enlightened developers and a supportive planning authority is needed.

[createstreets @createstreets]

Why local communities should have more say on what gets built near them – in one picture.

[Dave McCall @DaveMcCall007]

@CityWestminster might also want to address the VAT challenge regarding retrofit.

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Westminster City Council has unveiled draft new rules that would mean developers must explore the option to retrofit existing buildings before demolishing them

https://t.co/rWieFwGBc5