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pedestrian architect, accidental neo-neo-plasticist, between overstatement and underdesign

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@theohonohan I haven't read it until now but thanks for sending that!

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I'm not saying Chambers would be against the use of LED strip lights in his buildings but I am saying I think I am.

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@theohonohan the Casino, I saw some interior photos from the weekend where the lighting looked rather odd.

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@entschwindet once upon a time the central bank spent its money on useful things, like the one-year search for the right façade material: https://t.co/JDmYRF2gXE

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during the design of Peter Celsing's Bank of Sweden they took a year to decide on the material and treatment of the façades. a year!

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various kinds of openings:

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Malmö Opera (formerly theatre) - Helldén, Lallerstedt & Lewerentz (1933-44):

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it closed down after a fire a few years back but earlier this year the municipality bought it and have decided to restore it.

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the 1935 café at Margaretapaviljongen at Pildammsparken, Malmö, unfortunately I don't know the architect:

[Apollo Magazine @Apollo_magazine]

‘Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art, possibly the greatest work of architecture of its generation in the world, is a broken shell hidden behind scaffolding’ – Douglas Murphy on the uncertain future of the art nouveau masterpiece.

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men visst, marginalskatter, värnskatt och annat är en "skatt på utbildning" för det får civilekonomer lära sig under sina tre-fyra år ...

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folk är sådana losers: det är jättelätt att gå en femårig högskoleutbildning, ha femton års arbetslivserfarenhet och ändå aldrig ha betalat statlig inkomstskatt.

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@iAModp you're right, that tiny orange one in the left building seems unlikely to get any sun. having said that regulations state that the sun must shine on the façade of every apartment at some point during the year and you shouldn't get planning permission if it doesn't.

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@iAModp @SustainableTall you're underestimating just how far north the sun goes during the bright half of the year.

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I've been working as an architect since 2007 and let me assure you there's not even an ounce of truth to this:

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so far this weekend I've only achieved one of the three but I did cook with chanterelles Monday and there's a decent chance I'll make an apple pie tomorrow so I guess Autumn's well on the way:

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this weekend I've cooked with chanterelles, made an apple pie and bought a Tindersticks record so I guess Autumn has officially started

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@cyhsal thanks! yes it's a bit odd: in Stockholm their stuff is sold at the Moderna Museet shop but they don't stock them online nor in the Malmö outpost.

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re. LRT: Paul Catherall's take on South Norwood Library at the top right of the pictures in my living room:

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Where I’m calling from — come say hi for Open House!! @BrutalistLib <3

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There are a welcome number of walks appreciating South London's inter-war architecture this autumn.

However once again, the publicity describes them as "Art Deco" tours even when illustrated with contemporary photos of Frederick Gibberd's "International Modern" Pullman Court!

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this building's set to 7,5: