Hidden space under Leeds railway station, almost like a diorama

In Other Worlds - an immersive exhibition at the Barbican about re-imagining our futures with hope and imagination - ends in this spectral former car park that smells of sewage.

ANOTHER new book from the inimitable @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social. Get it here from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social: reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/the-mat...

First visit to the remarkable V&A store in Stratford. It's part Surrealist exhibition, colossal wunderkammer, temple to a strange cult, and dream IKEA.

Went to see Backrooms yesterday. What a brilliant and fresh re-revision of the haunted house genre.

Demolition of Manchester Metropolitan University's All Saints building. The city's modern economic 'miracle' is, of course, predicated on destruction.

Circular hollow carved by running water and then filled with small stones by the same stream, Crowden, Peak District

Passing under the viaducts, Leeds

Wonderful cast-iron ornament in Leeds' Kirkgate market hall

A few tickets left for the launch in London of my new book on 3 June. Do come along if you can! 'Architecture transforms geological time into human time, which is another way of saying it turns matter into meaning' (Robert Pogue Harrison) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/isrf-book-...

Reflections, River Aire, Leeds Dock

Shadow of an unfurling bracken on gritstone, Peak District

Paul Dobraszczyk (@pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social) explores how architecture reveals the materials, timescales and processes shaping our planet, asking how the built environment fosters a stronger connection with Earth’s geological story. geoscientist.online/sections/fea... #geology #architecture

Upper Wharfedale yesterday afternoon

Cirro-stratus and a lone sycamore on the Dales Way near Grasssington

Hawthorn blossom in Wharfedale, Yorkshire Dales

Red kite near Conistone in the Yorkshire Dales, the furthest north I've seen one of these beauties

Sycamore growing out of an abandoned jeep, Peak District

A strange atmospheric phenomenon looking north from Aberystwyth beach this evening 😮. The hills of Llyn are transformed... Presumably a mirage caused by the heat? 🤔

Peatland restoration on Winter Hill, Lancashire

The River Dane, looking like an abstract expressionist painting

Join us for the launch of Dobraszczyk's book next month in London! Details and registration can be found on our website 👉

Check out our latest blog from @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social on his new book 'The Matter of Architecture'. How is our built environment linked to Earth's material fabric? Learn more

Dandelion seed-head, each one a wonder of design

Pound-shop Wicker Man vibes

My new book 'The Matter of Architecture' is out next month. Here's a short article on the themes it tackles: isrf.org/blog/the-mat...

Couldn't we just agree to elect David Attenborough in every seat and be done with this?

Register for our book launch on 3 June with @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social ! Joined by Nishat Awan and Adam Walls, Dobraszczyk will discuss his new book 'The Matter of Architecture', an exploration of geology to find a more sympathetic way of building

Peak folk horror at Ralph Court Gardens in Herefordshire

Runners in Greengate, Salford

Lepus in flagrante

A few Sheffield photographs from yesterday when the light was simply spectacular

The Arts Tower at the University of Sheffield, the finest viewpoint in the city. The architecture school on floors 16-18 is the finest viewpoint in the building. Wonderful to present a talk there yesterday to students.

Sheffield was positively Mediterranean yesterday. I could have been in Seville.

Stockport geometries

Deansgate, Manchester

White balcony, Northern Quarter, Manchester

White balcony, Northern Quarter, Manchester

Extremely decrepit boozer, Salford

New Salford

Ghost rooms, River Irwell, Manchester

Manchester looming beyond an ancient roadway on the eastern borders of Cheshire

Fancy scaffolding on Oldham Street, Manchester. A shame that these structures are often more interesting than the buildings they support.

Double train-guy London-bound today: I distinctly heard 'going forwardables' at Stoke-on-Trent.

My new book 'The Matter of Architecture' will be launched at the AA Bookshop on 3 June. Do come if you're able - free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/isrf-book-...

A new painting, titled 'The Babylonian Cosmos'

Offerings placed in the late Neolithic Bryn Celli Ddu burial chamber on Anglesey

One of the loveliest of walks: the tidal island of Llanddwyn from the fabulous beach it's attached to.

Walkers on the Miner's track, seen from the summit of Yr Wyddfa

Crib Goch emerging from the cloud, as seen from the top of Yr Wyddfa