“Google has created a misinformation crisis. Studies have shown that people tend to trust what AI tells them without question…Another experiment found that users still listened to AI when it gave them the wrong answer nearly 80% of the time—a grim trend the researchers dubbed “cognitive surrender.”

On the unfulfilled promise of MMC (the much heralded Modern Methods of Construction). Unlike places like Sth Korea or Scandinavia, in Australia’s dispersed, limited market can it ever deliver on its potential? thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...

Rooftop cinema…cities are wonderful…

On the challenges of data centres; @edhusicmp.bsky.social in @thesaturdaypaper.com.au explains the policy & planning issues. Really we need to consider data centres as part of regional infrastructure, rather than one off private profit centres. Make they carry their weight for space, power & water

Many still long for words unsaid: Acknowledgement of the wounded & dead People like you & people like me Whose lives are destroyed & long to be free. Adults & children, babies & aged Treated as animals, tortured & caged Bombed with abandon vicious & cruel But all that we hear is the cost of our fuel

This story quotes Rik Thijs, deputy mayor for public space, greenery and water in Eindhoven. Wish that all cities had a public servant with this title…

Construction… & marketing…in full swing for our design of #Este - a pair of 4 storey #sydneyapartmentbuilding defining an entry courtyard open to the sea, with 94 apartments varying between 50 - 200m2 Looking forward to the scaffolding coming down & the banksia planting in the courtyards!

Ok so fuel tax doesn’t work anymore because of EVs. Tax tyres instead. All vehicles have tyres. #Auspol.

Adaptive reuse of a 1935 parking garage in Paris to create 16 new social housing apartments, with a shared courtyard. Total cost = €6.67m. Design by UR Architecture Urbanism A short thread 🧵

Imagine more such characterful semis! Increasing density & face to the street, shared rear access

Was there last week Excellent to see all the improvements, & the extension of the light rail

Visit to new Sydney Fish Markets on Easter Sunday; certainly heaving with people, & generous scale of stepped terraces on 3 sides very popular. Inside big traditional grid market plan, fused with shopping mall travellators in centre. Great that it’s open to elements-netted perimeter 1/2

Many cities are demolishing their high-rise public housing (I’m looking at you Melbourne!) Paris is bucking the trend by refurbishing. These 101 apartments originally build in 1976 were reclad with new insulation on the outside and look great! By Ithaques

First in-person photo of the Earth since the days of Blue Marble (1972). static01.nyt.com/images/2026/...

In Belgium, employees receive compensation for every kilometre they ride, with some cyclists earning up to €810 per year. And why not? Biking saves public money for everyone. “All employees in Belgium who cycle to work are entitled to a bicycle allowance of €0.28 per kilometre of their commute.”

Heroic street tree planting in Paddington #publicsydney

A full moon so beautiful even Bondi Junction skyline looks good!

The humble & affordable 3 storey walk up flats, so common in 60’s-80’s, can’t be built today; -no lift -needs sprinklers & pumps -slabs too thin -no thermal or acoustic insulation -parking non-compliant -windows too open List goes on & makes housing all the more expensive, esp what should be easy

The thrilling scale & spaces of Aust’s High Court building in Canberra. Designed by EMTB architects Outside the sublime Robert Woodward fountain

First time in history, an oil crisis isn’t strengthening the system—it’s accelerating the exit 1973, 1979, 2008… every shock reinforced oil This time? We’ve got an off-ramp: EVs, solar, batteries Crisis → electrify → less oil The system doesn’t recover… it gets replaced #Bettrification

#BlueSkyArtShow #Stone : Lisbon's iconic cobblestones #photography

Guangzhou isn’t just building bike lanes. It's building a healthier, more liveable city. With over 6,000 km. of greenways, it quietly boasts one of the world's largest cycling networks. What was once overlooked is now impossible to ignore: a vital link in their modern, multimodal transport system.

Architect Guildford Bell’s 1969 Fairfax Pavilion in the superb gardens at Retford Park near Bowral, now bequeathed to the National Trust.

Gocher Court at Cove Avenue, Manly designed by Leith C McCredie & Richardson for the Housing Commission in 1952. Similar plan form with attached 'T'-shape buildings and multiple cores. Views to Manly Cove ferries prioritised!

Strongly agree that most prized Dept of Defence lands should never be sold off - Victoria Barracks, Spectacle Is, Middle Head. But other sites more suitable, like 48ha Bundock St site in Randwick. Our master plan in 2000 only partly realised - enviro park & ephemeral wetlands, community centre 1/2

Muscle-bound figs Rose Bay #publicsydney #streettreesofsydney

Queensland is one of if not the only state or territory in Australia where it's legal to park in bike lanes. I mean, a space can be a car park or a bike lane. It can't be both, right? There's a petition to change it. Live in Queensland? Please sign it. www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-...

The inherent flexibility of #sydneyterracehouses Built as a row of 3, with the right hand one being 3 storeys. In built housing diversity on small lots #architectureofhousing

And, as @philipthalis.bsky.social points out in his quote reply to me, it created the fertile ground for sinister "public private partnerships" to build toll roads owned by private corporations, but built with government money. Money that would have been better spent on public and active transport

What an end to a day…

We could learn so much about urban housing models from places like Iran. The urban courtyard type virtually nonexistent in #auscities, yet so appealing as type to increase density with amenity

Zoning all about restrictions, incapable of enablement

Red Fort, going up

Design for 80 social housing apartments in Blanes, Spain, designed by 08014 Arquitectura A symphony of shades

Rather belatedly, SMH runs substantial analysis on NSW HDA merry go round, where developers can have yet another go at lumping more cherries on their cake. Add 20 storeys or +250 apartments? No worries - just waive it along to next stage. Land speculation on steroids www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

#TilesOnTuesday, Basilica di San Crisogono, Rome

In support of stand up for science here is an image of galaxy M51. Beautiful night. Clear and no moon

A Christo wrap house? Or just more un recyclable construction waste?

Interesting story in the New York Times, "The Statues Were Mostly Men or Nude Women. So These Knitters Got to Work." 👉 tinyurl.com/juws7vua #knitting #craftivism #art #fiberart 1/2

Four architects have been shortlisted for the 2026 MJ Long Prize, which is part of this year’s W Awards. The prize, named in memory of inspirational architect MJ Long, celebrates UK-based architects who are excelling in practice.

Very good panel discussion on maintaining architectural practices in these uncertain times architectureau.com/articles/how...

We are pushing for: 🏘️ More homes near light rail in Downer and Watson 🚶 Better, sheltered paths between the Woden Interchange and the shops 🏥 Fast-tracking the Belconnen Transitway for the Northside Hospital 🌊 Removing outdated density caps at the Acton Waterfront ...

Family photos ©Shazzoir

In recent years, Bilbao has quietly built a cycling network shaped by lessons from the Netherlands: calmed where it can be, protected where it must be, and always comfortable and connected. The result? You can now pedal across the city on infrastructure made for everyone—not just the fit and brave.

Wedge warehouse in Foster St Surry Hills, topped out by #durbachblockjaggers Droga Apartment addition

Sunset through the eucalypt forest, Centennial Park #publicsydney

No concrete, no B-doubles: Major solar and battery project promises ultra-light touch reneweconomy.com.au/no-concrete-...

An important reminder. Terms/regulations such as ‘jaywalking’ are an easily overlooked part of the erosion of our rights in public space Applies equally in #publicsydney

A crime against humanity.