Robert Proctor
@rproctor.bsky.social
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Architectural historian of the twentieth century.
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My book is finally published! Percy Thomas: Modern Architecture as a National Service.
www.uwp.co.uk/book/percy-t...
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Percy Thomas | UWP
https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/percy-thomas-proctor/
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Conserving historic monuments is very important. Not too late to join our MSc in Conservation of Historic Buildings. But if you do, please avoid doing this to buildings when I'm visiting them.
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There are crag martins nesting in the giant rosettes at Milano Centrale.
3 days ago
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Important reading. Thomas Sharp, English Panorama, 1936 (Architectural Press edition 1950).
5 days ago
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I love it when I have an inkling that some small thing in the past must have been true, then look it up in the old newspapers, and find it was.
7 days ago
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C20 Society
8 days ago
EVENT: Join C20 for a Bank Holiday weekend in Bristol. We’ll see the recently refurbished Grade II* Clifton Cathedral (1973), the last major cathedral built in Britain; the ‘Bauhaus, Breuer, Bristol’ exhibition and more. 🗓️ Thu 30 Apr - Sat 2 May 🎟️ Tickets:
secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx?t…
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Film of the year so far. La Grazia. Really great.
8 days ago
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Latest thing on LinkedIn is diatribes against AI written with AI. Think I'm being trolled by the algorithm.
10 days ago
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Briefly back reading newspapers again, failing to find useful information.
12 days ago
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Love a really obscure archive catalogue section heading.
14 days ago
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We are the champions. The idea of someone willingly playing this at me gives me chills.
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19 days ago
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Important to have mid-C20 books to hand in my office to demonstrate good quality buildings and drawing methods to Gen Z architecture students, I find.
25 days ago
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Alborz Dianat
28 days ago
Less than a week left to apply!
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Did some research this week. I think I'm on to something. Keeping it quiet, though, you never know who's listening.
about 1 month ago
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Is that bad?
about 1 month ago
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Latest thing on LinkedIn seems to be people using AI to write criticisms of other people using AI.
about 2 months ago
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Reading a book from 2013 with useful archive references, except the archive changed all the numbers in 2016 so I can't find them any more.
about 2 months ago
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Sad to hear recently of architect Desmond Williams's passing. Fond memories of exploring his dramatic 1960s churches. Now preparing some photos for the Manchester Modernist Society. Obituary by his son here:
www.ribaj.com/intelligence...
about 2 months ago
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Corsham, Wilts. A fine town. Speaks for itself, really.
about 2 months ago
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Trawling a well-organised archive catalogue to draw up a list for a future visit is a bittersweet pleasure. So many tantalising documents, so little time.
about 2 months ago
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Andrew Eberlin
2 months ago
Another post-war Catholic Church in danger of demolition. Future generations will shake their heads at our idiocy if this mini-Liverpool Cathedral turns to dust.
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Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence. "But their acceptance of the church aesthetically must have been considerably eased by the fact that there was little new here structurally." Guess
#WhatArchitectureBook
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#WhatBuilding
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2 months ago
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Colleague described some banal and generic text that didn't do what was required of it as "copiloty", so I think we can expect the crash any day now.
3 months ago
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Any advice on dealing with shooting RSI pains up your arm when you're less than halfway through marking, anyone?
3 months ago
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To that old list of AI-influenced words to ban (stands, boasts, nestles, etc.), I would now like to add "pivotal", if that's ok with you.
3 months ago
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I'd love to read a student essay that tried to argue that Fallingwater absolutely trashed its site. It is a reasonable argument you could make, in contrast to all the fluff.
3 months ago
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Alborz Dianat
3 months ago
Copies of Architectural History 68 are landing on doorsteps for members of
@thesahgb.bsky.social
. Non-members can view several Open Access articles online:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Deconstructivism.
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3 months ago
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4 months ago
Welcome to @rcahmwales.bsky.social 's new project, Capeli Cymru: Preserving the Nonconformist Heritage of Wales.
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Braved the chill and went to Tyntesfield House, Somerset, the other day. Chapel by Arthur Blomfield, 1870s. Garden by the NT rulebook.
3 months ago
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This looks interesting. ⬇️
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4 months ago
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman
4 months ago
Absolutely delighted to see that my article on Catholic chapels in Ireland from the 1790s to the 1820s is now available in Architectural History, the journal of the SAHGB - a real career dream come true to have an article in this journal, I must say!
#skystorians
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The Development of Catholic Chapels in Ireland Prior to Catholic Emancipation, 1778–1829 | Architectural History | Cambridge Core
The Development of Catholic Chapels in Ireland Prior to Catholic Emancipation, 1778–1829 - Volume 68
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/architectural-history/article/abs/development-of-catholic-chapels-in-ireland-prior-to-catholic-emancipation-17781829/73F2AD5F77D0E2502D9ED19F898661D1
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I've just seen an enthusiastic post on LinkedIn written with AI, a heartwarming comment underneath also written with AI, and a grateful response to the comment by the author. What even is the point?
4 months ago
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Katrina Navickas
4 months ago
You wouldn't think I would go to the Duomo for Mass did you? Thanks to
@rproctor.bsky.social
I went to Parrocchia Santi Giovanni Battista e Paolo Apostolo. Sorry about the bad photos; the first Communion kids were practising a thing when I got there early so I had to be discrete.
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Henri Lefebvre's conceptual triad is not the most salient aspect of the Production of Space, it's just the easiest to quote. Discuss.
4 months ago
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Several overseas students have now told me they're not going to continue studies in the UK because it's too expensive. Free marketing insight there if anyone wants it?
4 months ago
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Reading a harsh book review that says "most of the ideas and insights are not particularly new or earth-shattering" and feeling seen.
4 months ago
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Percy Thomas's Swansea Guildhall appropriately standing in for bureaucratic fictional "Imperial Buildings" in London in latest BBC silly sci fi drama.
4 months ago
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Modern churches in Italy - two book recommendations.
4 months ago
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University of Wales Press
4 months ago
We are thrilled to be attending the Royal Society of Architects in Wales conference in Cardiff today! Stop by the Postmaster Suite to browse the latest books in our Architecture of Wales series 📚 Explore the whole series here:
www.uwp.co.uk/series/categ...
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New set text for my second year course ...
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4 months ago
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Nick de Klerk
4 months ago
James Gowan’s Schreiber House is on the market:
sothebysrealty.co.uk/properties/b...
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House for Sale in Schreiber House: A Modernist Masterpiece Opposite Hampstead Heath | UK Sotheby's International Realty
House ID 49739 in Schreiber House, Hampstead, London. The House has 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 5691 SQ.FT built up area. Amenities & facilities Garden, Parking, Grade II Listed and others.
https://sothebysrealty.co.uk/properties/buy/house-for-sale-london-hampstead-west-heath-road-schreiber-house-49739/
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Just submitted my first ever planning objection to mark my shift into the meddling curmudgeon phase of life.
4 months ago
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PSA: Miles Glendinning has started posting about tower blocks!
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4 months ago
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😮 Fully intact 1959 Case Study house for sale.
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4 months ago
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That's my weekend sorted. And the next one.
5 months ago
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Laughing grimly at the Routledge book getting 1* reviews on Amazon purely because the pages fall out when you read it.
5 months ago
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Looking forward to this.
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5 months ago
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Stumbled on the best reddit thread in architectural history.
5 months ago
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Free online seminar alert - 'Down Under Webinar: Religion and Architecture in Australia' (via KADOC/KU Leuven), 8 Dec, 8am UK time. Registration link -
kadoc.kuleuven.be/english/3_re...
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