I have basically abandoned this account. It seems like a bad idea to have an account in one’s own name if you want to post what you really think. DM me if you want my anonimous one. Xx

I have a small but elite tier of fans.

Giving people what they want (building physics content, according to the Tiktok algorhythm).

Is air conditioning bad for climate change - or part of the solution? www.tiktok.com/@onepointfiv...

I think the reason why there's almost no architects and building designers on tiktok is that while it's fun to make little videos, you can get 350k views, 16k likes and 573 comments. And zero enquiries from it.

Overheating is a massive problem in flats in London. So what’s the cause? youtube.com/shorts/Ov063...

Why are these flats too hot? It's really simple. And it's not a 'lack of trees'. www.tiktok.com/@onepointfiv... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

If you're in or have joined the Greens, and you're not voting for this man next week, then I seriously, seriously question your every political judgement.

Celebrating 1 year of telling #PoplarHarca about rainwater flowing into the electrical riser of a high rise building! Poplar Harca truly have the confidence to ignore the haters and believe that electricity and water mix just fine. Inspirational!

Starting some transatlantic architecture beefs vm.tiktok.com/ZNd5EC1Ar/

Wouldn't disagree with any of this, but you'd never get e.g. lawyers doing all this work for free. Upstream of procurement systems is supply and demand: there are more architects than there is work for, so you can exploit them as much as you please. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/david-l...

Future cherries

We’ve got half barrels with holes in the bottoms, for the fruit trees roots to grow through. What kind of compost should we buy for the barrels though, and should we add stuff to hold moisture?

Part O - the new regs to prevent overheating - is at fault here. And it won't even work to prevent overheating, since they want you to open the window to cool the room down, which doesn't work when it's too hot outside. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion...

Five years to get a planning approval for three houses! The planning system is the main cause of the shortage of homes. nation.cymru/news/housing...

This whole event is just incredibly embarrassing, architects humiliating themselves with this absurd nonsense in the hope of catching some rich client's eye. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/winner-...

I submitted a complaint to the new Building Safety Regulator about a fire safety issue which the dipshit housing association is too incompetent to fix. I'm not holding out much hope but we shall see.

A little insight into how archeology all ends up in layers. Only about 12 years ago the tarmac surface under the abandoned carpark turned community garden was exposed. Now there’s inches of soil on it.

Taking the studio plants out into the rain to give them a little treat.

This is based on the false assumption (and common NIMBY talking point) that it's developers (who actually build homes) responsible for the housing shortage, rather than the planning system (which prevents building homes almost everywhere). www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/develop...

Finally got our raised bed sorted out at the community garden.

Floating bus stops - between a bike lane and the road - aren't inherently dangerous, but the design of the ones we've got in London makes them so. People step out without looking from behind the big advert panel, and you've almost no time to avoid a collision. The back bit should be fenced off.

Does anyone have any recommendations for Umbria? Nice hill towns and suchlike? We're staying in Perugia then between Perugia and Assisi.

Does anyone have any recommendations for Umbria? Nice hill towns and suchlike? We're staying in Perugia then between Perugia and Assisi.

Today at the community garden I replaced these plastic tile things with a little brick path.

I don’t know what these fruits will be. The bush was flowering the other week. They look like wee green olives at this stage. Presumably plums, but what kind?

At the community garden today. Before: two heaps of twigs. After: a dead hedge. Apparently insects enjoy them. Planted some seeds of pro-bee flowers too.

What the fuck is this? vm.tiktok.com/ZNdYNxoGv/

If you're thinking of specifying Vitsoe shelving, consider how they sued their architect for the builder having messed up. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/waugh-t...

I've been looking for plants which are effective at breaking up tarmac. Apparently something called Japanese Knotweed is very effective.

Bit of a setback at Phoenix Green Community Garden. The soil outside the raised beds is only 4” deep, with tarmac below across the whole site. The bare root fruit trees we’d bought are in pots for now while we decide what to do.

Not sure if I'm just being cheap but £548.70 seems rather a lot for a door knob? www.sdslondon.co.uk/argyle-64mm-...

We've got stuck into this but I'm reluctant to post about it, because although it's wholesome and of broad interest, I don't know if I want to turn everything I do into 'content'. I'd get a lot of likes and comments, but to what end?

Fishguard mentioned! www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/tra... 'Unlikely' though, there's a cheek!

Might be going to Assisi. It’s sort of like a proto-Cumbernauld.

Would it be possible to buy a greengage tree in cycleable distance from inner east London? I only ever get half the stuff I order for delivery so I'd rather buy in person. Plausible?

As well as videos to promote my architecture practice, I also make some for my husband’s knit studio. Today an architecture client told me TikTok had showed him a video of me talking about knitting? Maybe I should pretend to have an identical twin. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdd1YPxD/

Good for her. www.dezeen.com/2025/03/14/y...

'Fabric first' is dead. Nobody - homeowners, landlords or the government - is going to pay £100k a pop (that they'll never see back) to insulate every home in the land. We need to focus on heat pumps instead because that's actually achievable. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/pte-sla...

Doubt my posts reach any 6th formers but if you insist on studying architecture, DO NOT GO TO THE BARTLETT. You should go to Cambridge and make friends with people from other courses who will be future clients.

The Bartlett was a toxic world of insane posturing bullshit that has nothing to do with actual architecture when I went there. Maybe it's completely transformed itself since its recent scandals but I'd be rather surprised. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/bartlet...

The top bit of the @dezeen.com web page popping down over what you're trying to look at annoys me every time I go on their website.

Roedd Adwaith yn anhygoel heno!

Mae tocen sbâr i weld #Adwaith yn Lundain heno gyda fi os unrhyw un moyn? www.oslohackney.com/events/adwai...

Some people really care about the quality of art, books, food etc. But people with no sensitivity themselves in those areas, can only conceive of those people as ‘snobs’ trying to look superior. This ‘antieliteism’ has massively won and now we’re living in a world of slop.

Without commenting on the actual art I find it astonishing that this work became the UK’s best-selling print. Abject example of class entitlement dressed up as nostalgia.

Courtesy of Oxfam Books in Beverley, I’m about to learn about Homes

The funniest scam that contractors have pulled is convincing councils that trees, despite having thrived for 400 million years, actually require an expensive annual maintenance contract, and need regular mutilation by a person on a cherry picker.

Commonhold would be a vast improvement. Freeholders have no incentive to keep leaseholders’ bills down and constantly get fleeced by contractors who know they’re a soft touch.

The Housing Association model has failed. They’re completely unaccountable so there’s no way to stop their profligacy or incompetence. They should be scrapped and replaced with something where residents have democratic control. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...