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How do we get Caleb Femi’s incredible poetry collection, Poor, onto the required reading lists of every #architecture and #urbandesign programme in London? This stunning collection of work is ‘an ode to a troubled yet enchanted world, and to the Black boys raised in it’ - it is also, in small (but important) part, a reflection on the exclusive/excluding language of #place and #design and the chasm that can exist between architectural ‘vision’ (aka ego) and lived experience. It’s why opening up opportunities to all is essential - to ensure the people designing, funding, green lighting changes to our #cities are reflective of those living in them. It’s also why ‘community/ies engagment’ isn’t a nice to have or a ‘social value’ box to tick. Caleb’s collection is illustrative of the power and importance of art in how we reflect on cities. A wake up call, a megaphone, a lens through which to do better - how else will we implement the changes that need to be made and the lessons that need to be learnt. Two poems to get you started: A Designer Talks of a Home / A Resident Talks of Home Because Of The Times

Through this conceptual sketch, I aimed to blend the poetry of spaces with the poetry of words, illustrating how architecture can evoke deeper emotions and meanings. #Architecture #ConceptualArt #Iqbal #WatercolorSketch #DesignWithMeaning #ArchitecturalInspiration"

Timelessness in modern architecture has become a paradox: a striving for permanence that often sacrifices character and humanity. To love the future, we must design for it. What if modernism embraced beauty, poetry, and emotional depth?Could we rekindle a public love for architecture? Explore this idea in CONSEQUENTIAL QUESTION: HAS MODERNISM FAILED US? https://lnkd.in/gxkH2AMp #ModernismReimagined #TimelessDesign #ArchitectureWithHeart #DesignIntelligence #DesignFuturesCouncil

Ross Douthat asks what happened to ornamentation in architecture? I wonder the same about writing. Today's best practices would have us strip our writing down as much as possible (looking at you Smart Brevity). But if our aim is efficiency, the result will be utilitarian. Sure, we can write in prose, but why not also in poetry? https://lnkd.in/dJ-xBy9D

Timelessness in modern architecture has become a paradox: a striving for permanence that often sacrifices character and humanity. To love the future, we must design for it. What if modernism embraced beauty, poetry, and emotional depth? Could we rekindle a public love for architecture? Explore this idea in CONSEQUENTIAL QUESTION: HAS MODERNISM FAILED US? https://lnkd.in/gJaH-8df #ModernismReimagined #TimelessDesign #ArchitectureWithHeart #DesignIntelligence #DesignFuturesCouncil

Sites of learning and education, social assets that can be weaponised for and against forces of oppression, libraries have played a fundamental and transformative role in human history since Assyrian king Ashurbanipal completed what is believed to be the world’s first, between 668 and 631BC. Far more than collections of books, these buildings are community focal points and — in many cases — national and international treasures in their own right. In my latest piece for Architizer I pulled together a list of the most spectacular and unique libraries and bookstores in the world. Here it is. #libraries #bookshops #bookstores #architecture #library #reading #readingroom #literature #literary

Tooting my own horn: a short essay, in the public domain, which may be of interest to fans of Walter Scott, Scotland more generally, and/or medieval architecture. https://lnkd.in/g3drdeNS

Did you know that the iconic Chrysler Building in New York City was once the tallest building in the world? Built during the height of the Art Deco movement, it remains a stunning symbol of the city's architectural and cultural history. However, did you also know that its construction was a race against rival skyscraper developers? Learn about the precarious history of this stunning landmark below. #ChryslerBuilding #historicalbuilding  #angiemangino #author #writer #writersoflinkedin #nyhistory #history #booklovers

🌿How can conscious landscape design serve as a catalyst for ecological regeneration and space aggradation? This is the central question of my thesis on renaturation and space aggradation (the opposite of degradation) in urban landscape projects. I’m exploring how, and if, thoughtful design can revitalize degraded urban environments and enhance biodiversity, with the goal of creating a theoretical garden that collects principles and concepts. These can be developed and used as inspiration by landscape architects or anyone interested in their future projects and designs. If you have a few minutes, here's a quick questionnaire that would help gather your feedback: French version: https://lnkd.in/eze2SQsy English version: https://lnkd.in/e_jAJBFF Please feel free to like, share, comment, or message me privately with any feedback or ideas. It’s a thought-provoking and philosophical topic, and your input could make a real impact. Thank you for your support!

Here's to the authorative comprehensive guide of New Urbanism: its history, methodology, practice, and, noteworthy, an extensive analysis of its intellectual and development experience within the Polish context. Why is this book important? Because Urban Design - as a discipline - almost doesn't exist in Poland. It somehow "happens" (mostly not) inbetween urban planning processes and building permit procedures. No school teaches it. Few developers recognize its communicative power - city officials even less. Any interactive relationship between public space and real estate development is often a matter of negligence, indifference, rarely a result of thoughtful coordination between decisionmakers and stakeholders. Clearly enough, everybody touts its importance on every respected real estate conference ( October in PL has plenty of those), but few engage in fostering common interests which can be played out on the public square. In practice, it takes conscious political will, a strong belief in the common good, considerable skill, and a determination which delivers, utimately, much higher economic gains for both sides. This book delivers exemplary planning and urban design tools to achieve this kind of sustainable urbanism, meaningful places, and valuable neighborhoods, tested in the unforgiving realms of the real estate sector. In context of the new Polish planning legislature which has kicked lately everybody out of their comfort zone (and which has given us city planners plenty of headeaches, apart from work), I would opt to get back to the essence of what sustainable cities really are and regain a confidence that, as a society, we are still able to achieve a quality of everyday life in our built and evolving environment. The book highlights two of our realised projects which have been, and will remain, a continuing discovery of possibilities and hard limits, in Poland, of these kind of interactions between regulators and developers: Miasteczko Siewierz Jeziorna by ALTASA and #GdyniaZachód by #HOSSA SA , arguably among the largest land development projects in Poland of the last decade. With congrats to Michal Dominczak for this achievement and making his book available online, a nod to Lizz Plater Zyberk and my past colleagues at DPZ CoDESIGN, and kudos to past + present collaborators at Mycielski Architecture & Urbanism (MAU). Thank you Michał !Happy Birthday 😊