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Lives in Victoria, B.C. Thinks, teaches and writes about architectural creativity and sustainability: its histories, technologies and theories. Also cuts smol colorful crystals into sparkly objects to wear.
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NEW: Crowd now growing at the Capitol where Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries are staging a sit-in on the steps. Is this building into something? If you’re in DC, they’re encouraging folk to come down there & support. #Resist (📸 Sen. Brian Schatz)

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#Voting in #OakBay no lines currently if your last name is R-Z about 20mins if you’re A-G and 40 if you’re H-Q

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I just showed this to "someone" and they said, "oh, its you!"

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Something to give us hope: Northwestern U has pioneered a way to break down PET plastics into monomers. Safer, cheaper and cleaner, and can lead us to a circular economy for plastic that could incentivize the removal of plastics from our environment news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

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That one woke me up

submitted 64 days ago • 2 comments

Well, all right everyone—what are you thinking and how are you feeling?

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Do you know how bad you have to f**k up to make the Canadians mad at you?

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In case my American friends need this reminder: beavers can be deadly.

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

So, count me in as a part of the "Army of Angry Beavers"

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These two buildings express the values of their place. The remarkable restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and the creation of The Bullitt Center in Seattle. Two very different but honest cultural expressions, both utterly inspirational.

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Unlike the ephemeral world of digital creation, physical architecture cannot sustain illusions. Buildings don't lie - they can't afford to. The implications of this contrast are staggering. In a world of increasingly frictionless digital creation, architecture stands stubbornly, proudly physical.

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It took me years of learning and teaching architecture to grasp its most powerful secret: buildings can't lie. The victors might write the histories, but architecture owes its existence to an inescapable truth-teller: cost. When real money is at stake, pretense falls away.

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Lot going on today, so here is the final score on the National Championship game

submitted 105 days ago • 15 comments