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Why are we busy building more high rise housing? What really makes for successful, humane cities is low rise, high density urban housing perfected over a century ago. Bring back the mansion block! Not surprisingly it's more sustainable too, as FCB explain
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If we are not careful, the story of the Garden of Eden may turn out to be a prediction, rather than a creation story. We still live in a diminished Eden, but for how much longer?
Attenborough shows how we can bring the planet back from the brink.
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Just a few days left to respond to proposed reductions in energy efficiency of new homes. Don’t let housebuilders build new homes at even lower standards than they do today. Act now:
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#netzero
#lowcarbon
#ClimateEmergency
If MVHR can also reduce the need for summer cooling it could be making more difference than we thought to energy savings. linkedin.com/pulse/coolth-re… by @ElrondBurrell on @LinkedIn
Recently completed, our Tractor Shed project is a conversion of an agricultural building into an eco house for an artist. Clad in blackened timber, it has been described as “a seriously delicious project..the entrance sequence is special”
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Brilliant earth construction seminar at NUA by @RobertsMolloy: Anthony Hudson @hudsonarch @CobBaugeProject, @EarthBuildingUK, and @HGMbricks showing their unfired clay blocks. Ancient constructions meet modern demands: low embodied energy, thermal mass, healthy living spaces.
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Every $1 spent on planting trees delivers about $5.82 in public benefits.
Cities should think about greenery as public health infrastructure: buff.ly/2GDfxiW
With artist John Behm enjoying Richard Long Earth Sky at Houghton.... xitter.cf/srjbeard/status/892749…
Jersey Tiger seen on Hampstead Heath station (found another hanging out in our hallway) @savebutterflies
Discovering the visual delights of Peter D. Cole @phcole bit.ly/2tLFNRp
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