Notes from ‘Structural Fabulation: An essay on fiction of the future’
It would be great to find more examples of keynote speeches given in my profession that even came close to… read more
Plastic Praxis: MArch teaching at BCU
I’m collaborating with Mike Dring, the MArch Course Director at Birmingham School of Architecture this academic year to help run… read more
the making of a home4self
Outside the window a machine scrapes the ground flat in preparation for the arrival of a crane. An engineer is… read more
Pacific BIM: a mutually interruptible neural bridge
I’m hoping to do some teaching next year at Birmingham School of Architecture. Of the many topics that I’d like… read more
metamatter that matters
This week I was invited by Birmingham City Council to talk at their Sustainability Forum meeting about our experience of… read more
The avoidance of doing architecture
The Philosophers Magazine interviewing Nigel Warburton of Philosophy Bites podcast – with a minor adjustment in bold by me: “A… read more
Institutionalised in the Black Maria
Notes made on the 22:30 from Euston to Birmingham, whilst returning home to the provinces after treating myself to an… read more
100 stick house
The beginnings of an idea for a structure built within the rules of UK domestic permitted development, consisting of exactly… read more
Forms that add distance
Blogging dogged eared thoughts – some loose, coincidental noticings that deserve recording… I’m looking forward to seeing some of Hadid’s… read more
home4self
I’m nearing the end of the design process for home4self – always a good time to revisit the original sketches.