James Dyson
@dysonsk3.bsky.social
Architecture. Urbanism. Art. Environment. The North (of Europe and Britain). Cycling. Mountains.
#VoteBinface www.theguardian.com/food/2026/au...
‘A 99 with a Flake? That will be £7, please’: what’s behind the surge in ice-cream van prices?
From the cost of milk and chocolate to diesel and electricity, every part of producing the summer treat has been hit by the climate crisis and other shocks
theguardian.com
Yes I acknowledge it makes sense in context but “I need my car to meet criminals” is now my favourite basis for an attempted exceptional hardship plea. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Les valeurs de température de juin-juillet sont tellement hors normes qu'elles nous obligent à revoir l'échelle de nos graphiques. Les chiffres sont tout simplement sidérants. 1/4
Sobering to see in one chart how June temperature records have been broken this year in so many European countries www.ft.com/content/5f06...
Publicity drawing for Forton services on the M6 near Lancaster, 1963.
The same street in Levenshulme, Manchester, one hundred years apart. The private motor vehicle is an invasive species, which gradually crowds out and suffocates the rich social life of our cities. When cars don’t dominate the streets, life flourishes.
"Readymicks" concrete suppliers, Longport, a lively distraction from the distressing state of Top Bridge Works across the Trent+Mersey Canal. #urbansketching
Jodrell Bank is an internationally important asset, and its loss would be devastating There is a choice to be made, and it represents the first big test of Andy Burnham's premiership open.substack.com/pub/thefootb...
Return to Ancoats. Ex-Central Retail Park, site of Manchester Digital Campus, aka No10 North. It was all going so well until I spilt water over it. Hoping @andyburnham.bsky.social has more luck.
Sad to miss MSA sketch-athon Friday, but here’s 4 of Ancoats. One is from 1826 by KF Schinkel, appalled by our Northern working conditions. Coming from Berlin, now pledged to DOUBLE its 440,000 tree count by 2040, what would a 21C Schinkel would make of our barren Great Ancoats Street?
Gabby: What was your highlight of the half time show? Wayne Rooney: When it finished. I thought it was crap. 10/10 punditry. No notes.
Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7 km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change. Streets for people are good for business.
The Legal Attack on Superblock Barcelona - City Lab Barcelona
In this blog post, I attempt to unpack what this court ruling is about, the legal arguments, and who is behind it. Did the city really do something wrong? What will happen to the Consell de Cent proj...
citylabbcn.org
2nd place in the annual brick architecture awards in Iran Apartment building in Bushehr, Iran Architect: Mehdi Baghbani
"It’s silly to say it’s entirely terrible but there are major downsides” observer.co.uk/culture/arch...
The Burnham blueprint: is the Manchester model all it’s t...
As mayor of a regenerated city of skyscrapers, Andy Burnham has been caught between winning outside investment and providing for local communities. What does his ‘place first’ motto signal for Britain...
observer.co.uk
Always enjoy a visit to the UCL Bartlett and AA degree shows, however or because their work is so speculative.
Much improved Gordon St / Gordon St at UCL. Strident road markings, planting, seating, breakout space for cafes and meetings which on a Friday lunch was clearly popular. Oddly though it all looks a bit reversible - even the zebra crossing is still there - heritage legacy installation?
Does replacing parking with bike-lanes hurt restaurant business? Of course not, as this new peer-reviewed STUDY of 15 years of Montreal data showed. ACTUALLY, downtown experienced significant restaurant growth after bike lanes were installed. @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...
‘…we need to achieve a minimum of 40% street tree canopy cover, and preferably more, before we start to really feel the benefits of nature’s most advanced air-conditioning technology.’ Me, for Big Issue, on tackling urban #heatwaves…👇 www.bigissue.com/opinion/heat...
Manchester City. The Stone Roses. The Blue Moon Chippy - Three Manchester Institutions 📸 Richard Cooke
