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  1. But Edinburgh is a mad god’s dream,
    Fitful and dark,
    Unseizable in Leith
    And wildered by the Forth…

    —Hugh MacDiarmid, “Midnight”
    published in The Complete Poems (1978)

    Today, 18 April, is World Heritage Day. Edinburgh’s medieval Old Town & Georgian New Town form one of Scotland’s UNESCO World Heritage sites

    historicenvironment.scot/advic

    #Scottish #Literature #WorldHeritageDay #architecture #builtenvironment #poem #poetry #Edinburgh #MacDiarmid

  2. Very proud to have my research featured in the latest edition of UCL's alumni magazine Portico alongside a stellar group of Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment colleagues including Fiona Zisch, Claire Heaviside and Haim Yacobi

    Read the full piece on how the built environment can support or improve our health and wellbeing:
    magazine.ucl.ac.uk/autumn-2025

    #health #wellbeing  #builtEnvironment #architecture #space #place #disability #neuroarchitecture

  3. London Hydraulic Power Company's Wapping Hydraulic Power Station. The last to close on 30 June 1977 as what little dock machinery remained converted to diesel or electricity.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_H

    #IndustrialArcheology #Heritage #BuiltEnvironment

  4. 🏠 Radon risk changes based on where you live—and how your home is built.

    Canada’s national data shows big differences in exposure.

    Page 16 of the Cross-Canada Radon Survey has the breakdown.

    🔗 buff.ly/2g0YjDe

    #RadonAwareness #PublicHealth #BuiltEnvironment

  5. ⏰ CFP! #WAC10 T16/S07 Entangled Architectures. How do human and non-human interactions shape the spaces we inhabit? Join us to explore the dynamic relationships between #architecture, landscapes, materials, and more! #Archaeology #BuiltEnvironment #WAC2025 shorturl.at/pIuUv

  6. 'Coffin' flats epitomize inequality in high-rent Hong Kong New laws will set space minimums to fight housing inequality in a region where 200,000 people live in cramped quarters. #housingaffordability #architecture #inequality #builtenvironment #interiordesign

    'Coffin' flats epitomize inequ...

  7. after reviewing many literatures so far, there are 3 similar words that not enough bike/ped tooter/tweeter talk about.

    “urban form” focuses on the physical characteristics,

    “urban fabric” on the layout and structure,

    “urban morphology” on the study of their formation and transformation.

    but yeah all focus on urban environments and stuff

    #cityplanning #transportation #urbandesign #transportengineering #urbanform #BuiltEnvironment