Barnabas Calder
Historian of #architecture and #energy, at University of Liverpool School of Architecture. Author of Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency (Pelican, 2021), and Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism (William Heinemann, 2016).
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@robhardeman.bsky.social
Independent materials technology consultant. Advocate for responsible business. Birder
@rachelnuwer.bsky.social
Freelance science journalist contributing to NYT, SciAm, Nature etc. Author of "Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking" (2018) and "I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World" (2023).
@vswyorks.bsky.social
West Yorkshire group of the @thevicsoc.bsky.social fighting to preserve our Victorian and Edwardian heritage. We run a regular programme of walks and talks across West Yorkshire: https://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/regional-groups/west-yorkshire/
@ucdarchaeology.bsky.social
Our Bluesky account University College Dublin, Ireland
@rcahmwales.bsky.social
CBHC yw'r corff cenedlaethol archwiliadau ac archif ar gyfer amgylchedd hanesyddol Cymru | RCAHMW is the national body of survey and archive for the historic environment of Wales cbhc.gov.uk | rcahmw.gov.uk | coflein.gov.uk | youtube.com/@rcahmw
@aaamurray.bsky.social
Architectural Historian and cask ale enthusiast. Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne.
@goodclimate.bsky.social
Brussels stuff, from the slopes of the Wyngaerd Berg. Journalism here https://www.brusselstimes.com/author/frederic-moreau
@emilywebz.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in the History and Philosophy of Health and Medicine at Durham University. #Epidemics #Environment #Health past and present.
@aninsggirb.bsky.social
ar/ia/la assistant professor. landscape architecture for the health of all living beings via embodiment, psychocultural & behavioral analyses. spatial justice/restitution = belonging to place-wellbeing. cortisol reduction re-wilding. magazine editor.
@stefanhorn.bsky.social
Ecological economist and urbanist investigating land rents and ownership models in sustainable cities | PhD candidate at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social | Own views
@markrustbucket.bsky.social
My career is in ruins. Industrial heritage, Scotland and beyond. #TICCIH #IHBC
@patriciastoughton.bsky.social
Mostly writing about the tidal Thames and concentrating on my blog: thetidalthames.com Occasionally writing about Brittany, France and Belgium, and their cultural links with the UK. Was writing for "hidden europe" magazine and others...
@drachinifel.bsky.social
@canadianerrant.bsky.social
Maritime Historian. Chief Mate (150 GT). Dad & Husband. Gardener, Cook & Brewer. Ngāi Tahu & McLean of Duart. Toitū te Tiriti. TCEU 416/CUPE L79. Canadian & Kiwi. Go Blue Jays. Cymru am byth. Alba gu brath. Go All Blacks. He/Him. Very good at Opsec.
@tonyrwalker1.bsky.social
Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦 Editor, Cambridge Prisms: Plastics Born at 324 in 🇬🇧 #plasticpollution #singleuseplastic #microplastics #PlasticsTreaty #ClimateChange #SciComm #SciPol
@thesahgb.bsky.social
Bringing together all those interested in the built environment's history. All Periods, All Places, All Welcome. www.sahgb.org.uk
@livingwithwater.bsky.social
Online seminar series coming May 2025, organised by Sam Grinsell (UCL) and Giulia Champion (University of Southampton). More details coming soon!
@rshp.bsky.social
We are RSHP and our talented teams of 180 people support an ever-diverse range of projects from our studios in London, Paris, Melbourne, Sydney, Shanghai, Shenzhen and New York. https://rshp.com/
@crcversailles.bsky.social
Le GIP - Centre de recherche du château de Versailles a pour objet la #recherche et la #formation sur les lieux et expressions du pouvoir au château Versailles et en Europe Site web, portail de ressources, réseaux sociaux ▶ https://linktr.ee/crcversailles
@architecturetoday.bsky.social
Architecture's independent voice. https://architecturetoday.co.uk/
@tmccormick.org
Housing and knowledge activist, designer, researcher, writer, builder; Contributor writer at @Sightline.org; etc. Mostly in: Cascadia, Western US, LDN; nomadic. http://tmccormick.org; tmccormick.eth
@aliceabrown.bsky.social
Architect, committed to action on the Climate and Ecological Emergency, member of the Camden Green Party
@themodernist.bsky.social
magazine, bookshop, gallery, publisher, events. 20th century architecture & design. a non profit social enterprise. https://the-modernist.org/ https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/themodernist
@sisambiente.bsky.social
Promoting Environmental History in and about Italy🌱
@fengschoeneweiss.bsky.social
Historian of arts & collections in planetary, ecocritical, and transcultural perspectives. 4A_Lab Postdoctoral Fellow @khiflorenz.bsky.social, Albert-Ottenbacher-Fellow for Provenance Research @zikg.eu, PhD @Uni-Heidelberg
@sarahdwald.bsky.social
environmental humanities prof at U of Oregon | Environmental justice | Living with MBC (she/her)
@animalhistories.bsky.social
The Animal History Group is an independent international research network for students, academics and other professionals whose work engages with animals in history. animalhistorygroup.org
@cocowhittaker.bsky.social
Heritage Consultant at Purcell | Shropshire born & Walthamstow based
@nimtimarchitects.bsky.social
Architecture practice based in SE London creating joyful & meaningful spaces
@mcnicol.net
Award-losing radio maker. Producer at Connecticut Public. Also at letterboxd.com/mcnicol I always carry my own keys. he/him
@westcountrymodern.bsky.social
A journey around mid century modernist buildings in the West Country. By @magslhalliday.bsky.social Subscribe to the newsletter: https://buttondown.com/WestCountryModernism
@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social
Associate Professor, History of Art & Architecture, UMass Amherst. http://sonjadrimmer.com/about-forte (She/her)
@victoriartpi.bsky.social
Chief Executive Royal Town Planning Institute @RTPIPlanners.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-victoria-hills-mrtpi-fice-frsa-mcmi-cmgr-6a53a29/
@drcatbutton.bsky.social
Director of Planning and Urban Design at Newcastle University. I research water and teach about cities
@avantiarch.bsky.social
Avanti Architects is an award-winning practice with an open and progressive design approach committed to creating socially sustainable and joyful buildings, places and spaces. Find out more on our website https://avantiarchitects.co.uk/
@mendelight.bsky.social
Literature professor @ox.ac.uk @engfac.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk • #OscarWilde biographer & curator http://makinghistory.magd.ox.ac.uk • Researching #Women in #Polar & #Arctic #Exploration @ieadeparis.bsky.social • French Canadian armchair cosmopolitan
@mltondre.bsky.social
English Prof. Oil (Bloomsbury, Object Lessons series), Oil! (Penguin), The Physics of Possibility (U of Virginia)🌞 https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/oil-9781501386626/
@hillthalisaup.bsky.social
Australian independent architecture and urban design practice. RTs are not endorsements.
@pszaboenviro.bsky.social
environmental historian | historical ecologist | Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences | Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno. Born at 330 ppm. #envhist #historicalecology
@concris.bsky.social
Profile of the project CONCRIS - Constant crisis: an environmental history of Czech forestry in the long 19th century. Funded by the Czech Science Foundation, based at @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social | PI: @pszaboenviro.bsky.social
@dmsi-uol.bsky.social
Understanding the role of digital media in society and its impact on individuals, communities, nations and the world. The Digital Media & Society Institute @UoL brings together researchers to explore the role and impact of digital media in society today.
@ilee-unamur.bsky.social
ILEE is an interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Namur (Belgium) investigating the mechanisms of Life on Earth and the interactions with the Environment. https://ilee.unamur.be/
@langrabbie.bsky.social
Not an architect but prone to concrete fetishism Palimpsestian Scot with a Nottinghamshire childhood now residing in London SW2's debatable lands C19th Liberalism tempered by teenage Marxism Today habit
@mverita.bsky.social
Historian of the built environment from the Enlightenment to present day at Illinois School of Architecture