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Wondering if trials bikes are allowed anywhere on access land, specifically the delicate path to the top of South Head, Chinley. @peakdistrict.bsky.social @cbtransportgroup.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New urban projects like IBA Landgut and Sonnwendviertel comprise medium-rise apartment blocks with social housing complementing the existing city, neither 14 homes per hectare car-dependent sprawl nor 15+ storey vanity projects. So the city has a spatial CONTINUITY.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

...50-60% live in social housing, much of it public ownership, partly an enduring legacy of Red Vienna, cities within a city.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

80% of Vienna lives in rented flats, centrally these are 19C ~6 storey urban city (originally “mietkaserne” or “zinshäuser”) blocks with neo-classical palazzo street facades...

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

…post WWII superblocks like Siebenhirten (1978-80 Hautmann-Kiss) and Alterlaa (1975-86 Gluck), with its 14 swimming pools 20 saunas 2 indoor tennis centres 4 badminton courts Church Library tv station shopping centre newspaper office clinic Kindergartens Schools playgrounds and park works of art

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Beyond the Ring, Vienna’s suburbs are full of interest and imagination: urban villas like the Villa Beer (1929-31 Frank+Wlach), public housing projects like the Werkbundsiedlung (1929-32 Frank, Haring, Hoffmann, Loos, Rietveld, Lurcat, etc) and...

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The city has started work on humanizing the Ring, in consultation with Gehl. The Ring is a legacy of the old fortification glacis, given monumental buildings in the 19C and like many grabbed by the highway engineer in the 20C. The plans look very positive for pedestrians and cyclists alike.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Cycle infra otherwise in the city appears patchy, with vehicle priority, worn out painted lanes, and a profusion of “stroads”. There are many stats about how extensive the cycling network is, but this cyclist found it sketchy at times. (Streetview pics).

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The R1 Donauweg cycle route along the Danube, even with ferry crossings, is well surfaced, effective and popular with people of all ages, at least the bit I did from Passau. No Trans Pennine Trail style “regeneration” diversion opportunities are necessary here.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Favoriten, a district S of the centre, is implementing Supergratzl, a version of the Barcelona Superblock, strictly limiting through traffic, giving more space to people with play areas, seating and planting.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

City squares regularly have underground parking below. G Cochplatz 319 spaces, Freyungplatz 577 spaces. Great to get cars out of the way because the surface can become people and planting, though not necessarily the ideal mobility solution. Michaelerplatz is one of the city centre walking hubs.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Straightforward projects for improving urban comfort / walkability abound, with suds planting, trees and seating replacing car parking.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When the population are consulted, they favour giving space to people rather than cars. 10,000 were consulted on Argentinierstrasse to give cyclists priority for a calmer, safer street. Asphalt is replaced with permeable surface and paving and 70 trees make an urban corridor.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The IKEA atrium bringing daylight into the lower floors has breakout modules for figuring out your kitchen unit layout. A rooftop terrace has views over the city.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

PT is so good that IKEA feel able build a store with no car park. "Around two-thirds of Viennese people living in the inner-city districts of Vienna do not even have a car anymore. They come by public transport, walk, ride bicycles or take a scooter." IKEA

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Viennese whirl, a look at urban comfort. Vienna metropolitan region has a population of 3m, same as Greater Manchester. A comparison of their tram and subway networks gives a good snapshot of PT provision in each city. 🧵(15)

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Baroque-Rococo turns out to be easy to draw. 🧵

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The four ceramic figures at KMH by Josef Franz Riedl (Physical Culture - Liberation - Education - Child Welfare) overlook 12.-Februar-Platz, a pleasant green space above a 200-space underground car park. Just one of several treed courtyards.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Two Red Vienna housing estates: Engelsplatz and Karl-Marx-Hof. Built with public baths, shops, cafes bars, surgeries, kindergartens, support centres, libraries, workshops, etc. But hmmm, try getting a coffee today - a small cafe is tucked inside a (privately run) squash club behind the KMH museum. 🧵

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Grasmere, Cumbria. Triple king post / queen post hybrids? #trussesonthursday

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Saw this and looked around. Wondering why #bbcnews choose to believe whatever local councils tell them. BBC: "Do you allow pavement parking?" Stockport: "No." Also Stockport: 🧵

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Random groups, The Magic of Thailand Festival, Platt Fields, Manchester.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The signs are still dotted around here and there with their sad footnote; "under review". Meanwhile (January 2025)...

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Wondering why everyone doesn't spend their evenings on The Ultimate Manhole Covers Site? Marvellous. manhole.co.il/default.asp (Spotted one not on their map) #infrastructure #look-down #needham

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Wondering why #hmgov introduced this rule? No promotion, anecdotally police know nothing about it, drivers don't know or don't care, and it's trumped by the design of our highways.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Nice to see disabled parking bays near the, er, entrance, oh. #fellowship

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Road closed, pavement open, so where should we put the sign?

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"Readymicks" concrete suppliers, Longport, a lively distraction from the distressing state of Top Bridge Works across the Trent+Mersey Canal. #urbansketching

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Frame is up and looks great, if conventionally shed-like, and shame to put (aluminium?) cladding on it. Wondering if the £4.4m grant represents the e.o. contractors charge for timber over steel frame.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

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?

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

On Manchester's "European style boulevard"

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Crookstone Hill, Derbyshire, Peak District #fingerpostFriday

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Win Hill, Derbyshire, Peak District yesterday #trigpointThursday

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Crazy. Replace a few of those parametric panels with glass, add a few lightweight timber internal walls and floors = housing with basement parking. I know...

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Always enjoy a visit to the UCL Bartlett and AA degree shows, however or because their work is so speculative.

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James Dyson @dysonsk3.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

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?

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