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Nebo Peklo @nebopeklo.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I’ve had a few new followers recently so thought it was time for a wee introduction. I’m Natalie, Southsider, midcentury design and concrete lover, mum to two kids, work full time in public sector and illustrate brutalist architecture in my (sparingly) spare time. (Continues 👉)

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Joss Durnan @jossdurnan.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Assertive use of Microgramma here

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Harry Wilkin$ @hs-wilkins.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

GLAD WE ALL STILL AGREE THAT THE JAGUAR XJ-S REMAINS ONE OF THE UK'S FOREMOST CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS.

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Joss Durnan @jossdurnan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

"A huge number are simply demolishing them" Simply indeed, without perhaps thinking of long-term repercussions in the round. These unusual monuments speak to an important time when the car's dominance was sacrosanct and seemed destined to continually rise. If we are not careful, none will be left.

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Joss Durnan @jossdurnan.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

One of my favourite pieces of New Town art, and one I still need to see.

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Alistair Fair @alistairfair.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Publication day! A social & architectural history of post-war Scottish new towns: planning & buildings plus community, family, gender, work, education, home. The ebook is FREE via bit.ly/4hLkxn9. Print copy (more attractive!) via www.bloomsbury.com/uk/building-... - do ask libraries to purchase

Cover of 'Building Modern Scotland', listing authors (Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning, Diane Watters and Valerie Wright) and showing a group of boys working on their bicycles amid new town housing.

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

‘This is the building which often prompts the response “I can’t believe it’s not listed”. Our message for DCMS and the heritage minister, Chris Bryant MP, is: do the right thing.’ C20 in @theguardian.com on the Southbank Centre campaign. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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Architecture film sparks new call to list Southbank Centre

Twentieth Century Society wants London landmark to get listed status with brutalism in Oscars spotlight

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RIAS Bookshop @riasbookshop.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

For our next event, we’ll be joined by the authors of ‘Building Modern Scotland’ who’ll be discussing their research into New Towns. Tickets available via Eventbrite

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Alistair Fair @alistairfair.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Over the next week, I'll add to this post to create a thread about the new book I've co-written, 'Building Modern Scotland'. It's a social and architectural history of Scotland's post-war new towns, written collaboratively by a team from @edincollegeofart.bsky.social & Glasgow University (1/..)

Cover of the book 'Building Modern Scotland', showing a group of boys and their bicycles amid new town modernist housing

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Joss Durnan @jossdurnan.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

The initial plan for #IrvineNewTown, prepared by Hugh Wilson (of Cumbernauld fame) was never realised. Wilson proposed capping the Annick Water to the east of Irvine with a concrete deck studded with buildings. The area remains rural today.

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Joss Durnan @jossdurnan.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Only four posts about Irvine New Town on the whole platform! Let's change that. Fencedyke, in the northern part of Bourtreehill, encapsulates IDC's housing ethos -- layouts that respond to topography, incorporation of existing mature trees / historic buildings, and block colour finishes.

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Joss Durnan @jossdurnan.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Leaving the Internet's public lavatory wall to join Bluesky like

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