Patrick Zamarian @pzamarian.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Think it might be time for The Wire again … it's been a few years. 000 0
Patrick Zamarian @pzamarian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Research in and on the Liverpool School of Architecture 2008 >>> 2026 000 0
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianBarnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm giving a talk online this evening (5:30 UK time) for Architectural Institute Prague, about how learning from past building norms could not only reduce our ecological harms but also improve our health and happiness. Do join if you're interested: www.youtube.com/@architectur... 0177 17
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianConstruction History Society @constructionhist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Well, this looks pretty disastrous for researchers into English structures. How on earth could this have happened so suddenly that #HisttoricEngland had no warning?? Their risk register and risk management must be pretty weak. www.sarsen.org/2026/09/hist...sarsen.orgHistoric England’s Vanishing ArchiveHistoric England’s photos didn’t vanish. SmartFrame did. Then they broke their own links. Not just the aerials. The lot. Historic Englan... 34814 48
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianThis Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/202664 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️ 7733561271 3.4K
Reposted by Patrick Zamarianbecimay @becimay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My TLS piece on the Exeter cuts ✨ 314052 140
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026Mark Carney mocks Trump's accordion hands 1433140695 3.1K
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianMarta O'Brien @archhistory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hooray! Late architect Robert Hill's incredible Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 is back online thanks to a recovery. I think Robert would be happy that his decades of work have been preserved. canadianarchitects.org/about/canadianarchitects.orgThe Recovery — Dictionary of Architects in CanadaHow the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada was recovered from the Internet Archive. 0188 18
Patrick Zamarian @pzamarian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Cheap shit www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comUnited Utilities fined nearly £1m after discharging raw sewage along Lancashire coastSeaside communities and businesses were affected significantly by the contamination in June 2023 000 0
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianJustin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social · 25/08/2026theonion.com/guy-who-suck...theonion.comGuy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AISAN MATEO, CA—After spending the past three decades of his life being totally unable and unwilling to engage in any meaningful way with the world around him, James Parker, a local guy who sucks at bei... 093 9
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Let's assume for a moment that "the left" takes a "massive generational L" and AI is everywhere and we all have to use it. I think we'll all be ok because it takes like 30 seconds to learn how to use because it was designed so dumb fucking babies can use it 1675384 753
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianMunicipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 18/08/2026One of the most significant libraries of housing and planning in the country urgently needs a good home. Full details here: municipaldreams.substack.com/p/a-good-hom...municipaldreams.substack.comA Good Home Needed Urgently for One of the Most Significant Libraries of Housing and Planning in the CountryThe trustees of the Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum are disposing of its Harry Simpson Memorial Library in September, next month. 22518 25
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Piece I just wrote for Current Affairs. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...currentaffairs.orgThe Massive Climate Lie That Will Destroy Human CivilizationThinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat... 501007485 1K
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianBarnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I've set out my alternative proposal for the Rotterdam Shift Embassy: www.dezeen.com/2026/08/03/r... 32610 26
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianArchitects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 14/07/2026ABK co-founder Peter Ahrends dies aged 93architectsjournal.co.ukABK co-founder Peter Ahrends dies aged 93 023 3
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianAlistair Fair @alistairfair.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I've co-organised a symposium with @c20society.bsky.social on 10 September to mark 80 years of the New Towns Act, and the launch of Elain Harwood's final major book, 'New Towns Mark One', which I edited (and the sequel to which I'm now writing). Details here: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx... 0199 19
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianUniversity of Liverpool - PGR Development @uolpgrdevelopment.bsky.social · 17/06/20263MT® Final! Our next 3MT® finalist is Peter Williams from HSS with his presentation “Landscapes of Atomic Optimism by Dame Sylvia Crowe: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Nuclear Energy Infrastructure and Landscapes” #LivUni3MT 042 4
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianMartin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 12/06/2026And an equally enormous loss: EThOS remains down, with plans to resurrect only a hugely degraded version, without downloads. Access to the PhD theses here was crucial. I would always search it on a topic, because these PhD works can be really good. And they don't need to be a book to be cited. 16533 65
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/06/2026NYT headline when the economy added 266,000 jobs under Biden vs. NYT headline when BLS says the economy added 172,000 jobs under Trump. 36154281909 5.4K
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it. 22257701004 5.8K
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe political effects of X’s feed algorithm - NatureAmong users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared... 8125911553 2.6K
Patrick Zamarian @pzamarian.bsky.social · 20/02/2026The BBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics must be the worst in television history. 000 0
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianEveryone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway…. 📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way 312061661 2.1K
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianPhilip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 31/01/2026At last an AI tool I can get behind “Upload an architectural render. Get back what it'll actually look like on a random Tuesday in November.” antirender.com 629672 296
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianLuca Csepely-Knorr @lucaknorr.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Very excited to host the wonderful Tim Waterman tomorrow at the Liverpool School of Architecture! His talk, ‘Reworlding: Planetarity and Future Imaginaries’, is open for all and you can also look around our new home! @sotauol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social www.liverpool.ac.uk/architecture...liverpool.ac.uk Reworlding: Planetarity and Future Imaginaries | School of Architecture | University of Liverpool 163 6
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianDavid Luck @dluckarchivist.bsky.social · 22/01/2026So, part of my job is to see what people are making of the history of our Hospital. Bethlem partly exists in the gothic, horror-adjacent end of history, and so attracts a certain kind of presentation. Restraints, gore, electrodes, I thought I'd seen it all. Until... ...I stumbled onto this book. 65015 50
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianBarnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Brilliant to see the BBC picking up Ranald Lawrence and Dean Hawkes' fabulously interesting and important #environmentalhumanities work on #HardwickHall. They measured solar gain to understand Elizabethan comfort tech. The original articles are hugely worth reading too. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...bbc.co.uk'The past is an underused tool': An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warmIn a deadly cold period known as the Little Ice Age, clever Elizabethan designs kept a magnificent stately home unusually warm – with lessons for how we can heat our own homes better. 05625 56
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianGeraint Franklin @geraintfranklin.bsky.social · 09/01/2026It's been a long time in the making, so it's great to share a sneak peak of 'High-Tech Britain: Buildings of the Space Age', published by @batsfordbooks.bsky.social and @c20society.bsky.social on 5 March. Pre-order at www.batsfordbooks.com/book/high-te... 🤖 2255 25
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianJunjie Xi @jxi2024.bsky.social · 08/01/2026More updates to come up soon.liverpool.ac.uk The Life and Death of Liverpool’s Chinatown: A Journey from Shanghai | Stories | School of Architecture | University of Liverpool news articles created in terminal 4 021 2
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianBarnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Did anyone snap the Foster/Holcim Essential Homes prototype at the Venice Biennale 2023? If so might I be able to use your photo for an article? I'm not getting replies to my request for permission. 026 6
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianLloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 03/01/2026I have been working through @parismarx.com ’s guide to getting off US tech, slowly because I am so deep into the Apple world, but today’s events just gave me a big kick in the butt to get it done. disconnect.blog/getting-off-...disconnect.blogGetting off US tech: a guideI’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider. 57130 71
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianChristopher Hawthorne @hawthorne.bsky.social · 12/12/2025www.punchlistmag.com/p/what-the-s...punchlistmag.comWhat the Stahl House says about L.A.For a cool $25m, the most famous of the Case Study designs can be yours 0125 12
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianJames Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 11/12/2025The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂 Booking available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-... 6144179 179
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 07/12/2025TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it". 113127205194 12.7K
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianRobert Proctor @rproctor.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Free online seminar alert - 'Down Under Webinar: Religion and Architecture in Australia' (via KADOC/KU Leuven), 8 Dec, 8am UK time. Registration link - kadoc.kuleuven.be/english/3_re... 001 1
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/11/2025This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comNature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry findsCommons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment 341284497 1.3K
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianCross Street Architects @crossstarchitects.bsky.social · 03/11/2025@wildtwin.bsky.social Great chatting with you today Jeff. Thanks for attending and talking with the first year students it was lovely to hear you talk about your work and processes. Thanks Stephen 163 6
Patrick Zamarian @pzamarian.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Best buildings in Zurich, 2021-24 - sixteen projects, almost half of them retrofits. gutebauten.stadt-zuerich.chgutebauten.stadt-zuerich.chAuszeichnung für gute Bauten der Stadt Zürich 2021–2024Gutes Bauen hat in Zürich Tradition. Die Stadt zeichnet seit rund 80 Jahren regelmässig die besten Bauwerke und Freiräume aus 010 1
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianDuncan Hamilton @dnhamilton.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Manchester historians! @historylabplus.bsky.social and @porticolibrary.bsky.social are uniting again for another History Open Mic Night! Come down on Dec 11th to hear brilliant speakers from the Manchester history scene on a range of topics - book below! www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...theportico.org.ukFastHistory — The Portico LibraryListen to a series of quickfire talks with specially invited guests from across the history and heritage sector, then take to the stage yourself to share your own historical passions! 11412 14
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianRobert Heinze @rheinze.eurosky.social · 21/09/2025Zürich hat jetzt seine eigene M-Wort-Debatte, allerdings natürlich unter klassisch Zürcher Bedingungen mit direkt persönlichen Attacken auf einen guten Kollegen, Bernhard Schär 116119 61
Patrick Zamarian @pzamarian.bsky.social · 08/09/2025One off the bucket list … I hiked from Manchester to Liverpool over the weekend. 71 kilometres. Won't be doing that again anytime soon. 120 2
Reposted by Patrick Zamarian👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 04/09/2025*sigh* No, that’s just the effect of several centuries of rain through an iron grate. Nobody was wasting precious oil during a siege. they were throwing piss 693318496 3.3K
Patrick Zamarian @pzamarian.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/al...you.38degrees.org.ukAlexandra Road Retrofit: Stop Potential Fuel Poverty, Mould, and InequalityCamden Council’s proposed heating retrofit for the iconic Grade II* listed Alexandra Road Estate risks locking residents into permanently high bills, colder homes, damp and mould and greater inequalit... 021 2
Reposted by Patrick ZamarianJohn Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 21/08/2025When the dust settles, and if universities have meaningfully survived, it will be worth asking how institutions usually so resistant to thoroughgoing change chose to leap with both feet into an untested technology they didn't understand and didn't know how to use. 181093298 1.1K