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Rob Fiehn

@robfiehn.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, PR, enthusiast (buildings) | Director at The London Society | Chair of Museum of Architecture | Trustee for Blackhorse Workshop

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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Thanks to everyone who came to the opening of London’s Climate Story Bank at @recessedspace.bsky.social x Hypha Studios last week. My sound piece with Andrey Chugunov, Fetch The Engine, is on as part of the exhibition until 11 July www.instagram.com/ldnclimatest... Photo by @robfiehn.bsky.social
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Next Wednesday, Jim Stephenson and I will be putting a different version of our Site&Sound night. We will be exploring the work of four amazing filmmakers who were all selected for the Contemporary Design Film Awards (CDFA) by the ENNESIMO FILM FESTIVAL. www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/sitesou...
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Site&Sound 10: Belonging Across Borders / The Garden Cinema
Site&Sound is an event series that explores the relationship between architecture and film. Each session will feature curated clips and short films around a chosen theme, inviting discussion around pa...
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Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
If you want more century-old architectural destruction on screen as I talk Buster Keaton for 15 minutes, with other speakers doing better on other topics, deets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/sitesou... Thanks @robfiehn.bsky.social & Jim Stephenson for the invite to revisit old research.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I went to the opening night of the new Hitchhiker’s stage adaptation and I can confirm it’s ill-considered in every sense of the word. I loved it! The performers were giving everything they got. Move over Punchdrunk, your time is over. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy review – flimsy extravaganza needs deeper thought
The madcap sci-fi tale is retold on a lavish scale, complete with in-show merch, but it never really blasts off
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I LOVED this piece on the optometrist by Kate and all the eye-based allegories. It got me thinking about Ruskin's 'innocent eye' and furore it subsequently incited in the art history world. Or the eye in Un Chien Andalou, a scene from a 1929 film that I still believe to be the apex of body horror.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
My photos from the largely abandoned Expo ‘92 site in Seville. Most of the original structures were demolished but some remain.
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Playtime at the Pavilions: Carmody Groarke at Dulwich Picture Gallery by @robfiehn.bsky.social @dulwichgallery.bsky.social recessed.space/00301-ArtPla...
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00301-ArtPlay-Pavilion-Dulwich — recessed.space
Playtime at the Pavilions: Carmody Groarke at Dulwich Picture Gallery After Peter Cook’s temporary play...
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
I wrote about the new @dulwichgallery.bsky.social ArtPlay Pavilion by Carmody Groarke for @recessedspace.bsky.social. It led me down a rabbit hole that took me from south London to the Serpentine. recessed.space/00301-ArtPla...
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
This article took a while but it turns out there’s lots to learn about housing at this year’s Venice Biennale.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
On Tuesday 26 August, I’ll be co-chairing a discussion about the short-term commodification of our cities at… the Negroni Talks! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/negroni-ta...?
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Negroni Talks #54 Home Economics
Short Term Gain, Longer Term Pain?
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I went to visit Space House ahead of the London Society event in a few weeks time. It’s even better than I dared hope for. The attention to detail from Squire and Partners is amazing.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
GREAT article from the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk all about infill housing. They spoke to many architects, including fourth_space and Archio. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/infill-...
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How do you kickstart an infill housing boom?
Could more infill housing give the government a swift but significant win in its rush to build 1.5 million new homes by 2030? Richard Waite looks at the issues holding back small-scale development and...
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I wrote a review of The Brutalist for the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk (ducks and covers). www.architectsjournal.co.uk/practice/cul...
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Film review: Brutalism with soul
An architect and his client survey the raw beauty and majesty of a marble quarry in Carrara. A hand ...
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Fascinating to see that ‘New Towns’ will really be urban extensions and that the government is aware that agencies like National Highways can block development. And what’s that I see about the “character” of housing reflecting local history…? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Work on up to 12 new towns in England to begin by next election, says Starmer
About 100 potential locations identified as government vows to sweep away red tape to get them built
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Learning that Iceland is having a greenhouse revolution. They can grow their own veggies all year round using clean energy and geothermal water. Way to go!
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
City of London at dusk has still got it. I have to be honest, I’m drawn to the old classics.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Canary Wharf in the fading light, shot on a Panasonic Lumix. Very happy with how the Herzog & de Meuron tower came out.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
In preparation for the Brutalist, I’m spending the festive period watching films about architects.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
City of London right now and it’s not even 6pm!
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
My Italian Christmas tradition is no more. RIP Camisa.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Reader, it’s going to exceed its £46m budget. Probably best we accept the inevitable outcome for the public purse now.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This is a really excellent episode. We must start seeing housing as infrastructure!
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Should have said big pig energy.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
A lot of us were hoping that this new government would understand the carbon agenda but this is not a good first sign. Hopefully, it’s just one decision and that future calls for retrofit might go the other way. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/ms-oxfo...
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Rayner approves M&S Oxford Street plans
She today (5 December) ruled that the retailer could press ahead with its plan to replace the iconic...
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Big hog energy in these posts.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Amazing, Open City is here now! bsky.app/profile/open...
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Jaguar compares new campaign for their pink and blue cars to the best of British creativity, including David Bowie, Vivienne Westwood and Richard Rogers! youtu.be/Zqt7_sd_Sgo?...
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Jaguar Type 00 | Copy Nothing Miami
YouTube video by Jaguar
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Smithfield AND Billingsgate?! What is going on? This feels shortsighted and very bad for London. londonist.com/london/lates...
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Smithfield And Billingsgate Markets To Close Forever
An end to almost a millennium of tradition.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The London Society is not yet on BlueSky so I’m posting on their behalf. On #WorldToiletDay, we are proud to be a partner of the #LondonLooAlliance. Public toilet provision MUST be improved in London if the city is to become truly inclusive.
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Scary but important updates on data security and the oncoming threats posed by the new Trump administration from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I can confirm this newsletter is good!
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Rob Fiehn @robfiehn.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hi everyone. First post on BlueSky, so it felt appropriate that it would be about architecture, photography and contain an actual blue sky! I'm looking forward to a return to pleasant conversations and new connections!
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