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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 14/10/2026

I've been working on a #LondonPlan for normal humans: a proof-of-concept exploring how we might present complex spatial policies in an intelligible and interactive format; encouraging ordinary people to engage positively in the plan-making process. londonplan.curtography.uk

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 27/09/2026

The Master Oak, Stanmore. Thought to date from the reign of Henry VIII, its heft is likely due to a clutch of acorns buried by a squirrel that grew together and fused over the centuries.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Have you ever wondered how the proposed Local Government Reorganisation correlates with the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of 5th-9th century England? Of course not! But I made a map of it anyway. Compare LGR, devolution and SDS boundaries...now with added "Heptarchy Mode". apps.curtography.uk/lgr/

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 22/09/2026

We were on Rainham Marshes on Sunday. Here are some Paper Wasps that have built their home at either end of a steel handrail. I wonder if they join up in the middle?

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 12/09/2026

After a year of hard work, RCKa is delighted to launch the consultation draft of the London Plan Small Sites Design Code—a potentially transformative planning policy for new homes across the city. consult.london.gov.uk/london-small...

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 06/09/2026

Have you been to the Nelson Stair?

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 28/06/2026

Handsome new mansion block nearly finished close to Enfield Chase. This is the future of the suburbs, and it's dense(r).

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 11/05/2026

Now updated to include Newham, which has posted the ward counts on its website today. This is now a complete map showing every vote in every ward, with totals for each party by borough and for the whole of London.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 30/04/2026

Astonishing London night. I love this city.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 21/03/2026

After 40% of the city was destroyed by allied bombing, Terni built back some really extraordinary buildings—many by Roman architect Mario Ridolfi, whose fountain in Tacito Square preceded the war.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 23/01/2026

Is this where Trump tears a youngster from his family and drags him thousands of miles away to an unfamiliar, foreign land?

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 13/01/2026

"It looks like you're a bit of a racist. Would you like me to suggest some clip art?"

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 31/12/2025

Assassin's Creed: Buon Anno edition

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 07/12/2025

Lisbon is such a feast for the eyes

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 09/11/2025

Quite the restoration job 👇🏻2018 2025👇🏻

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 30/10/2025

Slight detour while in Croydon for a client meeting yesterday to swing by @anfurman.bsky.social’s exquisite tiled facade at Croydon Colonnade. You just want to rub your hands all over them. Delicious.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 26/10/2025

Someone paid a lot of money for this

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 08/10/2025

They clearly had so much difficulty gaining the consents they dedicated a whole paragraph to it on the information board.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 08/10/2025

"Despite numerous difficulties including securing Planning Consent, consents from the Environment Agency and United Utilities, as well as other statutory bodies, a scheme was agreed in 2019 and the footbridge laid in place in 2020." Here's the infrastructure project that required these permissions:

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 21/08/2025

We’ve been here before, right? The halfwits’ moral panic seems to work on a 25 year cycle.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 20/08/2025

I’m not sure we’re in for a good night’s sleep.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 20/08/2025

The alabaster windows at Orvieto cathedral really are something.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 16/06/2025

The charity shouldn’t be at risk because the trustees are, presumably, responsible and will have to pony up the cash personally?

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 09/06/2025

Went to Nansledan today. It was...odd. Poorly built (paint already peeling; grubby render), rather too twee, and felt like it was trying to be a quaint coastal town without any of the intimate car-free streets that make proper Cornish villages so delightful.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 22/04/2025

RCKa's exploration into the potential for England's rural stations to deliver new homes and our longlisting for this year's #DavidsonPrize both feature in this week's @bigissue.com.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 19/04/2025

Really not enamoured by this printed throw seen in a shop window in Hitchin.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 18/02/2025

The pic on the left shows the appalling state of temporary accommodation that families are forced to live in (it's a mockup from the #NewHomesInNewWays exhibition). On the right is the interior of our prototype home. There's no reason why we should accept one when the other is easily achievable.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 18/02/2025

This plan shows the simple arrangement of space inside the home. Two bedrooms, bathroom and separate kitchen are accessed from the living and dining room in the middle module.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 18/02/2025

Here's the apartment part way through installation. As well as generous internal dimensions it has a ceiling height of 2.9m, far exceeding that even of conventional housing.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 18/02/2025

Just over a week ago we installed a prototype modular home outside the Building Centre in central London. Delivered on three lorries and installed in three hours, it provides a 63sqm 2bed apartment for just £100k that can deployed for temporary accommodation as a meanwhile use.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 10/02/2025

I was at the Houses of Parliament tonight in support of the latest #HomesForBritain pamphlet launch, where I advocated for emergency permitted development rights to deliver temporary accommodation on brownfield land.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 07/02/2025

Our prototype module is currently being installed outside the Building Centre in London's Store Street, and will be here for a month. Drop me a line if you'd like to know more.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 06/02/2025

Homelessness is a human tragedy and a national scandal. I'm going to be speaking at the Houses of Parliament on Monday evening about some ideas we've had for granting emergency powers to local authorities to house those in need, as part of a @thefabians.bsky.social housing debate.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 16/01/2025

Great to see the £132m that TfL spaffed away on Old Street Station has resulted in such a transformation for passengers.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 16/01/2025

Aside from the £4m that London boroughs are spending each day on temporary accommodation, the housing crisis is, at its heart, a human tragedy. I'm going to be speaking the @buildingcentre.bsky.social #NewHomesInNewWays conference next month about some ways we might start to right this wrong.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 06/01/2025

I hope the inevitable failure of this spurious legal action costs the anti-development brigade a lot of money. You lost. Reason won. Get over it.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 31/12/2024

When the time comes, you know what to do.

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 28/12/2024

My 78 year-old Mum now has her first smartphone—mainly so that she can now pay for parking in municipal car parks. But, for god's sake, can we please just agree on ONE parking app to use?

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Russell Curtis @russellcurtis.co.uk · 01/12/2024

We should be installing these kerbs in London to prevent morons parking their cars on the pavement.

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