notes.husk.org. scribblings by Paul Mison.

2013-03-05

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Cover of Pig Housing by David Sainsbury*, posted by Dr R Charles on Flickr.
* any relation?

Cover of Pig Housing by David Sainsbury*, posted by Dr R Charles on Flickr.

* any relation?

2013-02-26

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London’s chronic housing shortage has leaped past its unreliable transport as a threat to its future growth for the first time.

Senior executives at the capital’s biggest companies rated “housing” above “transport” in a poll carried out by the business group the CBI.

Jonathan Prynn: London’s housing shortage surpasses transport as biggest barrier to growth in the Evening Standard (indirectly via)

2012-04-03

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Housing in towers, a 1964 proposal by Buckminster Fuller and Shoji Sadao for Harlem in upper Manhattan.
(I’ve seen the proposal for a dome over Manhattan, but these cooling-tower like structures are new to me.)

Housing in towers, a 1964 proposal by Buckminster Fuller and Shoji Sadao for Harlem in upper Manhattan.

(I’ve seen the proposal for a dome over Manhattan, but these cooling-tower like structures are new to me.)

2011-05-10

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Heygate Estate. Photograph: Joshua Surtees. (from The last days of Elephant and Castle’s 1970s housing project at the Guardian.)

Heygate Estate. Photograph: Joshua Surtees. (from The last days of Elephant and Castle’s 1970s housing project at the Guardian.)

2009-07-15

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Views From The Barbican Estate On Its 40th Anniversary: Golden Lane. By Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Europe.

Views From The Barbican Estate On Its 40th Anniversary: Golden Lane. By Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Europe.

2009-03-20

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“A drawing gives an overhead view of Robin Hood Gardens”- taken from the New York Times piece, Rethinking Postwar Design at Robin Hood Garden in London.

“A drawing gives an overhead view of Robin Hood Gardens”- taken from the New York Times piece, Rethinking Postwar Design at Robin Hood Garden in London.

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