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Thomas Schielke

@arcspaces

Architect looking for luminous spaces. Interested in light as a message. Coauthor of the books Light Perspectives and SuperLux.

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Joined December 2010
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@GretaThunberg9 Jun 2023
School strike week 251. Today, I graduate from school, which means I’ll no longer be able to school strike for the climate. This is then the last school strike for me, so I guess I have to write something on this day. Thread🧵
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Here’s my take on this year’s biennale theguardian.com/culture/2023…
The toxic landscape of colonialism: Venice’s architecture biennale spotlights Africa

The toxic landscape of colonialism: Venice’s architecture biennale spotlights Africa

Is the era of the elderly white male finally over? This year’s global extravaganza, boasting a Ghanaian-Scottish curator, features a huge number of exhibitors from Africa – and shows its vicious...

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The Latvians have turned all 506 previous Venice architecture biennale pavilions into a nauseating mini-market of lobotomised products, where visitors are invited to shop till they drop for meaningless platitudes in a never-ending game of supermarket sweep 👌
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Ok, you might want to hear this: On Sunday, Berlin will hold a public vote on its climate target. If a majority votes "Yes" Berlin will move its net-zero target to 2030 (!) The result is binding. Over night, Berlin could become the worldwide largest city acting in line with 1,5°.
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Timothy Garton Ash
@fromTGA23 Feb 2023
It's a crucial moment for Ukraine & Europe. My report & conclusions from an inspiring week in #Ukraine, talking to @CinC_AFU @AndriyYermak @DmytroKuleba @StefanishynaO @DmytroNatalukha @PenUkraine @yermolenko_v @IRF_Ukraine & many ors - & then @MunSecConf spectator.co.uk/article/the-…
The need for speed in Ukraine: the West must be bold

The need for speed in Ukraine: the West must be bold

Kyiv General Valeriy Zaluzhny, stocky, forceful, apple-cheeked, sits at the desk in Kyiv from which he commands all Ukraine’s armed forces. I ask him what they need from the West. First, air defence....

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Pilgrimage to MIT Chapel / Eero Saarinen with Harry Bertoia
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Already last June, a tweet from @biz_ukraine_mag reported that “to ‘Scholz’ is now an accepted term in Ukraine meaning to continually promise something without ever actually having any intention of doing it”. ⁦@fromTGA⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfre…

I went viral in Germany for a meme about Scholzing – but the chancellor’s hesitancy over Ukraine is...

Any credit I got last week for coining a term on Twitter was quite undeserved. The Ukrainians who did need Germany to do more, says the Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

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John King@JohnKingSFChron20 Jan 2023
Long time readers might recall that when the Bay Lights appeared in 2013, I was the old guy standing with his feet in the water shaking his fist at the tide. Let's just say that the passage of time has not brought me around: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…
Are the Bay Bridge lights worth saving? Our design critic says no

Are the Bay Bridge lights worth saving? Our design critic says no

The lights on the Bay Bridge were once novel and new. Now, John King says, they feel like...

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@ArchDaily15 Nov 2022
Solar Decathlon Europe: Sustainable Lighting Combines Engineering and Design dlvr.it/ScnsPg

Solar Decathlon Europe: Sustainable Lighting Combines Engineering and Design

The motto of the Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22 was to convert and expand rather than to demolish and reconstruct.

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Blair Kamin@BlairKamin14 Nov 2022
Check out these fabulous, close-up drone photos of classic Chicago skyscrapers. A must-read—and must-see—from ⁦@NeilSteinberg⁩ of the Chicago Sun-Times. chicago.suntimes.com/columni…
Ready for their close-up

Ready for their close-up

Pennsylvania duo focuses on “antique skyscrapers.”

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From a friend visiting D.C. right now: “And I just learned that they turn the exterior lights on the White House off at 11:00. Good job, John.”
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Greta Thunberg
@GretaThunberg26 Aug 2022
School strike week 210. #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #SchoolStrike4Climate
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“Is nationalism good or bad? Albania needs it to show that it is sexy and cool.” The story behind MVRDV’s giant head 🤡 theguardian.com/artanddesign…

What the Marble Arch Mound architects did next: a skyscraper shaped like Albania’s national hero

A building with the aquiline profile of a 15th-century warrior is the latest proposal by MVRDV to transform Tirana, the capital of Albania. But not everyone is happy with the Dutch firm’s plans

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Blair Kamin@BlairKamin17 Jul 2022
The people you meet at airports: An illustrated encyclopedia - Washington Post washingtonpost.com/travel/in…
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Making rooftops a lighter colour could reduce heat-related deaths in cities by up to a quarter theguardian.com/artanddesign…

Metropolis meltdown: the urgent steps we need to take to cool our sweltering cities

All over the world, temperatures in urban areas are rocketing. What can we do? Axe air-con, whitewash roofs, unleash buried rivers – and try to be a bit more like Norwich

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The papers at MAB23 will represent the latest research, trends and practices in Media Architecture and its role in the built environment. The authors of the papers come from around the globe and include researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines. #MAB23 #MAB23Toronto
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Serpentine 2023! @ollywainwright has used AI to generate a speculative proposal for next year's Serpentine Pavilion – dezeen.com/2022/06/10/ai-des… (via @dezeen)
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MAB23 will take place on: June 27-28, 2023 Online 🖥️ AND July 5-7, 2023 In-Person in Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 ✔️ Head over to mab23.org to subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on our socials for the latest info about the event #MAB23 #MAB23Toronto @thecreativeschl
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Laser physics in emojis from the @ESO blog: eso.org/public/blog/how-lase…
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📢 Architecture Twitter! Am I imagining it, or is there a building somewhere in the world that looks like Nairobi City Market, but with apartments on top, looking down into the vaulted space? (Not the Rotterdam Markthal)
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