@TeatherEdward

Lunch Break AI Gothic and Trams | Fellow of the @BurgonSoc | Views own.

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Joined March 2020
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If you prefer the building on the right to the car park on the left, then you are guilty of the worst architectural crime: liking "pastiche". Me in @CapX on how local councils waging war on "pastiche" developments is stopping things getting built at all👇 capx.co/the-war-on-pastiche-…
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New student accommodation buildings at St Edmund Hall, Oxford: 1965 vs 2026.
Country Life@CountrylifemagOct 23
'Buildings are living, breathing things — we have to make them fit for people and the planet': Passivhaus ideas are transforming the ancient city of Oxford countrylife.co.uk/property/b…

'Buildings are living, breathing things — we have to make them fit for people and the planet':...

A low-carbon student-housing development by Oxford’s oldest academic society offers lessons in how historic buildings can be made sustainable. Russell Higham reports.

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The planning history on the new accommodation is interesting. The initial proposal was for a block that would have stood out from the surrounding street. The final design keeps about the same number of rooms and the same environmental accreditations, but looks like it belongs.
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If not outright banned, traditional architecture has certainly been made more difficult to build by planners. I wrote recently for @CapX on how many local plans expressly push against "pastiche": xitter.cf/CapX/status/2108595944…
planet Dave@_daviantOct 18
The white buildings are 19th century and pastiche architecture like that has not been “banned” by local authorities
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Out for a walk along the Thames today and it's always amazing that everything pictured below was built in the 1980s. It's probably the nicest part of Richmond, but building "pastiche" things like this has now been banned by many planning authorities.
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Slightly surreal to discover that my alternative gothic design for the Botley Road Bridge in Oxford has appeared in an article in the Wall Street Journal
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🚨 Tie sales up 200% 🚨
The Telegraph
@TelegraphOct 11
The tie is back, but can anyone actually tie one now? Retailer TM Lewin has reported a rise in sales of ties by 200 per cent over the summer, the assumption being that Gen Z are discovering ties afresh after years of sportswear. Find the styles for every occasion and how to wear them ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/fashion/styl…
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I recently finally got my hands on a copy of the unbelievably rare 1968 book 'School, University, Navy, Army, Air-Force & Club Ties', which is a true delight.
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Edward Teather retweeted
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@CapXOct 11
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The war on pastiche is fuelling Nimbyism – @TeatherEdward writes that the solution to Nimbyism is building beautiful things so that people don’t object capx.co/the-war-on-pastiche-…

The war on pastiche is fuelling Nimbyism

Councils keep rejecting the traditional designs people actually like

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Edward Teather retweeted
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@CapXOct 9
Replying to @CapX @TeatherEdward
By demonising pastiche, planning policy is encouraging the Nimbys while also making our towns and cities less beautiful in the process. Read more: capx.co/the-war-on-pastiche-…

The war on pastiche is fuelling Nimbyism

Councils keep rejecting the traditional designs people actually like

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Edward Teather retweeted
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@CapXOct 9
🧵Under Westminster City Council’s planning policies you couldn’t build Parliament today. ✍️@TeatherEdward
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Councils regularly block developments that fit in with their surroundings because they are "pastiche", and instead encourage new builds to stand out. My article in @CapX on how this policy is fueling NIMBYism and stopping things getting built at all👇
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@CapXOct 9
Planning policy that demonises pastiche is encouraging the Nimbys while making our towns less beautiful ✍️@TeatherEdward
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Edward Teather retweeted
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@CapXOct 9
Councils need to stop waging war on 'pastiche'
Edward Teather@TeatherEdwardOct 9
If you prefer the building on the right to the car park on the left, then you are guilty of the worst architectural crime: liking "pastiche". Me in @CapX on how local councils waging war on "pastiche" developments is stopping things getting built at all👇 capx.co/the-war-on-pastiche-…
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Replying to @TeatherEdward @CapX
A YIMBY policy that lasts three years only to be rejected by voters isn’t much of a win. Policy has to take people along with it. Despite this, several local councils have de-facto bans on building anything officers consider "pastiche", sometimes even written into local plans.
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Read more in my article below, and thank you to @Gill_Lewis65 for his editorial guidance. capx.co/the-war-on-pastiche-…

The war on pastiche is fuelling Nimbyism

Councils keep rejecting the traditional designs people actually like

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An extension to Oxford designed with "cues from the [existing] skyline" in mind might look something like this. One day we will build spires again.
Arka Serezh
@ArkaSerezhOct 6
Oxford is building a new neighbourhood on its west end The design brief says it should 'use cues from the Oxford skyline' The renders show modern geometric glass and brick buildings Oxford's historic skyline is spires and carved stone Nobody in Oxford can explain why a city built in stone is designing its expansion in the material that replaced it @Gondor_Ind
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Obviously Oxford needs to grow and it is actually good that this is being built, whatever it looks like. But we should dare to have better and more beautiful things.
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If the current MetroWest and tram proposals for Bristol all get built, then rail transport in the Greater Bristol/West of England conurbation could look something like this:
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That is, of course, if it gets built. Bristol doesn't have a great history with building trams - I've written on all of the failed attempts here: edwardteather.substack.com/p…
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