From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Architects Twitter League breaks 250!

When we started this journey in January I could only find a couple of dozen architects using twitter, the networking tool which allows you to converse with people all over the world in 140 character bursts. The objective of my search was set out in this post, was to find architects on twitter, to see [...]

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A Design & Build Conversation

What follows is a conversation which took place on twitter between the evening of May 17th and the morning of May 18th 2009. I’ve reproduced it here because it illustrates some of the massive potential that twitter has as a networking tool. It happens to be about the procurement method of Design & Build. The [...]

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PassivHaus – its about saving energy

When I was studying to be an architect in 1990s Liverpool our design tutors gave us a project. We were to choose a method of generating renewable energy by the Mersey, and then design a ‘theme park’ ride that would be powered by this energy. Now it’s worth remembering that as a design project in [...]

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Joining the Architects Twibe

As more and more architects get on to twitter and start tweeting away, they routinely look for each other, and with a bit of luck they come across the Architects Twitter League and end up joining, for a bit of fun and to help others find them too. However, we all know that the real [...]

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What’s that big Green Button?

I love doing things online. I’m very practical about it; the main reason is that it allows me to spend time with my family instead of getting up at some godawful hour and eating a poor breakfast in a dank hotel with a load of suits. So any opportunity to network online is ok by [...]

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