Articles that might be of interest if you find yourself on my substack…
The Architectural Review
Feature: Death to the Skyscraper, April 2023. The ecological damage inflicted by skyscrapers and how they are symptomatic of an unhealthy city economy.
Revisit: Straw Bale House, June 2023. Retrofitting an unusual home and reflecting on the use of straw as an ecological building material.
Outrage: Venture Capitalism and the Built Environment, Sept 2023. Why venture capitalism is a poor source of investment for the green transition.
Architect’s Journal
Review of Rowan Moore’s Property - the myth that built the world, Nov 2023.
Positive Money
2023 housing crisis explainer
Analysis of how much money landlords have made from capital gains increases
Why rising house prices aren’t only a problem of supply shortages
Data crunch of the impacts of the housing crisis on different demographics in London
Misc others including a few reposted in full on this substack
The Slow Grind Anthology
An essay about how engineering and architectural practise constrains creative engagement with the climate crisis for the Slow Grind, an anthology of ecological writing - Nov 2023. Other essayists include adrienne maree brown, Samaneh Moafi and Daisy Alexandra Ginsberg.
Resurgence & Ecologist
Barry Lopez, Mar 2023. Review of essays about a life in wildernesses
A shaky moral framework, Mar 2023. Review of Will MacAskill’s Long Termism rubbish