Once upon a time, London built an Olympic Park and then afterwards built lots more housing and train stations there and also next door in Hackney Wick but they always knew there would be lots of flooding because it’s a giant flood plain in a valley but they did it anyway. The End

https://twitter.com/r0bday/status/1419339808372142083

More than 10 years ago I visited Westfield Stratford under construction. Why so many stairs everywhere, I asked. Because everything here is going to flood, they explained - the whole Olympic Park. They accepted Westfield basement would flood but wanted as much as possible up high

Racism in architecture part 2: Over 20 years ago, a prize was established in the name of Stephen Lawrence, murdered in a racial attack, to pay tribute to a black teenager who wanted to be an architect, with a £5,000 prize.

How many black staff do these practices employ today? Someone nudged me on this, so I looked into it. I am friendly with some of these architects, as well as Doreen Lawrence. The disconnect between the prize in tribute to Stephen, and websites showing a lack of black staff even decades after winning, feels important to point out

After reading @WIRED staggering series of Airbnb stories, interesting to zoom in on individual 'places' in London. For example, here's a new, not-yet-complete neighbourhood of towers in Isle of Dogs - featuring 163 'entire homes' Airbnbs in a small area wired.co.uk/article/airbnb… Just 4 in King's Cross Central - Airbnbs