Robert Proctor

My book is finally published! Percy Thomas: Modern Architecture as a National Service. www.uwp.co.uk/book/percy-t...

Bad portal.

I know it's hard to find another use for something this big, but it's bloody lovely and would be a loss. I popped back to see it properly. Hotel de Luc, Tunis.

Call for papers for conference that doesn't get much exposure: 'Faith in Architecture', International Conferences on Contemporary Religious Architecture, Madrid, proposal deadline 15 Feb 2027, conference 21-23 Oct 2027. sites.google.com/view/x-ciarc...

Nice discovery, thanks Tony. (More here: yossimilo.com/artists/56-m...).

Show me something that traumatised you as a child.

Turnitin trying to sell me an automated AI grading system ... This is what it was about all along, isn't it?

Conservation officer full alert mode on the planning portal.

No.

'A well-produced, and copiously well-illustrated book ... with a plethora of good photography by the author, including the striking front cover.' A great review of @rproctor.bsky.social's 'Percy Thomas' in the latest issue of Context! Discover more about the book: www.uwp.co.uk/book/percy-t...

Is it ever not construction industry awards season on LinkedIn?

Foggy morning on the Severn. Wigeon are back.

Reading student reviews of my university, and the most frequent complaint is overcrowded, infrequent and overpriced buses to campus. Pretty much been the case for a decade at least. You'd think someone would look into that.

Have always suspected this, that the curves are to give a definite character rather than to appear straight.

Muppet Crime and Punishment.

On BBC iPlayer, I see. Recommend it.

Found a good CFP. Can't decide which of three possible proposals to put in. Writing them all out to see which looks best. Not sure this is the most fruitful use of my time.

Bradford-on-Avon bank holiday wander.

You know when you think you've found a really good building and then you look it up and find that of course it was by such-and-such? Postmodern theatre and media complex at Chambéry by Mario Botta, 1982-87, extended by Aurelio Galfetti, 1992.

Anyway, this year I'm taking all my annual leave whether I have anything fancy to do or not. So hello from a marsh in Gloucestershire, where there's a spoonbill looking as relaxed as me.

St Bernadette, Annecy, by Maurice Novarina and Claude Fay, 1963-67.

The perfect provincial French mairie doesn't exi ... At least Duingt, near Annecy, has a very cute one, doesn't it.

Modernist Annecy. Lake-frontage apartment blocks.

NEWS: Yes, Prime Minister? The RC Church of St Oswald & St Edmund Arrowsmith (J Sydney Brocklesby, 1925-30) in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, has been upgraded from Grade II to Grade II* by DCMS. The French Romanesque church contains an unrivalled collection of stained glass by artist Harry Clarke.

Basilican panopticon.

Well anyway, props to these balconies for not collapsing on me during my dinner.

Sad to find that FNAC is like WH Smiths now, books and films in a corner of a store full of electro-junk.

Ps Bobigny Town Hall has to be one of the most beautiful in the world.

Tourist tat fridge magnets are all AI slop now.

Congratulations to @rproctor.bsky.social whose book 'Percy Thomas: Modern Architecture as a National Service' has been shortlisted for the @thesahgb.bsky.social Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion! Discover more about this fascinating book and read the full shortlist: www.sahgb.org.uk/features/202...

very pleased to be shortlisted for the @thesahgb.bsky.social Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion in a very strong year for 20th Century architectural history titles, with fantastic books from @alistairfair.bsky.social @holsmith.bsky.social @rproctor.bsky.social & others www.sahgb.org.uk/features/202...

save-gsa.uk Keeping an eye on this, late though it is; petition setting up shortly, apparently.

Very exciting news that 'Building Modern Scotland' has been shortlisted for the @thesahgb.bsky.social's Alice Davis Hitchcock award alongside excellent titles by @holsmith.bsky.social @matthewwhitfield.bsky.social @rproctor.bsky.social and others! www.sahgb.org.uk/features/202...

The SAHGB Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion book shortlist has been announced, and I'm delighted to find that my book on Percy Thomas is included, alongside brilliant new books by @alistairfair.bsky.social @holsmith.bsky.social @matthewwhitfield.bsky.social and others. www.sahgb.org.uk/features/202...

Struggling to read a poorly written and badly edited academic book from a while ago, had to laugh when the last sentence just cuts off halfway through, 2/3 the way down a page, like the author reached a deadline at 5.00 so just stopped work and sent it in.

Entering l'Antigone. It's a pomo new town. Odd atmosphere though pedestrianised, so that's one up on Poundbury.