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“They have recce’d [carried out reconnaissance] them, they have known about the cables for years,” said Dr Edward Burke, associate professor of International Studies at the University of Nottingham. He said the positioning of Russian ships over the cables as part of their navy exercise was “a campaign of incremental escalation”, showing they were aware of the vulnerability of the cables and this country’s inability to do anything to prevent them being cut. “Russia realises Ireland’s vulnerability is NATO’s vulnerability,” he said.

How Secure Are Europe’s Subsea Cables? - by Joe Galvin (via kenyatta)

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It’s not the first headache caused by Y721’s tall masts. The enormity of the yacht’s sails will make it unsafe to land a helicopter onboard, so Bezos has commissioned a support yacht equipped with a helipad to trail alongside.

Jeff Bezos’s Yacht to Force Dismantling of 130-Foot High Dutch Bridge - Bloomberg (via kenyatta)

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LEARNING FROM MARBLE ARCH MOUND: A PREMATURE OPENING AND AN EXECUTION LACKING IN LOVE (OUR SIDE OF THE STORY)

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2021 INTO THE THUNDERDOME:

Brexit scale-model project I was mucking about with during lockdown this year, inspired by the apocalyptic diy tabletop game Gaslands

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Introducing...Block-For-Block A Cultural Exchange Program For The Borough Of Manhattan:

The Program, Which I Am Calling “Block-For-Block,” Is Simple. One Full City Block Of Manhattan Real Estate (Buildings And Landscaping Included) Is Extracted From The Island And Shipped Elsewhere In The United States. A Parcel Of Equivalent Dimensions Is Excised From Its “Natural” Location And Sent To Manhattan In Return.

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And software developer Dan Williams explores the boundaries of CCTV.

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Kitasenju Design @kitasenjudesign:

structure of slit-scan

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21st Century City @urbanthoughts11:

Plaza Mayor in Madrid is an incredible intervention in a complex medieval street pattern

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How to make miniature room in the wall.

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For the Canadian Pavilion at Expo 67 the Geological Survey of Canada prepared a map of Canada (10 metres in width) on which Canada’s major geological formations were represented by their characteristic rocks. (Rock Map of Canada)

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Typology of Lego Computers (via Chenoe Hart)

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Skater and photographer Sam Partaix documents European skate culture

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The Bank of England in ruins, by Joseph Gandy

“The relationship between the two men was the most creative of its type in British architecture. Very quickly, Gandy understood Soane’s unique style of decoration and his experiments in space. He shared his fascination with the use of top-lighting and coloured glass, the “lumière mystérieuse” - Soane’s words - which cast a spell on the audience. After six months in the office Gandy painted a fantasy view of the Bank of England - Soane’s proudest work - in ruins. The City of London is imagined as a swampy wilderness, as desolate as the Roman Forum in the dark ages. It is the earliest example in Europe of a drawing in which an architect imagines a structure he has built as a ruin. At one level, it is a meditation on the future of the British Empire. Babylon and Memphis, Carthage, Athens, and Rome … why not London? But it also expressed Gandy’s insight into Soane’s mind.” [Guardian]

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Non-Structures Francisco Ibáñez Hantke

During the past 4 years, Chilean architect and photographer Francisco Ibáñez Hantke of Estudio Ibanez has put together a photo-series titled Non-Structures, which focuses on London’s urban regeneration and transformation and captures its various moments of ruins, planning, process, and eventually, complete architecture.

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