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Parallax, love, and architecture
How cities feel about you
Colin Ellard
Feb 2
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October 2022
Biodiversity, microbiomes and the psychology of restoration
I’ve just returned from my first international travel in a long time after visiting a really great design firm in Ohio, where I talked about…
Colin Ellard
Oct 2, 2022
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September 2022
Queen, home, memory, homeostasis
BBC.com I’m going to get a bit personal in this post, so be forewarned. Queen Elizabeth died last week. I confess I was overwhelmed by my reaction to…
Colin Ellard
Sep 13, 2022
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Power, geometry and places of education
David Keddie, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons It’s the bitter end of August for me. End of summer…
Colin Ellard
Sep 1, 2022
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August 2022
From the corner of your eye
Architectural experience and the periphery
Colin Ellard
Aug 18, 2022
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Where do we draw The Line?
neom.com Somewhat out of the blue last week I was asked to do a short bit of media (1) on Saudi Arabia’s dramatic new release of some renderings for…
Colin Ellard
Aug 3, 2022
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July 2022
Time to move
Explorations of time and architectural experience
Colin Ellard
Jul 20, 2022
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Brains, cities, NIMBYs, and neurobollocks
I’m going to try to gather together an inchoate collection of thoughts for this post but I’m hoping that, like a good Jethro Tull song (1), something…
Colin Ellard
Jul 7, 2022
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June 2022
Friction in cities and other places
(Image from colinvella, Wikimedia Commons) I’ve been thinking a lot about friction this week. One reason for this is that I keep encountering the word…
Colin Ellard
Jun 22, 2022
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Running home
The art and science of homecoming
Colin Ellard
Jun 8, 2022
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May 2022
Aging in the city
I can still chew! A few days ago, I visited my dentist for a routine cleaning. The hygienist, a woman in her 40s, was new to me. She took the usual…
Colin Ellard
May 26, 2022
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Hearts, minds, science and sentiment
Thinking tanks A few years ago, I attended an exclusive think-tank in Europe, the topic of which related to some things that interest me about cities…
Colin Ellard
May 11, 2022
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