Archive for September, 2008
My del.icio.us bookmarks for September 24th through September 26th
These are my links for September 24th through September 26th:
Fabric Insulation - ways of further raising performance standards for all types of building fabric: BD 2428 - Planning, building and the environment - Communities and Local Government - This report summarises building thermal performance requirements in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands and classifies them [...]
Del.icio.us.ness
What I’ve been reading about:
Andrew Todd: ‘the Gehrys and the Libeskinds don’t add anything to a city’ ~ Cafebabel - "Architecture has now become a political act, involving huge amounts of money, so only good governments can support good projects."
The Chinese Century - Review of a book I have on my bookcase on China and [...]
My del.icio.us bookmarks for September 11th through September 19th
These are my links for September 11th through September 19th:
BREEAM set to cover communities - Building - Unlike existing BREEAM tools, the assessment will take into account regional requirements. Cotter said: “For example, does the development meet the criteria for employment stimulation? It’s about making sure development complements regional local planning requirements.”
It has not been [...]
Short versus long term thinking
What’s more effective? Thinking short term doom (100 months) or making an investment in long term thinking?
my gut feeling goes with the second - any thoughts? Hat tip to Paul Miller for The Long Now connection. That’s not to discredit the 100 months campaign, I just have reservations with their tone of message. Guess [...]
No words necessary: The cartoonists tackle climate change
Some great images courtesy of The Independent. The full article here, a flavour:
“We set up the competition to give cartoonists around the world a platform on which to express themselves,” says John Renard, one of the Earthworks organisers. “We hoped that the competition would stimulate cartoonists to use their pens and wit [...]
My del.icio.us bookmarks for August 30th through September 1st
These are my links for August 30th through September 1st:
Coal verses Nuclear (Jonathon Porritt) - I've not made much comment on George Monbiot's comments on nuclear - mainly because I agree with his qualifications. JP explains here why the green movement are in a kerfuffle about it by explaining: "a communicator as astute and [...]
Complex vs. Complicated problems
In the pub the other evening, a colleague asked me to explain what I felt the difference was between complicated and complex problems. My thinking on the issue is heavily influenced by Dave Pollard and I credit him with the following explanation:
A complex problem or situation is substantially different from a merely complicated one. [...]
