📝 Field Notes from my Camper-van-camino: The Buildings of Lavenham
Environmental psychologist Lily Bernheimer says that older buildings appeal to use because of their fractal nature. The use of materials and patterns that reflect natural forms.
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 7 June 2024
As I walk through the streets of Lynn, it feels as though a switch in my brain has been turned on.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 8 Mar 2024
But, out of the horror and destruction of the blitz has emerged something quite remarkable: a huge swathing, pulsing galaxy of bricks. Here the cut of the frog and arris is softened by the wave’s embrace.
🟨 Treasure Hoard Entry: The Brick Fields of Hightown, Merseyside.
I’m told that the bricks (amongst other later demolished sites) were deposited here after the blitz of Liverpool - swept up from the bomb-pitted terraced houses and trucked onto the beach.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 14 July 2023
I'm travelling in Woody on the way to a photoshoot beyond London, but I make a detour to see a place that I've been wanting to see for a very long time.
A scroll through the buildings of Pershore, Worcestershire.
Pure scroll...