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I am a camera
Articles, journal entries and images reflecting on places, often cities. The title is lifted from Christopher Isherwood: “I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.”
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Small vehicles of Sandhamn
Small vehicles of Sandhamn
How a picturesque island setting for a small Swedish follow-up to Small Vehicles of Tokyo is an unlikely contender for a 15-minute city…
Dan Hill
Aug 30
Truly public space rather than technically public space: making ‘platforms for outdoor gathering’
Truly public space rather than technically public space: making ‘platforms for outdoor gathering’
Utomhusverket 2021 by Studio Ossidiana for ArkDes; a conference centre for the birds, ‘al masha’, and the beauty, dignity and utility of…
Dan Hill
Aug 13
Sheffield: architecture and morality, ruins and austerity
Sheffield: architecture and morality, ruins and austerity
Walking around Park Hill, July 2011
Dan Hill
Feb 9, 2020
Evening walk in Shimbashi
Evening walk in Shimbashi
Walking through the izakaya along the railway, July 2019
Dan Hill
Nov 16, 2019
Villa Müller, Prague
Villa Müller, Prague
A 10 minute stalk around an Adolf Loos classic
Dan Hill
Nov 15, 2019
Moriyama House, by Ryue Nishizawa
Moriyama House, by Ryue Nishizawa
“The quiet accumulation of urban elements rooted in daily life” #1
Dan Hill
May 5, 2018
House NA, by Sou Fujimoto
House NA, by Sou Fujimoto
“The quiet accumulation of urban elements rooted in daily life” #2
Dan Hill
May 5, 2018
Old and New Finnish Grammar
Old and New Finnish Grammar
I’ve been learning Finnish for over a year now, and am getting nowhere fast. Finnish is a notoriously difficult language to learn —…
Dan Hill
Oct 25, 2012
Ravintolapäivä, edible urbanism and civic opportunism
Ravintolapäivä, edible urbanism and civic opportunism
How street food culture tracks and shapes an evolving city
Dan Hill
May 19, 2012
The pool as piazza
The pool as piazza
The public pool as Australia’s public space
Dan Hill
May 11, 2016
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