@PeterBRHalliday

Copy, content, and concrete

 Shropshire
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Joined February 2014
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Here's one for all you cabinologists.. the-modernist.org/collection… – at Salford, England
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We’re delighted to announce that our next book, Cabin Crew, is now available to pre-order. buff.ly/3PCPBJQ We look the work of Hird & Brooks, and their series of little-known holiday cabin sites, hidden away in rural Wales and the Scottish Highlands.
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Its back! By popular demand both Welsh and English versions - How Grey Was My Valley // Mor Llwyd Oedd Fy Nghwm by Peter Halliday. A slim volume celebrating the post-war architecture of Wales. (£9.00). buff.ly/4fcHnmP
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Please help to save Shropshire’s town hall by signing our petition change.org/p/save-the-shireh…

Sign the Petition

Save the Shirehall from demolition

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So, here’s a good example of why to treat GenAI content with caution. I asked Google Bard about Welsh Postwar architecture. It’s response included this sentence: “Atlantic College in Llantwit Major, designed by the Welsh architect Erno Goldfinger” #ai #GoogleBard #GenAI
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Shropshire is an unlikely haven of post-war municipal architecture. Thanks to a succession of strong-willed leaders in the county architects office, it punches well above its weight in the modernism stakes. @PeterBRHalliday in issue 45 of the modernist.the-modernist.org/collection…
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Great to see our Glasgow book Braw Concrete, and the work of @PeterBRHalliday and Alan Stewart featured in the @The_RPS Journal this month. the-modernist.org/collection…
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To celebrate the launch of my new book, I'm giving away a free copy. Retweet to enter (UK only) and a random winner will be selected on Boxing Day! amzn.to/3Pg3ug1 #modelmaking #architecture #history
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Braw Concrete by Peter Halliday + Alan Stewart Our latest book invites a reappraisal of Glasgow’s post war architecture. Available now.. the-modernist.org/collection… #brawconcrete
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A little something in little old #shrewsbury instagram.com/p/CldQpfhs5Xe/…

Peter Halliday (@p.halliday) • Instagram photos and videos

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Braw Concrete by Peter Halliday + Alan Stewart Our latest book invites a reappraisal of Glasgow’s post war architecture. Available now.. the-modernist.org/collection… #brawconcrete
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Braw Concrete  Great article this on the architecture of Glasgow, a fine city. Book looks good too "The idealism of it, maybe misplaced maybe naive, but it was evidence of people who were literally trying to build a better world" sundaypost.com/fp/oh-such-a-…

Braw Concrete: Expert fans celebrate Glasgow's grey masterpieces

New book Braw Concrete is a celebration in words and pictures of the postwar architecture of Scotland’s biggest city.

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In today's @Sunday_Post I talk to Peter Halliday & Alan Stewart about Glasgow's postwar architecture. #Brawconcrete #themodernist
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Some more coverage for #BrawConcrete, published by @modernistmag Oh, such a perfect grey: Expert fans celebrate Glasgow's concrete masterpieces… sundaypost.com/fp/oh-such-a-… via @Sunday_Post

Braw Concrete: Expert fans celebrate Glasgow's grey masterpieces

New book Braw Concrete is a celebration in words and pictures of the postwar architecture of Scotland’s biggest city.

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Glasgow's concrete buildings reflect a time when people dared to dream scotsman.com/news/opinion/co… (Kudos to @modernistmag for making all this happen)

Glasgow's concrete buildings reflect a time when people dared to dream

Go back 50 years, and there was nothing more unfashionable than Victorian art and architecture. The ornate ironwork, the floral frilliness, the gothic motifs. It was all hopelessly dowdy. A few...

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Braw Concrete - pop up exhibition Saturday 05.11.22. 11am-5pm New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8TL the-modernist.org/blogs/news… @newglasgowsoc

Braw Concrete - pop up exhibition

Pop up exhibition 05.11.22 11am-5pm To celebrate the launch of our latest book Braw Concrete by Peter Halliday and Alan Stewart, we will be hosting a pop up exhibition - for one day only. The...

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Braw Concrete by Peter Halliday + Alan Stewart Taking a long hard look at Glasgow’s post-war architecture. You can pre-order now. #brawconcrete the-modernist.org/collection…
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New book celebrates Glasgow's brutalist buildings from the Savoy Centre to QMU glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2306… @modernistmag

New book celebrates Glasgow's brutalist buildings from the Savoy Centre to QMU

THEY are not generally considered Glasgow’s most beautiful buildings but some of the city’s famous brutalist landmarks have been celebrated in a new book.

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Can we learn to love Glasgow's 'ugliest' buildings heraldscotland.com/life_styl… @modernistmag

Can we learn to love Glasgow's 'ugliest' buildings

THEY are among some of the most controversial buildings in Glasgow and people either love them or loathe them.

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Braw Concrete by Peter Halliday + Alan Stewart Taking a long hard look at Glasgow’s post-war architecture. You can pre-order now. #brawconcrete the-modernist.org/collection…
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