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Architectural Contacts on Twitter

If you’re a newbie and the twittersphere is a big new world to you, then here are a few sound contacts to start off with

Architects

Check out a comprehensive and growing list of architects here

Blogs and Websites

fotofacade – that’s me! Architectural photographer and commentator with a passion for the built environment

pevstweet – Great Buildings in 140 characters or less

ArchDaily – wonderful stream of contemporary buildings

bldgblog – one of the most popular archi bloggers

archiCULTURE - Two architects-turned-filmmakers who have turned the camera on the architectural studio

SensingArch – links to beautifully scripted and engaging posts on architecture

parq - Blog de Arquitectura (Spanish)

ArchitectLeague - The Twitter Feed for the Architects Twitter League – please follow if you are an architect and want to be added. We follow all in the league.

Urbanplanet – Urban discussion forum

AllWhiteDesign - The source for inspired designs: interiors, architecture, and technology.

ArchiCentral – architecture news daily

Pruned - Spatialist

The Long Gallery – Online Magazine & Community for Medieval, Tudor & 19th-20th Century Revival Architecture, Style, Art & Design NEW!

Buildings on Twitter

BletchleyPark - Bletchley Park, once Britain’s best kept secret, now a heritage site and vibrant tourist attraction.

DowningStreet - The official twitter channel for the Prime Minister’s Office based at 10 Downing Street.

SudeleyCastle - The most romantic Castle in England

SaintPaulsLondon – The Great Wren Cathedral

wabby - Westminster Abbey - A living church, a royal peculiar, home to the unique pageant of british history

TheMayfairHotel - We’re a luxury London hotel offering discerning travelers an eclectic, modern design with five-star service that’s attentive, but never intrusive.

Broadstone MIll – Cool Edwardian Mill showing the way with regeneration

The Red Bull Pub Stockport UK! – fine British public house

The Quays (at Salford) – Home of Daniel Libeskind’s Imperial War Museum North. From historic sports grounds and iconic museums through to internationally renowned theatre and retail outlets, The Quays has something for all the family

Tyneside Cinema – RIBA Award winning complex

Westcott House - Frank Lloyd Wright only Prairie style in OH – Design Education – Heritage Tourism – Sustainable Architecture – Historic Preservation – Support National Treasure

DailyBungalow - Mad House Plan Collector 1900-1970. Director & Librarian @ The Arts and Crafts Society

Tate Liverpool – Tate Liverpool belongs to a family of four Tate art galleries in the UK: Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. NEW!

FACT Liverpool – Online bod for FACT (The Foundation for Art and Creative Technology). Liverpool-based cinema and art gallery. NEW!

Temple Works – remarkable historic industrial behemoth of the 1840’s now being regenerated with a little help from some creatives NEW!

Conferences and Festivals

WorldArchFest - World Architecture Festival is the only annual international architectural event to reward excellence in a fully interactive, inclusive live format.

InterBuild - The leading exhibition for the construction industry, Interbuild is the brings together leading suppliers with clients and buyers from across the UK

MIF - Spare-moment tweets from Jonathan at Manchester International Festival: the world’s first festival of new, original work, happening biennially in Manchester, UK

Critics and Commentators

Charles Holland – Fantastic Journal

Hugh Pearman - Writer on architecture, lover of dereliction, spotter of urban oddness.

Will Henley – BD Reporter

Conservation and Environmental

WoodRecycling - National organisation creating social enterprises recycling waste timber

PlacesMatter - currently co-ordinating a workshop event and other education initiatives by PlacesMatter

SustainabilityNow – I’m a virtual event held entirely online all about sustainability in the built environment

Interiors & Applied Arts

InteriorDesign_ – Twitter portal for the popular magazine

Contemporaryfurniture.com - Contemporary Furniture for every room in your home

KiranSingh – Interior Design Workshops etc

Styleture – Everything from architecture, interior design, plumbing, high-end luxury goods, fashion, art and anything else STYLISH NEW!

Hotel Designs – we are the online magEzine for the hotel interior design industry featuring directory, news, reviews and more! NEW!

Mosaic Tile – DotCom by Design Mosaic Tile & Designer Surfacing Source – Keep Coloring on the Walls! NEW!

Yitzy – Uniquely designed, heirloom-quality custom furniture NEW!

Magazines, Journals, News etc.

Architectural Review – (inc Architects’ Journal) – Kieran Long Editor in Chief

bdonline – the Architects’ Website

blueprint magazine - described by The Observer as the ‘design bible’

Contract Journal - site for construction industry news

Washington Home and Garden Magazine - Home & Garden Design

Wend Magazine - One part adventure travel. One part sustainable design. One part activism.

New Civil Engineer – Antony Oliver ed

Designer Online - The definitive design magazine for interior architects, developers and designers

Architecture & Design - Gemma Battenbough is the editor of Architecture & Design… news, views and the latest trends in Australia and beyond

Archinnovations – online architecture magazine

Angus Montgomery – News Editor of Design Week

House & Home – Canada’s #1 design and decorating resource NEW!

Designer – The definitive design magazine for interior architects, developers and designers NEW!

NT Magazine - Official Twitter stream of the National Trust Magazine and the little team that puts it together! NEW!

Construction Now – Keep up on construction industry news. Track economic and municipal issues related to construction. Re-tweet if you like. NEW!

ICONEYE – has one of the richest, most comprehensive archives of architecture and design content on the web, and is updated daily NEW!

Organisations/ Campaigners/ Groups

RIBAEducation – Royal Institute of British Architects Education tweets

archforhumanity - Architecture for Humanity seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crisis and brings design services to communities in need

archforhumanitynd – ditto above – New Delhi section

Bau_haus - all things Bauhaus

Bauhaus news – news about er… NEW!

Radio Milwaukee – radio station with a difference – an architect jock!

Preservation Today - Inspiring connections to heritage values using new media

Vision2020 - The project/exhibition aims to be a crystal ball, collecting prospectives from architects, critics, students, leaders and the public to conceive of the future.

Competition Online – (German) Architektur + Wettbewerbe

Property Related – (UK based) Property News, Information Guides, Home Information Packs, Energy Performance Certificates

MyArchN -Architecture online community here to continue the conversation about ARCHITECTURE and related arts taking place at the MyarchN Community.

UOAAA - We’re the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon!

CentreForArch - enter for Architecture and AIA New York Chapter | architecture, design, urbanism, NYC

OpenHouse - The London Architecture Organisation

LeanneForshaw - PR bird. Urban Splash mouthpiece

Architects Wales – Supporting RIBA members and promoting the architecture of Wales NEW!

ISTRUCTE – The Institution of Structural Engineers NEW!

TV

GeorgeClarkeTV – architect and presenter of channel 4’s home show (UK)

Channel 4 Homes – Channel 4 Homes

Visualisation/ Graphics/ 3D

Parabuild - architectural modelmaker

Specialist NEW!

GoodMillwork – architectural mouldings

MoldingDesign - 30 years of supporting the design community (architects, interior designers, historic preservation, etc) with architectural moldings and millwork.

Archi Topics on Twitter

Here are some sample tweeting architectural topics below. Click to find the absolute latest architectural chatter going on in the twittersphere:

• architects
• unemployed architect
• Le Corbusier
• built heritage
• contemporary interior
• Gothic architecture
• Classical architecture
• Palladio
• Eco House
• Urban Regeneration
• Paris architecture
• Architectural photography
• Minimalism
• Freedom Tower
• Dubai architecture

SPOTLIGHT

Pevstweet

Also, if you have a passion for architecture you could hook up to fotofacade’s  @pevstweet . It’s a Pevsner inspired gentle stream of Great Buildings in 140 characters or less. There are themed days and a myriad of ways to view and assess the archi-data. You can also add your own building to get it into the twittersphere. More on pevstweet here

Pevstweet: Great Buildings in 140 characters or less

Andy Marshall is an architectural photographer and commentator – more here

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