#peter rees

[nerds-yearbook]

On the January 4, 2014, "Revenge of the Myth" episode of the Mythbusters, the team tested the Star Wars myths could Luke swing Leia cross the Death Star chasm with his belt grappling hook, could the Ewoks destroy a Chicken Walker with two logs, and could Luke survive in the carcass of a tauntaun? All the main cast, with the exception of Kari Byron, have worked on Star Wars movies. ("Revenge of the Myth", Mythbusters, event)

[chessiesystem]

At the back, on every piece of track

I’m right behind you,

If I can be of help at all, then simply call

On me!

For CB Day I wanted to put together an assortment of various Clown Bimbos we’ve had over the years. Click on individual gifs for more info on the actors shown!

[chessiesystem]

Peter Rees and David-Michael Johnson for the Japan-Australia Tour, 1987

[distantheartbeats]

I think of London as a partner. I’m in love with London and always have been.

Peter Rees, a city planning officer quoted in Craig Taylor’s Londoners

[distantheartbeats]

Places make the best lovers. You can trust a place more than you can trust a person as a lover. A place is more dependable and it has so much depth and stimulation and provides you with the opportunity to realise yourself. The place reflects you, provides you with stimulation, the ability to realise potential. If it’s a good place it makes you feel stronger, makes you cleverer and more powerful … Now there are not many people who can give you that much stimulation, but being with a person and having the ability to have that friend, London, as a companion throughout gives you a wonderful extra dimension to anything you do.

Peter Rees, a city planning officer quoted in Craig Taylor’s Londoners

[distantheartbeats]

It’s difficult to see what one is doing as a very, very, very small part of a very long process and realize the impact you’re having is very small in terms of the continuum of the life of the place, but a place is (a) so much more important, and (b) so much stronger than any individual, or committee or organization can be. Planning cannot create excellence in terms of building and design. We are in a position where we can sometimes make mediocrity out of awfulness – and across London, the planning system sees an awful lot of awfulness.

Peter Rees, a city planning officer quoted in Craig Taylor’s Londoners

[whynotjt119]

한 자리를 오랫동안 지키는 도시 건축 공무원의 부재를 더욱 심각하게 받아들여야 하는 이유는 이것이 프로젝트에 대한 책임감 및 업무의 일관성과 직결되기 때문이다. 도시 건축과 관련된 프로젝트는 장기적인 시행과 관리를 필요로 한다. 따라서 처음부터 끝까지 전체적인 흐름을 이해하고 책임지는 공무원의 유무는 곧 해당 프로젝트의 성패와 직결된다.