C20 Society
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The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them! #C20Society
⛔️ Today Ratcliffe-on-Soar, the last coal-fired power station in Britain, shuts down: The symbolic end of the carbon age after more than 200 years. Its majestic 375ft cooling towers are the Avebury or Stonehenge of the 20th century, yet only 45 towers remain across the country,…
'Cannabis farm found in former department store': Not quite what we had in mind with 'Reuse Them or Lose Them'! Bradford's Sunwin House (1935-36) is in the news again, after police discovered 4,000 cannabis plants growing in the building. Featured in this year's C20 Risk List…
Cannabis farm found in former department store bbc.in/4f3zfWA
The CAMPAIGN CONTINUES. It is not all over. We are still challenging the decision to demolish Smallbrook. A planning condition for demolition is that a contract needs to be in place to build the first tower. BCC have agreed to tell our legal team when a contract is received
Parents and teachers at the Grade II listed Brandlehow Primary (1950-51) in Putney, Wandsworth, have launched an urgent appeal to repair the ageing roof of the school. One of only three schools in the UK by Erno Goldfinger, he designed a complete building system of pre-stressed…
Rather enthralled by the mass of cooling towers looking over East Midlands Parkway Railway Station @C20Society
👀 Is there a ‘third way’ at Liverpool Street Station that could break the deadlock? @GinoSpoc reports for the @ArchitectsJrnal: architectsjournal.co.uk/news/return-ti…
Very sad to hear of Andrew Saint's death, pictured here giving huge architectural history energy with Gavin Stamp. His books all written with tremendous style across a terrific range of topics. Towards a Social Architecture, his superb history of post-war schools my favourite.
🎙️"Cultural erasure disguised as progress?" @cyberchadha and Mike Althorpe (aka The London Ambler) discuss the ongoing battle to save The Point in Milton Keynes, in this weeks episode of The Brief by @OpenCity_UK open-city.org.uk/podcast
Good news from the #C20RiskList: The former National Centre for Popular Music in Sheffield has been added to the South Yorkshire Local Heritage List. This puts it in the 'waiting room' for future national listing, as the campaign to safeguard the distinctive 'kettles' building…
For the transport enthusiasts among our followers - does anyone recognise this station? It includes a tram (?) and bus interchange below and may never have been built. Model likely dates to the 1920s.
NEWS: C20 has engaged in constructive pre-app discussions with the developers of 33 Cavendish Square, north of Oxford Street in London. The former home of London College of Fashion, it was built to designs by TP Bennett and Son between 1959 and 1963. The Society does not object…
NEWS: The Bernat Klein Studio, located in the Scottish borders near Selkirk, has recently been advertised for sale at auction. Designed by Peter Womersley in 1972, the Category A listed modernist masterpiece has lain empty and semi-derelict for more then 20 years. C20 has since…
✒️ 'Proposals for a skyscraper make a mockery of Liverpool Street station’s Grade II listing' | Writes Simon Heffer Read his full column👇 telegraph.co.uk/art/architectu…
Game, set, match: It’s men’s final day at @Wimbledon 🎾 Centre Court was designed by architect Charles Stanley Peach in 1922. This 12 sided stadium was the largest reinforced concrete structure of its day, with shuttering used to provide textured concrete finish. It was laid out…
📘 We’re thrilled that C20’s Ernö Goldfinger monograph has been longlisted for the #BergerPrize2025, which is awarded annually for excellence in British art and architectural history publishing. The prize is in association with the Berger Collection Educational Trust and…
