Buildings at risk

Dunelm House, Durham

Status: Grade II listed (Jul 2021)

This five-level Brutalist student union building was constructed between 1964 and 1966 by the river Wear to the designs of Richard Raines of the Architects’ Co-Partnership, under supervision of the partner Michael Powers. It connects to Ove Arup’s Grade I-listed Kingsgate Bridge, which was constructed four years earlier. Arup acted as structural engineer and architectural advisor and is famously featured in a bust on one of the outside walls.  Winning both a Civic Trust award and the RIBA Bronze Medal for 1966, this concrete building is a remarkably intact survivor of its era.  The Secretary of State turned down an application for Grade II listing, disregarding the view of her heritage advisers (Historic England and the C20 Society).  C20 Society is now appealing this decision.

Status: Grade II listed (Jul 2021)

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