C20 AGM visit to Leicester

Protecting the context of C20 listed buildings

C20 AGM 2016

Southampton University Tour – December 2015

Following a successful AGM for the Southern Regional Group on 12 December, we braced the cold, windy elements for an informal walking tour of Southampton University's Highfield Campus to appreciate some of the diverse architectural styles on site. ...

Event: December AGM and planning meeting

The next event for the Southern group will be on Saturday 12 December, when we will hold a meeting to plan for 2016 and also conduct our AGM.   The start time is 10.45am and the venue will be the Nuffield Theatre (Basil Spence), on the Southampto...

Exeter visit and Mervyn Seal tour

We had our first event on the 4th October, a walking tour of Exeter University Campus lead by Exmouth based architect Paul Humphries with 15 attending.  We were joined by Ian Millar, Head of Buildings at the University, who gave us access into some ...

C20 Society condemns Government decision not to list Hyde Park Barracks

University of Exeter walking tour – change of date

It has been decided to change the date for our first event, a walking tour of Exeter University Campus. It was to be 5 September, but the University has advised that weekend is the busiest of the year, with an expected 18,000 prospective students on ...

Event: University of Exeter walking tour **UPDATE**

The C20 Far South West Group is finalising details of a one-day walking tour of the University of Exeter Campus, on 5 September, to be led by local architect Paul Humphries. The tour will focus upon the Physics building by architect Sir Basil Spence,...

Hyde Park Barracks, Knightsbridge

 Sir Basil Spence (1970). Unlisted We are strongly opposing the building owners’ application for a Certificate of Immunity from listing, and have submitted our own listing application for the site. See Clare Price’s report. Status: Still at ...

Barracks under threat

Hyde Park Barracks has been making headlines since before its construction began, so we were ready to react as soon as press reports indicated that its occupiers, the Household Cavalry, were moving on. Sale and redevelopment will be almost inevitable...

Buildings at Risk 2015

Welcome to C20 Society’s annual Buildings at Risk list. The following have been selected as our top ten threatened buildings for 2015, and have already helped draw attention to some very worthy cases. Keeping a list like this helps us demonstrate ...

Coventry Central Baths & Elephant

by Lou Robson The shabby foyer of Coventry's central baths holds few clues to the magnificent arena perched above. A modern kiosk is shoehorned into a corner and vending machines obscure the stone plaque marking the opening in 1966 by a Lord Mayor w...

Artists celebrate 55 years of award-winning Coventry housing estate

Coventry members of C20 have been running a project with residents of West Point, an award-winning private housing estate in Allesley Village, Coventry. This pioneering 1960s West Midlands development will celebrate its 55th anniversary on 25 March...

Hyde Park Barracks Petition: Say Neigh to Demolition!

Three listings highlight Coventry’s outstanding post war heritage

Concern over the fate of Hyde Park Barracks

Top 10 C20 Buildings at Risk

Schlumberger Cambridge Research Centre

by Alistair Fair Though the western fringe of Cambridge is home to a number of key twentieth-century buildings, including Churchill College and several Modernist villas, it is on the whole not an area of architectural distinction. Recent buildings f...

34 Barbara Jones, Untitled, 1959

Barbara Jones was a key figure in the story of post-war public art and design. This mural represents her last surviving publicly commissioned work. Depicting a seated figure, surrounded by an array of wild animals in a tropical setting, the mural is ...