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Welcome to the C20 Society shop
Welcome to the C20 Shop
Currently our shop is exclusively a bookshop although we hope to add some other enticing things shortly. During the Covid-19 lockdown we are not able to access our stocks so the C20 Journals listed below are unavailable until we can return to the office. However our series of Monographs and the 100 Buildings, 100 Houses, 100 Lansdscapes, 100 Churches can be ordered directly from our publishers Liverpool University Press and Batsford Books
C20 Journal
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The Architecture of Public Service Journal 13
Libraries, fire stations, health centres, town halls and police stations – once a stable presence in the high streets of Britain, are now threatened by demolition or insensitive conversion. They embodied high standards of materials and craftsmanship that formed the image of public service.
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Houses: Journal 12
There are many architects and many houses that deserve to be better known. This is a collection of essays on houses of exceptional interest designed by relatively unknown architects between the 1920s and 1970s, particularly those working outside London.
C20 Books
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100 Houses, 100 Years
100 Houses 100 Years gives a fascinating insight into Britain's built heritage and the way that homes have changed over the last century.
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Art Deco Britain
Nearly a century after Art Deco first lit up the luxury store and cinema screen, it remains as glamorous as ever. Yet despite its popularity, there have been few books that explain the what, where and how of Art Deco buildings and their architects; until now.
C20 Architects
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Herbert Rowse
Herbert James Rowse (1887–1963) was an extraordinary architect who shaped the city of Liverpool with his array of exquisite buildings, plans, and infrastructure. His large body of work reveals a modernity that was concerned with luxurious materials, restrained but contemporary decoration and sculpture, and bold forms.
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Alison and Peter Smithson
This is the first overview of the career of Alison and Peter Smithson, the most controversial yet most widely-influential of post-war architectural practices. From their first youthful project, the school at Hunstanton, to their final works, they epitomised the idea of the avant-garde architect.