The Twentieth Century Society – Campaigning for outstanding …
WEBNews Sign of the Times: London Museum seeks 20th century signage Latest Campaign The Risk List 2023-24 Elain Harwood Memorial Fund Donate. You can help save our modern architectural heritage with a monthly or one-off donation.
Cooling Towers – The Twentieth Century Society
WEB5 hours ago · The Society has submitted listing applications for the cooling towers at West Burton and Ratcliffe-on-soar. The former was assessed and rejected by DCMS in August 2022, the latter is pending an assessment. The towers at West Burton Power Station were included in our 2023-24 Risk List of the top-10 most …
Buildings at risk – The Twentieth Century Society
WEBBuildings at risk. The Risk List is the Societies’ annual compilation of the top 10 most threatened twentieth and twenty-first century buildings across the UK. Our 2023 list includes a Bengali women’s centre in London’s East End, a brutalist John Lewis store in Scotland, a set of modernist power station cooling towers in the Midlands, and ...
What we do - The Twentieth Century Society
WEBThe Twentieth Century Society was founded in 1979, as a direct response to growing interest in C20th architecture and to complement the preservation work of the Victorian Society, which was founded in 1959. From day one, our focus has been on preservation and education: campaigning to protect the buildings and design that characterise C20th ...
We are C20 – The Twentieth Century Society
WEBAs C20 architects, we have designed many buildings including our Hampstead house in 1977 and our Marylebone offices in 1984. Both are steel structures with lots of glass and we like the spacious, airy feeling. There’s also much inside meets outside space, which is …
The Twentieth Century Society > Event Information and Booking
WEBTour - 04/10/2024. Peter Elborn together with Ana Šverko, architect and architectural historian will lead a tour of the twentieth century architecture of Split, a World Heritage Site. The tour will include significant examples of C20 Croatian architecture.
Lectures – The Twentieth Century Society
WEBRetro LA – Part 1. Speakers: Professor Neil Jackson, former Trustee of C20 Society and author of many books on California architects and architecture and John East the Society's 'unofficial photographer' In 2004, the C20 Society promoted a tour of southern Californi...
100 Buildings 100 Years – The Twentieth Century Society
WEB100 Buildings 100 Years. Celebrating 100 years of brilliant buildings. In 2014, The Twentieth Century Society marks 100 years from the starting date of its coverage of British architecture in 1914. To celebrate we have compiled this online gallery of one building from each of these years, nominated by our supporters, to show the diversity and ...
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WEBC20 Society's work is only possible through your generous support. Your membership directly funds our vital casework and campaigns, while contributing to the production of our educational publications, events, tours and films.
History – The Twentieth Century Society
WEBThe Twentieth Century Society exists to safeguard the heritage of architecture and design in Britain from 1914 onwards. Explore the timeline below to see highlights from our 40 years of campaigning for modern British architecture. Click on each picture to see more info.