While no doubt well and ethically indented, we architectural historians need to better acknowledge that Right to Buy was not universally implemented carte blanche with no exceptions.

clarifying essay on why Latin American decolonial theory may not be that helpful for analysing problems in Africa (and, I would say, Asia as well)
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Today the Global History colloquium at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social starts with a talk by Romain Tiquet titled „Thinking Through Cases: A Political and Social History of West Africa Through Psychiatric Records“.

The Artist Formerly Known as Duke has left the building.

The inherent social conservatism of a supposedly liberal and tolerant nation state occasionally beggars belief

I'm co-hosting this event, titled "Values of Waste," with Alistair Cartwright at the University of Liverpool in two weeks! Please come if you happen to be in the area! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/values-of-...

NEWS: Following an extensive pre-app consultation, the Society has given its full support to a scheme led by Jestico + Whiles to restore the Grade II* listed but deteriorating Smithdon High School in Hunstanton, Norfolk, designed by Alison and Peter Smithson in 1950-54.

BREAKING NEWS: The campaign to save Bastion House and the former Museum of London (Powell & Moya, 1976-77) has won the right to present its case to the High Court. The Judicial Review will challenge the City of London's decision to demolish the buildings.

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Map of South Africa incorporated in Waterite panels and produced for the South Africa Travel Bureau (1950) of 70 Piccadilly by James Cubitt & Partners and Sergei Kadleigh.

(c) Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Pix (photo credit: Stewart Bale Ltd.)

We take a look at some of the objects in our collection inspired by space in our latest blog post. www.modip.ac.uk/blog/2025/08...

Spoke to Apollo Magazine about being a @c20society.bsky.social woman, sharing their brilliant mission to value modern architectural heritage, & how public clocks connect us to the universe. Like the one on Bradford's Kirkgate Centre
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Wasps and their nests often inspire us with horror, but if we look at them more closely, they should inspire us with wonder, too, writes Will Wiles

BBC podcast: Germany’s Stolen Skulls

In 1900, German colonial officers executed 19 Tanzanian leaders and shipped their skulls to Berlin for scientific study.

Thousands of such skulls and ancestral remains stolen from Germany’s colonies are still in Berlin museums.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

With imminent state visit of Trump looming, Kier Starmer will end being perceived by the public as the Great Appeaser and akin to Neville Chamberlain.

The remarkable church of Christ the King in Turners Cross here in Cork, Ireland. Dating from 1931 the architect Barry Byrne fuses concrete, Deco & a hint of Californian Mission. #architecture #cork @c20society.bsky.social

#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for June 2025: The Faris School, Egypt - Hassan Fathy (1957)

Zaina Abou Seif explores Fathy's radically alternative ethic to Euro-centric modernism, reasserting the legitimacy of indigenous knowledge - or ‘architecture without architects.’

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This week also sees publication of the latest title in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series for early career historians: 'Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle', by Rachel E. Johnson bit.ly/4hMppbB

With @ihr.bsky.social & @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2

NEWS: C20 and @c20cymru.bsky.social are celebrating the 5th Leisure Centre to be listed as a result of our ongoing campaign, and the first example in Wales.

Wrexham Waterworld (1967-70) is known for its hyperbolic paraboloid roof, one of the largest ever built.

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