C20 Society
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The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
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🚨 Reuse Them or Lose Them: C20's Risk List campaign 2025 is here!
From a Millennium pop music museum in Sheffield to a Bauhaus-inspired 1930s department store in Bradford, a 1970s brutalist football stand in Newcastle, to a 1980s ‘High-Tech Nissen hut in London.
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From a Millennium pop music museum in Sheffield to a Bauhaus-inspired 1930s department store in Bradford, a 1970s brutalist football stand in Newcastle, to a 1980s ‘High-Tech Nissen hut in London.
c20society.org.uk/buildings-at...
EVENT: C20’s Autumn Lecture Series on Sports Architecture continues with Mike Hall, partner at FaulknerBrowns, exploring the practice’s pioneering and playful work on Leisure Centres.
🗓️ Thu 13 Nov, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Thu 13 Nov, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
EVENT: C20’s Autumn Lecture Series on Sports Architecture continues with Mike Hall, partner at FaulknerBrowns, exploring the practice’s pioneering and playful work on Leisure Centres.
🗓️ Thu 13 Nov, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Thu 13 Nov, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
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Just 45 cooling towers left in Britain, all but one in the process of decommission and demolition. If, like me, you are fond of these silent sculptural giants scattered across the landscape, you will love @c20society.bsky.social supersized new book.
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Just 45 cooling towers left in Britain, all but one in the process of decommission and demolition. If, like me, you are fond of these silent sculptural giants scattered across the landscape, you will love @c20society.bsky.social supersized new book.
C20's Cooling Towers selected by The Modern House as one of six new titles on the brilliance of 20th and 21st century design.
➡️ themodernhouse.com/journal/six-...
➡️ themodernhouse.com/journal/six-...
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
C20's Cooling Towers selected by The Modern House as one of six new titles on the brilliance of 20th and 21st century design.
➡️ themodernhouse.com/journal/six-...
➡️ themodernhouse.com/journal/six-...
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The mid-century landmarks of the capital are being reassessed and refurbished instead of demolished
A brutalist London icon gets a glow-up
The mid-century landmarks of the capital are being reassessed and refurbished instead of demolished
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November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The mid-century landmarks of the capital are being reassessed and refurbished instead of demolished
🦛 🐋 🐢 The Poole play sculptures have come out of hibernation!
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🦛 🐋 🐢 The Poole play sculptures have come out of hibernation!
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
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A similarly constructed example can be seen in Malvern, Worcestershire.
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A similarly constructed example can be seen in Malvern, Worcestershire.
NEWS: C20 has supported an application to list the majestic Norwich Sports Village (1987-88), the only concrete shell structures in the UK designed by pioneering Swiss engineer Heinz Isler, utlising his innovative ‘inverted membrane’ and ‘plumped pillow’ method.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/c20-lis...
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/c20-lis...
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
NEWS: C20 has supported an application to list the majestic Norwich Sports Village (1987-88), the only concrete shell structures in the UK designed by pioneering Swiss engineer Heinz Isler, utlising his innovative ‘inverted membrane’ and ‘plumped pillow’ method.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/c20-lis...
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/c20-lis...
🛹 Don’t Kill Kenny!
Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition urging Lambeth Council not to abandon the plans to restore Kennington Park’s historic skatebowl 'The Kenny' (1978), as C20 Society has backed the grassroots campaign.
✍🏼Sign and share the petition: www.change.org/p/save-kenni...
Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition urging Lambeth Council not to abandon the plans to restore Kennington Park’s historic skatebowl 'The Kenny' (1978), as C20 Society has backed the grassroots campaign.
✍🏼Sign and share the petition: www.change.org/p/save-kenni...
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🛹 Don’t Kill Kenny!
Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition urging Lambeth Council not to abandon the plans to restore Kennington Park’s historic skatebowl 'The Kenny' (1978), as C20 Society has backed the grassroots campaign.
✍🏼Sign and share the petition: www.change.org/p/save-kenni...
Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition urging Lambeth Council not to abandon the plans to restore Kennington Park’s historic skatebowl 'The Kenny' (1978), as C20 Society has backed the grassroots campaign.
✍🏼Sign and share the petition: www.change.org/p/save-kenni...
EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series continues this week with Mike Taylor, principal at Hopkins, exploring the practice’s work at Lord’s, Wimbledon and the 2012 Olympic Games.
🗓️ Thu 6 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Thu 6 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series continues this week with Mike Taylor, principal at Hopkins, exploring the practice’s work at Lord’s, Wimbledon and the 2012 Olympic Games.
🗓️ Thu 6 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Thu 6 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
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"We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us" (Sir Winston Churchill, 1943)
Then ➡️ October 1950
Now ➡️ October 2025
Then ➡️ October 1950
Now ➡️ October 2025
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us" (Sir Winston Churchill, 1943)
Then ➡️ October 1950
Now ➡️ October 2025
Then ➡️ October 1950
Now ➡️ October 2025
For those that follow the news...
C20's House of the Day: Dulwich Wood Park Estate, Austin Vernon & Partners (1957-63)
Want to know more about Dulwich's Mid-Century Oasis? Buy the book! Co-written by former C20 Chair, Ian McInnes
www.ribabooks.com/dulwich-mid-...
C20's House of the Day: Dulwich Wood Park Estate, Austin Vernon & Partners (1957-63)
Want to know more about Dulwich's Mid-Century Oasis? Buy the book! Co-written by former C20 Chair, Ian McInnes
www.ribabooks.com/dulwich-mid-...
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
For those that follow the news...
C20's House of the Day: Dulwich Wood Park Estate, Austin Vernon & Partners (1957-63)
Want to know more about Dulwich's Mid-Century Oasis? Buy the book! Co-written by former C20 Chair, Ian McInnes
www.ribabooks.com/dulwich-mid-...
C20's House of the Day: Dulwich Wood Park Estate, Austin Vernon & Partners (1957-63)
Want to know more about Dulwich's Mid-Century Oasis? Buy the book! Co-written by former C20 Chair, Ian McInnes
www.ribabooks.com/dulwich-mid-...
EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series on Buildings for Sport & Leisure continues this week, with historian Simon Inglis tracing the evolution of the 20th century stadium as a distinct entity.
🗓️ Thu 30 Oct 2025 at 6.30pm - 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Thu 30 Oct 2025 at 6.30pm - 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
October 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series on Buildings for Sport & Leisure continues this week, with historian Simon Inglis tracing the evolution of the 20th century stadium as a distinct entity.
🗓️ Thu 30 Oct 2025 at 6.30pm - 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Thu 30 Oct 2025 at 6.30pm - 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
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Been talking about this on the latest Open City podcast. open-city.org.uk/podcast
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Been talking about this on the latest Open City podcast. open-city.org.uk/podcast
NEWS: Analysis carried out by the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk using FOI shows that 80% of the instances of DCMS ministers rejecting advice from Historic England to list historic buildings over the past 5 years, have taken place in the last 12 months under Labour.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/44698
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/44698
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
NEWS: Analysis carried out by the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk using FOI shows that 80% of the instances of DCMS ministers rejecting advice from Historic England to list historic buildings over the past 5 years, have taken place in the last 12 months under Labour.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/44698
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/44698
EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series on Buildings for Sport & Leisure splashes-down this week! Alan Powers will explore the development of pool and lido architecture from the 1920s onwards.
📆 Thu 23 Oct 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎫 secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
📆 Thu 23 Oct 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎫 secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
October 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series on Buildings for Sport & Leisure splashes-down this week! Alan Powers will explore the development of pool and lido architecture from the 1920s onwards.
📆 Thu 23 Oct 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎫 secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
📆 Thu 23 Oct 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎫 secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🥔 The moment the Barbican went mainstream?
No, it’s not April 1st. Supermarket chain Aldi have dropped a new limited edition Jacket Potato Jacket to mark the start of autumn. And where did they choose to do the fashion shoot? Yup, everyone’s favourite post-war brutalist estate.
No, it’s not April 1st. Supermarket chain Aldi have dropped a new limited edition Jacket Potato Jacket to mark the start of autumn. And where did they choose to do the fashion shoot? Yup, everyone’s favourite post-war brutalist estate.
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🥔 The moment the Barbican went mainstream?
No, it’s not April 1st. Supermarket chain Aldi have dropped a new limited edition Jacket Potato Jacket to mark the start of autumn. And where did they choose to do the fashion shoot? Yup, everyone’s favourite post-war brutalist estate.
No, it’s not April 1st. Supermarket chain Aldi have dropped a new limited edition Jacket Potato Jacket to mark the start of autumn. And where did they choose to do the fashion shoot? Yup, everyone’s favourite post-war brutalist estate.
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This shop frontage in Belmont, near Harrow needs a local listing. It's a precious example of 1930s style.
@c20society.bsky.social @londonmuseum.bsky.social @modinmetro.bsky.social
@c20society.bsky.social @londonmuseum.bsky.social @modinmetro.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This shop frontage in Belmont, near Harrow needs a local listing. It's a precious example of 1930s style.
@c20society.bsky.social @londonmuseum.bsky.social @modinmetro.bsky.social
@c20society.bsky.social @londonmuseum.bsky.social @modinmetro.bsky.social
📞 The brutalist Hayes North Telephone Exchange (1970-72) has been added to the Hillingdon’s local list, recognising it as a building of architectural and historical significance.
Following a 6 week public consultation earlier in the year, an overwhelming 68% of respondents supported the inclusion.
Following a 6 week public consultation earlier in the year, an overwhelming 68% of respondents supported the inclusion.
October 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
📞 The brutalist Hayes North Telephone Exchange (1970-72) has been added to the Hillingdon’s local list, recognising it as a building of architectural and historical significance.
Following a 6 week public consultation earlier in the year, an overwhelming 68% of respondents supported the inclusion.
Following a 6 week public consultation earlier in the year, an overwhelming 68% of respondents supported the inclusion.
🌿 We're thrilled that The Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Dumfries has become a designated landscape, following assessment by Historic Environment Scotland and support from C20. Developed gradually between 1988-2012 by Charles & Maggie Jencks, the garden is a work of outstanding artistic importance.
October 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🌿 We're thrilled that The Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Dumfries has become a designated landscape, following assessment by Historic Environment Scotland and support from C20. Developed gradually between 1988-2012 by Charles & Maggie Jencks, the garden is a work of outstanding artistic importance.
EVENT: Announcing our 2025 Autumn Lecture Series: Buildings for Sport and Leisure. From lidos to skateparks, lesiure centres to stadia, the Olympics and more!
Season tickets and individual lecture tickets are available to book now: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
See full calendar below 👇🏼
Season tickets and individual lecture tickets are available to book now: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
See full calendar below 👇🏼
October 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
EVENT: Announcing our 2025 Autumn Lecture Series: Buildings for Sport and Leisure. From lidos to skateparks, lesiure centres to stadia, the Olympics and more!
Season tickets and individual lecture tickets are available to book now: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
See full calendar below 👇🏼
Season tickets and individual lecture tickets are available to book now: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
See full calendar below 👇🏼
🚨 A unique test panel from the Tottenham Court Road Station murals by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) is coming up at auction with Lyon & Turnbull on Oct 31.
Created in 1982-86, the polychromatic glass mosaics at TCR are the ‘Sistene Chapel of art of the Underground’, yet remain unlisted.
Created in 1982-86, the polychromatic glass mosaics at TCR are the ‘Sistene Chapel of art of the Underground’, yet remain unlisted.
October 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🚨 A unique test panel from the Tottenham Court Road Station murals by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) is coming up at auction with Lyon & Turnbull on Oct 31.
Created in 1982-86, the polychromatic glass mosaics at TCR are the ‘Sistene Chapel of art of the Underground’, yet remain unlisted.
Created in 1982-86, the polychromatic glass mosaics at TCR are the ‘Sistene Chapel of art of the Underground’, yet remain unlisted.
NEWS: Permission has been granted for a major retrofit project by @collectivearch.bsky.social at Edinburgh's brutalist 'Banana Flats', immortalised in the film Trainspotting. Designed by Alison, Hutchison & Partners, Cables Wynd House (1963-5) was inspired by Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation model.
October 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
NEWS: Permission has been granted for a major retrofit project by @collectivearch.bsky.social at Edinburgh's brutalist 'Banana Flats', immortalised in the film Trainspotting. Designed by Alison, Hutchison & Partners, Cables Wynd House (1963-5) was inspired by Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation model.
Happy 60th Birthday to the BT Tower!
Built 1961-65 to the designs of Eric Bedford, Chief Architect at the Ministry of Public Works, the 582ft telecommunications tower is one of Britain's most distinctive post-war buildings and after being sold in 2024, is set to be converted to a destination hotel.
Built 1961-65 to the designs of Eric Bedford, Chief Architect at the Ministry of Public Works, the 582ft telecommunications tower is one of Britain's most distinctive post-war buildings and after being sold in 2024, is set to be converted to a destination hotel.
October 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Happy 60th Birthday to the BT Tower!
Built 1961-65 to the designs of Eric Bedford, Chief Architect at the Ministry of Public Works, the 582ft telecommunications tower is one of Britain's most distinctive post-war buildings and after being sold in 2024, is set to be converted to a destination hotel.
Built 1961-65 to the designs of Eric Bedford, Chief Architect at the Ministry of Public Works, the 582ft telecommunications tower is one of Britain's most distinctive post-war buildings and after being sold in 2024, is set to be converted to a destination hotel.
💥12 months ago Britain's last coal-fired power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, shut down after 50 years powering the national grid. We can now confirm that C20's listing application for Ratcliffe's 8 cooling towers has been rejected by DCMS, while their demolition has been approved.
October 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
💥12 months ago Britain's last coal-fired power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, shut down after 50 years powering the national grid. We can now confirm that C20's listing application for Ratcliffe's 8 cooling towers has been rejected by DCMS, while their demolition has been approved.