C20: new magazine out now
29 February, 2012

The Winter 2012 edition of the C20 magazine is out now. It features an interview with Richard Pare about his photos of Soviet Modernism, last seen at the RA, an article on David Mellor's Round Building and images of a Colchester mural, as well as a number of new features. Read more here...

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Leeds University

The additions made to Leeds University in 1958-78 by Chamberlin Powell & Bon resemble the monumental 1960s megastructures of the new universities rather[...] Read more here...

Leaving a bequest to the C20...
03 March, 2012

From April this year a substantial change to Inheritance Tax Law gives extra incentive to leaving money to a Charity—and that includes the C20 Society. Read more here...

Battersea Power Station: Heritage...
29 February, 2012

Following the news that Battersea Power Station is back on the market, the C20 Society is holding a conference on Friday 20th April to focus attention on the plight of this iconic Grade II* building. Read more here...

C20 Spring Events programme
31 January, 2012

Our 2012 events programme is in full swing. In March Elain Harwood will be showing slides on India, Pete Smith will be talking about The Motor Car and the Country House, and there are walks on London's South Bank and around Westminster's [...] Read more here...

Forthcoming Events

• New Members Event - Ian McInnes & Chris Rogers
  10 March, 2012
• South Bank - Suzanne Waters
  10 March, 2012
• India and Bangladesh: A slide show by Elain Harwood
  09 March, 2012
• Wells Coates and the MARS Group - Dr Elizabeth Darling and Professor John Gold
  08 March, 2012
• A Morning Walk in Hampstead - Alan Powers
  03 March, 2012
• Pevsner’s Pioneers of Modern Design - Susie Harries
  01 March, 2012
• A Few Connections - Peter Ahrends
  23 February, 2012

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