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Newport High School, Eldred Evans & David Shalev (1967)

The last time the Society got involved in a case concerning a big concrete building in Wales – we fought valiantly but ultimately lost...We hope the outcome for another internationally recognised concrete building will have an entirely different outcome.

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Building of the Month


St Mary’s, Leyland, near Preston, 1961-4, by Weightman & Bullen

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Thursday 11, 18 & 25 September, 9.45am

Understanding Twentieth Century Buildings: A short course

 

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K8 Phone Box

The red telephone box is again under threat. This time however it’s the 1960’s version. Read more here ...

Help the Society raise money for our K8 phone box listing campaign by buying a pack of our K8 tea towels

New Publication

Journal 9 : Housing the Twentieth Century Nation Published Spring 2008 and sent FREE to Members with the May issue of C20 Magazine

From cinemas to chapels, leisure centres to libraries, and phone boxes to factories, The Twentieth Century Society campaigns for the preservation of Britain's architectural heritage from 1914 onwards.

Upcoming Talks & Events - see all events here

Wythenshawe
Saturday 10 May 10.30am

Bombed Bromley Churches & Biggin Hill RAF Station
Saturday 17 May, 10.00am

Sir Ninian Comper
Saturday 24 May, 9.00am

Saturday 14 June, 10.00am
Sussex by the Sea

Saturday 21 June, 10.45am
Wirral Wanders

Friday 20 - Sunday 22 June
Newport & Cardiff

Saturday 21 June, 10.00am
Street Corner Icons: Twentieth Century Underground Architecture

Wednesday 25 June, 6.30pm
Kensington - London Festival of Architecture Walk

Saturday 28 June, 2.30pm
Industrial Unrest

Monday 30 June, 6.30pm
Canary Wharf - London Festival of Architecture Walk



Recent Casework News - see all Casework here

May 2008
Magic Garden Mural, Francis Carr, 1961
Following on from the well-attended and thoroughly entertaining Post-War Murals Study Day, organised by TACS Chair Lynn Pearson in November last year, the Society is focusing on murals this year ... read more

May 2008
The High Art of the High Street
It is rare to stumble across any kind of shopping structure that is both, architecturally interesting enough to be listed and in sufficiently good condition. But so far 2008 has thrown up lots of promising examples—many sadly now at risk ... read more

May 2008
Greenbank Drive Synagogue, Liverpool
The Greenbank Drive Synagogue was built in 1936/7 and is the work of the notable Liverpool architect Sir Ernest Alfred Shennan ... read more

 

 

 

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