National News: The C20 Society celebrates its 25th anniversary

Founded in 1979 as the Thirties Society, the Twentieth Century Society has now spent twenty-five years campaigning for post-1914 architecture and design. This is certainly a something to celebrate. The Society will be do so by staging a series of events which highlight our most important cases and buildings currently at risk.

Buildings at Risk website

In co-operation with the London Architecture Biennale in Clerkenwell we are setting up a new website available from June. The site will feature 25 buildings across the UK under threat of being demolished, severely altered, or that are decaying. These case studies will offer historic as well as up-to-date information, and contrast photographs of the buildings in their former glory and current state. Featured structures will include the modernist housing block Embassy Court in Brighton, the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, and the former fire station, Milton Court, in London's Barbican. Via the website we aim to attract interest and action for these buildings so that they will last and have a brighter future.

A press launch for the new website, coupled with a talk by Paul Zara, Conran and Partners, on the restoration of Embassy Court, will take place at 1pm on Monday 20 June, in the courtyard, 70 Cowcross Street, London .

Photography exhibition

Between 19-28 June the Society is staging an exhibition of Sarah Duncan's photographs of buildings at risk. The exhibition, which will take place in the Farmiloes building on St John Street, London, is intended to serve as an introduction to the material covered by the forthcoming website.

London walks

Finally, the Society will hold walks around selected London buildings in late June:

Sunday 20 June 2004

The Barbican Estate – Eva Branscome, 4pm

Thursday 24 June 2004

Milton Court and the Poultry Market – Adrian Forty, 6.30pm

Friday 25 June 2004

The Finsbury Health Centre – Suzanne Waters, 6pm

Sunday 27 June 2004

The Golden Lane Estate – Eva Branscome, 6pm

For more information on the walks and events please contact Cordula Zeidler on 020 7250 3857 or email: cordula.zeidler@c20society.org.uk

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