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1 July 2008

Robin Hood Gardens: DCMS compounds English Heritage's lack of vision ... read more here ...

 


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Liberty Hall, Dublin Desmond Rea O'Kelly, completed 1965

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Thursday 11, 18 & 25 September, 9.45am

Understanding Twentieth Century Buildings: A short course

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C20 Photo Competition Winner - Concrete

This is the winning image from the first C20 photo compeition. To see the complete image

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

C20 photo competition winner
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.

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50 Years of Motorways and the Great Car Culture

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Recent Casework News - see all Casework here

May 2008
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. ...read more

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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