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Robin Hood Gardens:
Re-Visions
Exhibition by the Twentieth Century Society at the RIBA
4 July to 26 August 2009

As many will already know, the DCMS has upheld the decision not to list Robin Hood Gardens and is about to offer a Certificate of Immunity for the building, which will mean that it cannot be listed for another five years.

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Building of the Month
Ilkeston School, Derbyshire

Ilkeston, overlooking the Erewash Valley in Derbyshire, has a hilltop location which gives prominence to its two tall churches found in the town centre. On its lower western side though, the skyline is marked by the dome of a stylish and innovative school building.

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Understanding Twentieth Century Cities - a short course: 8, 15 & 22 Sept 2009

Following our very successful short course last year, we are running a second course this September focussing on the C20 ciity. For complete details and a booking form

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Twentieth Century Architects

The first two books in this series, jointly published by The Twentieth Century Society, English Heritage and RIBA Publishing are Powell & Moya by Kenneth Powell and Ryder & Yates by Rutter Carroll. C20 members can order these books at a discounted price

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22 Weymouth Street listed

The Twentieth Century Society is delighted that this single-family two-storey private house in central London by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott has been listed.

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Upcoming Talks & Events

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Post-Modernism-on-Thames: A Southwark Walk
Wednesday 1 July

Show us your curves! A day out in Leicester
Saturday 4 July

To Clapham on the Northern Line
Sunday 12 July

Return to Betjeman's Metroland
Saturday 25 July

Salford
Saturday 25 July

New Members' Day
Sunday 26 July

Infill in Kensington and Pimlico
Saturday 1 August

Powell & Moya Treasure Hunt
Saturday 8 August

A Special Relationship: Contemporary American Architects in London
Saturday 15 August - David Walker
Wednesday 19 August - KPF

Local Heroes - Stephen Hodder
Saturday 22 August

Powell & Moya and Sixties Cambridge
Saturday 12 September

The Importance of Seeing Worthing
Saturday 19 September

Bauhaus
Autumn 2009 - to be confirmed

10-23 October 2009
Brazil - including Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Brasilia

 

Recent Casework News

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May 2009

In recent months, 24-26 Hereford Square in Kensington, London, by Colin St John Wilson (1958), has become a controversial case and triggered a series of very pertinent questions concerning the role of the main players in listing review cases and the position that the Society could, and should, be taking.   Read more here ...

The  casework issues raised by Finsbury Health Centre might look fairly straightforward –how can we  try to convince the owners to appreciate it, keep and look after it as any owners of a Grade I listed building should? Read more here ...

The Society is always delighted to hear of a local authority taking an active interest in preserving twentieth century buildings under their watch. This spring, a gold star sticker goes to Maidstone Borough Council in Kent for deciding that Conservation Area protection is not enough, and submitting two buildings for listing. One is the Rootes car showroom, a stunning white tiled Art Deco building set by an old millpond, just off the River Medway. Read more here ...

Claimed to be the largest building of its kind in Britain upon its completion in 1969 and recently called a ‘baroque cathedral for buses’, Preston Bus Station is certainly  the largest building ever designed by Keith Ingham Read more here ...

Eagle-eyed C20 members visiting the capital will have rejoiced in the mysterious disappearance of the infamous ‘Swiss light’ –the illuminated box at the top of Tate Modern’s chimney. C20 had always opposed this element of the otherwise excellent conversion scheme Read more here ...