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91: The Midland Hotel - A happy end to a sorry tale .
... that Urban Splash will use proficient consultants and will be happy to heed the advice of restoration experts. The Society hopes to be involved at an early stage to advise on a scheme that will see the hotel upgraded to modern standards, whilst retaining the building’s original charm ...92: Plymouth Civic Centre Listing.
... actions but on the flip-side, we are pleased to note that we have also had a great deal of support from people in Plymouth. Assuming the building remains listed (and no evidence to challenge ... heart of the city’s current regeneration and will be an asset to future generations. Please support the decision to list Plymouth's Civic Centre by signing the online petition to the Government ... and sustainability together. The Society has received many letters and emails, both in93: Battersea Power Station - A casework perspective.
... around it and public interest over its possible futures has only grown. With the Society now involved in a fresh round of consultation regarding a new scheme of intense development on the site it ... at odds with the ‘brick box’ nature of the building—it would also have exposed the steel support structures to the outside, something Joanna argued, that was “at odds with the important ...94: Casework.
... tours and lectures raise awareness of important architects and buildings, as well as helping to fund our work. Our office caseworkers are supported by a committee of experts who meet monthly. Many of our most important cases have been brought to our attention by members of the public, so ...95: Major example of HKPA mastery listed at Grade II.
... as ‘perhaps the ultimate expression of the HKPA idiom of prefabricated, post and lintel construction and may be their finest work.’ The Society supported the proposed listing of the Hilda Besse building. Its intelligent break-up of the apparent symmetry of the building, clarity of structure, ...96: Midland Hotel Morecambe update.
... church. Part of the podium of the Rotunda, recently listed Grade 2, has been hacked away and the building is now partly obscured by tensile supports looking like giant metal bedheads! There is an application for cladding the building and adding an extra two storeys, which, it is hoped, will ...97: Unique Bathing Chalets must be saved.
... the building. Architects John McAslan and Partners have been commissioned by CRAG to look into a reuse scheme. The Twentieth Century Society supports the local initiative to save this structure which is a survivor of Hastings' interesting concrete architecture of the early C20. The Twentieth ...98: An invitation to pry behind closed doors....
... started an exciting new project, that we hope will appeal to members and to potential future supporters. Over the coming months, we will be adding to our website audio slideshows and podcasts that tell the inside story of some of our cases, as told by the voices of people who have been involved in designing the buildings, and those that use or live in them. Every time we launch a new ... suggest good people for us to interview about it? Maybe you live in it, use it, or have been99: Demolition threat to Modernist houses in Camden.
... streetscape, carefully lowering the roofline to ‘hide’ the buildings from the street. The elegance of the thin steel mullions, which support the flat-roof make the building appear lightweight, but the appearance belies the strength of the structure. Neil Jackson, Prof of Architecture ...100: University of London Boathouse, Chiswick.
... This satisfactory result was secured after a vigorous campaign by the West London River Group and other local amenity societies, actively supported by C20 Society. The University of London Boathouse was built in two phases commencing in 1936 and in 1937 respectively. The construction of ...
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