Brilliant 'London Modernism' walk with Sarah Jackson on Saturday – second in 'Architecture Style Walks' by @c20society.bsky.social. Few tickets left for a re-run!

Former Odeon Cinema, Morecambe - William Calder Robson for Harry Weedon and Partners, 1937 Image © Philip Butler

Odeon Cinema, Morecambe - William Calder Robson for Harry Weedon and Partners, 1937 Image © John Maltby

NEWS: The former Odeon Cinema in Morecambe (1937), now a hardware and bathroom supply shop, has been Grade II listed following support from C20 Society.

The Streamlined Moderne style cinema was one of 7 designed for Odeon by architect William Calder Robson; 3 of which survive, all are now listed.

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Palace cinema, Conwy, 1935-6 © Conwy archives

EVENT: Join @c20cymru.bsky.social for a day in Conwy, Llandudno Junction, and Colwyn Bay on Sidney Colwyn Foulkes - the Reluctant Modernist

📅 Sat 16 May 2026, 10:00am-5:30pm
📍 Canolfan Ddiwylliant Conwy Culture Centre
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The battle for brutalism has been won. So what happens next? Landmarks such as the Southbank Centre have shaken off their reputation as eyesores, but it’s the PoMo buildings of the 1970s that are really at risk today, writes Charles Holland

‘The Southbank Centre was the social democratic project made (literally) concrete. Its art gallery, the Hayward, is even named after a leader of London County Council.’

Charles Holland on the rehabilitation of brutalism – and the more pressing threats to postmodernist buildings

Trig points that mapped the nation are on path to listed status Campaigners want official protection from Historic England for two pillars as symbols of a system established by the Ordnance Survey in the 1930s

From @thetimes.com: “ Trig Pillars deserve their place in history - they are the thing you strive for on a long walk, the landmark you pose for in a selfie in a blustery gale on top of a hill. They’re a bit of an institution … we want to give them recognition”

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Campaigners seek listed status for historic trig points that mapped Britain Pillars at Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, and Thorny Gale, Cumbria, bookended the project that modernised mapping Heritage campaigners are bidding for listing status for two concrete pillars hailed as “modest obelisks of modernity in the countryside”. These functional 120cm (4ft) stone or concrete “trig points” formed part of a 6,500-strong network of surveying posts that were vital for the development of modern mapping. Continue reading...

Campaigners seek listed status for historic trig points that mapped Britain

The Trig Pillar at Thorny Gale, Cumbria, site of the last observations in the Retriangulation of Great Britain, on 4 June 1962 Image credit: C20 Society

The Trig Pillar plaque at Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, site of the first observations in the Retriangulation of Great Britain, on 18 April 1936 Image credit: McCoy Wynne Photography (from the Triangulation project)

📍Heritage in High Places: Happy 90th to the beloved British Trig Point!

C20 has submitted listing applications for the two most historically important examples: the first, at Cold Ashby in Nottinghamshire (1936) and the last, at Thorny Gale in Cumbria (1962).

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📍 Kingsgate Bridge, Durham - Ove Arup & Partners, 1963. Grade I

When a bridge expansion joint is elevated to the sublime: In the middle of a concrete parapet, the sculptural interlocking bronze T + U are said to symbolise the connection of Town and University in Durham

📷 @gardnergareth.bsky.social

Renault Distribution Centre, Swindon - Foster Associates, 1979-82 Image credit: John East

Defence Secretary, John Healey MP, visiting the new Tekever drone making facility at the Spectrum Building, Swindon.

Aerial photograph of Renault Distribution Centre, Swindon - Foster Associates, 1979-82 Image credit: MAPP

High-Tech reuse: From automotive assembly to defence technology?

Intriguing news that the Grade II* former Renault Distribution Centre in Swindon (Foster Associates, 1979-82) has recently been acquired by the 'aerospace security company' Tekever to become a military drone manufacturing facility.

EVENT: Join C20 for a special study day and walk to celebrate the Lansbury Estate at 75

📅 Sat 16 May 2026, 10am-5:30pm
📍Starting at Cowcross St Gallery, Farringdon - ending at the Festival Inn, Poplar
🎫 Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

The Daily Express Building, Fleet Street, London - Ellis and Clarke with Sir Owen Williams and Robert Atkinson, 1932. Grade II* Image credit: John East

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📍 The Daily Express Building, Fleet Street, London - Ellis and Clarke with Sir Owen Williams and Robert Atkinson, 1932. Grade II*

Perkins&Will refurbishes Lasdun’s Grade II*-listed Institute of Education Perkins&Will refurbishes Lasdun’s Grade II*-listed Institute of Education

Perkins&Will has completed a refurbishment and environmental upgrade of the Institute of Education, designed by Denys Lasdun and Partners in the 1970s

Image: London in SimCity 3000. Screenshot by SimCityHawk.

EVENT: Did you know models from Assassin’s Creed were used to help in the restoration of Notre Damn? As part of the London Games Festival, join C20 for Videogames as Architectural Archives

🗓️ Thu 16 Apr 2026, 6:30 - 7:45pm
📍 Online discussion
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Cathedral of St Michael, Priory Street, Coventry - Sir Basil Spence, 1951-52. Grade I listed. Image credit: Diliff, Wikimedia Commons

🕊️ Happy Easter weekend from Coventry Cathedral (Basil Spence, 1951-52), one of the greatest works of 20th century British art and architecture.

Image © Martin Crampin

Courtesy of Susan William Ellis Archive

🎂 Happy centenary to Portmeirion! Founded by Welsh architect Clough Williams-Ellis, the unique and captivating Italianate village on the North Wales coast opened on this day in 1926.

Writing on the wall: Art UK digitises thousands of murals as street artworks go mainstream From medieval church wall paintings to Liam Gallagher’s viral X post, charity has catalogued more than 6,600 pieces

Writing on the wall: Art UK digitises thousands of murals as street artworks go mainstream

Cranhill Water Tower, Glasgow – Frank A Macdonald and Partners, 1951 Image credit: Peter McDonald

🛸 Beam us up Brutalism: C20 Society has supported the proposed listing of Cranhill Water Tower (1951) in Glasgow by Historic Environment Scotland at Category B, following an application by @paulsweeney.bsky.social

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Clifton Cathedral - Percy Thomas Partnership, 1969-73, Grade II* © Phil Boorman

Clifton Cathedral - Percy Thomas Partnership, 1969-73, Grade II* © Phil Boorman

EVENT: Join C20 for a Bank Holiday weekend in Bristol. We’ll see the recently refurbished Grade II* Clifton Cathedral (1973), the last major cathedral built in Britain; the ‘Bauhaus, Breuer, Bristol’ exhibition and more.

🗓️ Thu 30 Apr - Sat 2 May
🎟️ Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx?t…

Tick-tock-tick-tock. Clocks go forward and British Summer Time is back!

📍 Westbourne Grove ‘Turquoise Island’ Florists Kiosk and Public Lavatories, Notting Hill, London - CZWG Architects, 1993

C20 Society condemns listing refusal for Milton Keynes pyramid C20 Society condemns listing refusal for Milton Keynes pyramid

The Twentieth Century Society (C20) has condemned Historic England’s decision not to list BDP’s landmark 1980s The Point building in Milton Keynes

The Church of St Richard, Ham, Richmond - Ralph Covell (1964-66), Grade II Image: Historic England

The Church of St Richard, Ham, Richmond - Ralph Covell (1964-66), Grade II Image: Historic England

NEWS: The Church of St Richard, Ham, is one of three listed buildings to be awarded funding worth more than £1million by Historic England to aid their repair.

Designed by architect Ralph Covell in 1964-66 its hyperbolic paraboloid roof on a unique Star of David plan needs urgent structural support.

‘Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation’

NEWS: Famed Glasgow restaurant The Ubiquitous Chip and its important 1970s and 80s Alasdair Gray murals have been Category B listed by Historic Environment Scotland, following support from C20 Society.

Twentieth Century Society — Concorde design and lifestyle — notes An online talk and Q&A with Lawrence Azerrad, hosted by the Twentieth Century Society, exploring the design, culture and legacy of the legendary Concorde. A glimpse into a past that showed us a future...

Notes from last night's @c20society.bsky.social event with Lawrence Azerrad on the Concorde.

A fascinating look into something I still think as futuristic today. Aside thoughts on where do you start when designing: nudge things along to make massive strides?

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Northampton Guildhall Extension, Northamptonshire – Stimpson Walton Bond, 1991 Image credit: Stimpson Walton Bond

Northampton Guildhall Extension, Northamptonshire – Stimpson Walton Bond, 1991 Image credit: Stimpson Walton Bond

NEWS: C20 has requested a list amendment to the Grade II* Guildhall in Northampton (E. W. Godwin, 1861-4, extended 1889-92) to include an exemplary contextual modern extension by architects Stimpson Walton Bond (1991), which was recently put up for sale.

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BT Tower © Joseph Williamson

Easington 1984 © Keith Pattison

EVENT: C20 Open Mic is back for 2026! Join us for an evening of short talks by early-career professionals, spotlighting the latest research of upcoming specialists in 20th century heritage.

🗓️ Thu 2 April, 6.30-8pm
📍Cowcross St Gallery + Online
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The salvaged Abbey Walk Car Park reliefs in March 2026, created by artist Harold Gosney, 1969 Images © APS Drones

The salvaged Abbey Walk Car Park reliefs in March 2026, created by artist Harold Gosney, 1969 Images © APS Drones

Good News Friday: An update on the Abbey Walk Car Park case in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, where four of the 40 auto-inspired sculptural concrete panels by artist Harold Gosney (b.1937) have been saved during the demolition process, and are now seeking an appropriate new home

Hepworth Gallery garden, Wakefield - Tom Stuart-Smith, 2019 Image: Jason Ingram

Castlefield Viaduct, Manchester - National Trust and Twelve Architects, 2022 Image: David Bewick

📍 Hepworth Gallery garden, Wakefield - Tom Stuart-Smith, 2019 (Image: Jason Ingram)

📍 Castlefield Viaduct, Manchester - National Trust and Twelve Architects, 2022 (Image: David Bewick)

Landform, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh - Charles Jencks, 2001 Image: Art UK

Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, Hackney - muf architecture and J&L. Gibbons, 2010 Image: John East

📍 Landform, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh - Charles Jencks, 2001

📍 Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, Hackney - muf architecture and J&L. Gibbons, 2010

Harlow Town Park Water Gardens, Essex - Sylvia Crowe, 1963-64 Image: Historic England

Thames Barrier Park, Royal Docks, E16 - Patel Taylor Architects with Allain Provost and Alain Cousseran, 1999-2000 Image: John East

📍 Harlow Town Park Water Gardens, Essex - Sylvia Crowe, 1963-64

📍 Thames Barrier Park, Royal Docks, E16 - Patel Taylor Architects with Allain Provost and Alain Cousseran, 1999-2000