All twentieth century society articles
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NewsFuture Systems classroom pod faces demolition
Campaigners are racing to find a new home for the futuristic classroom pod before its demolition at the end of the school term
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NewsProposal launched for world’s first Olympic level skateboarding centre in Bradford
The 1970s grade II-listed Richard Dunn Sports Centre could make history after narrowly avoiding demolition
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ReviewReview | Peter Womersley, by Neil Jackson
James Grimley enjoys a new book on Peter Womersley and hopes that it acts as ‘a rallying call to action’ on preserving the architect’s work
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OpinionCan Birmingham learn from past mistakes by keeping more of its old buildings?
Two separate campaigns to save Birmingham buildings tell the story of how conservation and attitudes to sustainability have evolved in the city, writes Joe Holyoak
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ReviewReview | Edward Cullinan Architects, by Kenneth Powell
A new book reveals the ‘somewhat eccentric sensibility of an often very good architect’, finds Patrick Lynch
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NewsTributes paid to Elain Harwood
Architectural historians, conservationists and the wider architectural community pay tribute to Elain Harwood
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NewsElain Harwood dies aged 64
Influential and widely respected architectural historian and advocate for 20th century architecture dies
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ReviewReview | Brutalist Britain by Elain Harwood
Jenny Marris reviews a new book on the architecture that defined an era
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ReviewReview | 100 20th Century Houses by the Twentieth Century Society
Emma Dent Coad enjoys a book on twentieth-century houses and wonders whether it has lessons to teach us about the current housing crisis
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OpinionWhere was the architecture in Coventry’s year as City of Culture?
Why has Coventry turned its back on its rich 20th century architectural heritage, asks Joe Holyoak
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BlogsBattersea Power Station: Going, going...
'My name is Nisha and I have a rich father.' Battersea Power Station is for sale on the open market for the first time. As the deadline for bids looms, Elizabeth Hopkirk talks to one of the bidders