C20 Society
@c20society.bsky.social
The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
www.c20society.org.uk
www.c20society.org.uk
EVENT: C20’s Autumn Lecture Series on Sports Architecture continues with Mike Hall, partner at FaulknerBrowns, exploring the practice’s pioneering and playful work on Leisure Centres.
🗓️ Thu 13 Nov, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Thu 13 Nov, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
EVENT: C20’s Autumn Lecture Series on Sports Architecture continues with Mike Hall, partner at FaulknerBrowns, exploring the practice’s pioneering and playful work on Leisure Centres.
🗓️ Thu 13 Nov, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Thu 13 Nov, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
C20's Cooling Towers selected by The Modern House as one of six new titles on the brilliance of 20th and 21st century design.
➡️ themodernhouse.com/journal/six-...
➡️ themodernhouse.com/journal/six-...
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
C20's Cooling Towers selected by The Modern House as one of six new titles on the brilliance of 20th and 21st century design.
➡️ themodernhouse.com/journal/six-...
➡️ themodernhouse.com/journal/six-...
Huge animals made in wood, steel or fibreglass, these were beautiful works of art for children – made to be touched, climbed on, dived into and slid through.
The Poole animals were the first that Hand created and are among very few known to survive. Are you aware of any more? If so, get in touch!
The Poole animals were the first that Hand created and are among very few known to survive. Are you aware of any more? If so, get in touch!
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Huge animals made in wood, steel or fibreglass, these were beautiful works of art for children – made to be touched, climbed on, dived into and slid through.
The Poole animals were the first that Hand created and are among very few known to survive. Are you aware of any more? If so, get in touch!
The Poole animals were the first that Hand created and are among very few known to survive. Are you aware of any more? If so, get in touch!
Between the 1965 and 1986, while working as a lecturer at Bournemouth College of Art, Hand was commissioned to produce a large number of sculptural works for shopping centres and other public spaces around the country.
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Between the 1965 and 1986, while working as a lecturer at Bournemouth College of Art, Hand was commissioned to produce a large number of sculptural works for shopping centres and other public spaces around the country.
For decades they were a cherished part of Poole’s public art until being removed from the centre’s forecourt in 1997 and placed into storage. Donated to @poolemuseum.bsky.social in 2023, they’ve now finally re-emerged and gone back on permanent display at the museum.
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
For decades they were a cherished part of Poole’s public art until being removed from the centre’s forecourt in 1997 and placed into storage. Donated to @poolemuseum.bsky.social in 2023, they’ve now finally re-emerged and gone back on permanent display at the museum.
🦛 🐋 🐢 The Poole play sculptures have come out of hibernation!
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🦛 🐋 🐢 The Poole play sculptures have come out of hibernation!
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
Originally installed in the town’s Dolphin Centre (formerly the Arndale Centre) in 1969, the wooden Hippo, Turtle, and Whale sculptures were by renowned artist Peter Hand (1929-2024). 🧵
NEWS: C20 has supported an application to list the majestic Norwich Sports Village (1987-88), the only concrete shell structures in the UK designed by pioneering Swiss engineer Heinz Isler, utlising his innovative ‘inverted membrane’ and ‘plumped pillow’ method.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/c20-lis...
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/c20-lis...
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
NEWS: C20 has supported an application to list the majestic Norwich Sports Village (1987-88), the only concrete shell structures in the UK designed by pioneering Swiss engineer Heinz Isler, utlising his innovative ‘inverted membrane’ and ‘plumped pillow’ method.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/c20-lis...
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/c20-lis...
Funded by the GLC and constructed by the The Great Outdoors Company, the Kenny rode a new wave of popularity in Britain for skating culture during the late 70’s. It utilised the ‘Radical Banking’ system of pre-cast concrete modules, developed by Lorne Edwards to be readily assembled on site.
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Funded by the GLC and constructed by the The Great Outdoors Company, the Kenny rode a new wave of popularity in Britain for skating culture during the late 70’s. It utilised the ‘Radical Banking’ system of pre-cast concrete modules, developed by Lorne Edwards to be readily assembled on site.
🛹 Don’t Kill Kenny!
Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition urging Lambeth Council not to abandon the plans to restore Kennington Park’s historic skatebowl 'The Kenny' (1978), as C20 Society has backed the grassroots campaign.
✍🏼Sign and share the petition: www.change.org/p/save-kenni...
Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition urging Lambeth Council not to abandon the plans to restore Kennington Park’s historic skatebowl 'The Kenny' (1978), as C20 Society has backed the grassroots campaign.
✍🏼Sign and share the petition: www.change.org/p/save-kenni...
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🛹 Don’t Kill Kenny!
Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition urging Lambeth Council not to abandon the plans to restore Kennington Park’s historic skatebowl 'The Kenny' (1978), as C20 Society has backed the grassroots campaign.
✍🏼Sign and share the petition: www.change.org/p/save-kenni...
Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition urging Lambeth Council not to abandon the plans to restore Kennington Park’s historic skatebowl 'The Kenny' (1978), as C20 Society has backed the grassroots campaign.
✍🏼Sign and share the petition: www.change.org/p/save-kenni...
EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series continues this week with Mike Taylor, principal at Hopkins, exploring the practice’s work at Lord’s, Wimbledon and the 2012 Olympic Games.
🗓️ Thu 6 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Thu 6 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series continues this week with Mike Taylor, principal at Hopkins, exploring the practice’s work at Lord’s, Wimbledon and the 2012 Olympic Games.
🗓️ Thu 6 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Thu 6 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
For those that follow the news...
C20's House of the Day: Dulwich Wood Park Estate, Austin Vernon & Partners (1957-63)
Want to know more about Dulwich's Mid-Century Oasis? Buy the book! Co-written by former C20 Chair, Ian McInnes
www.ribabooks.com/dulwich-mid-...
C20's House of the Day: Dulwich Wood Park Estate, Austin Vernon & Partners (1957-63)
Want to know more about Dulwich's Mid-Century Oasis? Buy the book! Co-written by former C20 Chair, Ian McInnes
www.ribabooks.com/dulwich-mid-...
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
For those that follow the news...
C20's House of the Day: Dulwich Wood Park Estate, Austin Vernon & Partners (1957-63)
Want to know more about Dulwich's Mid-Century Oasis? Buy the book! Co-written by former C20 Chair, Ian McInnes
www.ribabooks.com/dulwich-mid-...
C20's House of the Day: Dulwich Wood Park Estate, Austin Vernon & Partners (1957-63)
Want to know more about Dulwich's Mid-Century Oasis? Buy the book! Co-written by former C20 Chair, Ian McInnes
www.ribabooks.com/dulwich-mid-...
You can find out more about C20's Cooling Towers campaign here: c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
You can find out more about C20's Cooling Towers campaign here: c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers
EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series on Buildings for Sport & Leisure continues this week, with historian Simon Inglis tracing the evolution of the 20th century stadium as a distinct entity.
🗓️ Thu 30 Oct 2025 at 6.30pm - 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Thu 30 Oct 2025 at 6.30pm - 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
October 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series on Buildings for Sport & Leisure continues this week, with historian Simon Inglis tracing the evolution of the 20th century stadium as a distinct entity.
🗓️ Thu 30 Oct 2025 at 6.30pm - 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
🗓️ Thu 30 Oct 2025 at 6.30pm - 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Recent rejections from DCMS include Bath Fire Station (1938-9), Shoreditch Fire Station (1963-4), BBC Brookmans Park Transmitting Station (1928-9) and, we can reveal for the first time, Stansted Airport (Foster + Partners, 1991) - one of the finest achievements of the High-Tech movement.
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Recent rejections from DCMS include Bath Fire Station (1938-9), Shoreditch Fire Station (1963-4), BBC Brookmans Park Transmitting Station (1928-9) and, we can reveal for the first time, Stansted Airport (Foster + Partners, 1991) - one of the finest achievements of the High-Tech movement.
NEWS: Analysis carried out by the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk using FOI shows that 80% of the instances of DCMS ministers rejecting advice from Historic England to list historic buildings over the past 5 years, have taken place in the last 12 months under Labour.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/44698
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/44698
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
NEWS: Analysis carried out by the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk using FOI shows that 80% of the instances of DCMS ministers rejecting advice from Historic England to list historic buildings over the past 5 years, have taken place in the last 12 months under Labour.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/44698
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/44698
EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series on Buildings for Sport & Leisure splashes-down this week! Alan Powers will explore the development of pool and lido architecture from the 1920s onwards.
📆 Thu 23 Oct 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎫 secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
📆 Thu 23 Oct 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎫 secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
October 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series on Buildings for Sport & Leisure splashes-down this week! Alan Powers will explore the development of pool and lido architecture from the 1920s onwards.
📆 Thu 23 Oct 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎫 secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
📆 Thu 23 Oct 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online
🎫 secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
In the past few years, the Barbican has also been the location for a music video by Harry Styles and featured in Star Wars Andor and 007 Quantum of Solace. This might be the oddest one yet.
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
In the past few years, the Barbican has also been the location for a music video by Harry Styles and featured in Star Wars Andor and 007 Quantum of Solace. This might be the oddest one yet.
🥔 The moment the Barbican went mainstream?
No, it’s not April 1st. Supermarket chain Aldi have dropped a new limited edition Jacket Potato Jacket to mark the start of autumn. And where did they choose to do the fashion shoot? Yup, everyone’s favourite post-war brutalist estate.
No, it’s not April 1st. Supermarket chain Aldi have dropped a new limited edition Jacket Potato Jacket to mark the start of autumn. And where did they choose to do the fashion shoot? Yup, everyone’s favourite post-war brutalist estate.
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🥔 The moment the Barbican went mainstream?
No, it’s not April 1st. Supermarket chain Aldi have dropped a new limited edition Jacket Potato Jacket to mark the start of autumn. And where did they choose to do the fashion shoot? Yup, everyone’s favourite post-war brutalist estate.
No, it’s not April 1st. Supermarket chain Aldi have dropped a new limited edition Jacket Potato Jacket to mark the start of autumn. And where did they choose to do the fashion shoot? Yup, everyone’s favourite post-war brutalist estate.
📞 The brutalist Hayes North Telephone Exchange (1970-72) has been added to the Hillingdon’s local list, recognising it as a building of architectural and historical significance.
Following a 6 week public consultation earlier in the year, an overwhelming 68% of respondents supported the inclusion.
Following a 6 week public consultation earlier in the year, an overwhelming 68% of respondents supported the inclusion.
October 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
📞 The brutalist Hayes North Telephone Exchange (1970-72) has been added to the Hillingdon’s local list, recognising it as a building of architectural and historical significance.
Following a 6 week public consultation earlier in the year, an overwhelming 68% of respondents supported the inclusion.
Following a 6 week public consultation earlier in the year, an overwhelming 68% of respondents supported the inclusion.
The designation is the latest to arise from the pioneering Designed Landscapes of the Recent Past project. It sought to identify, record and champion Scotland’s modern garden and landscape heritage; ensuring sites from 1945 to the early 21st century are better understood, valued and protected.
October 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The designation is the latest to arise from the pioneering Designed Landscapes of the Recent Past project. It sought to identify, record and champion Scotland’s modern garden and landscape heritage; ensuring sites from 1945 to the early 21st century are better understood, valued and protected.
🌿 We're thrilled that The Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Dumfries has become a designated landscape, following assessment by Historic Environment Scotland and support from C20. Developed gradually between 1988-2012 by Charles & Maggie Jencks, the garden is a work of outstanding artistic importance.
October 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🌿 We're thrilled that The Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Dumfries has become a designated landscape, following assessment by Historic Environment Scotland and support from C20. Developed gradually between 1988-2012 by Charles & Maggie Jencks, the garden is a work of outstanding artistic importance.
📆 Oct-Nov 2025, at the Cowcross Street Gallery + Online
📍 Thu 23 Oct: Pools & Lidos
📍 Thu 30 Oct: Stadiums
📍 Thu 6 Nov: Hopkins Architects: Building for sport
📍 Thu 13 Nov: FaulknerBrown's Leisure Centres
📍 Thu 20 Nov: Skateparks
📍 Thu 27 Nov: Sports buildings in Cymru
📍 Thu 23 Oct: Pools & Lidos
📍 Thu 30 Oct: Stadiums
📍 Thu 6 Nov: Hopkins Architects: Building for sport
📍 Thu 13 Nov: FaulknerBrown's Leisure Centres
📍 Thu 20 Nov: Skateparks
📍 Thu 27 Nov: Sports buildings in Cymru
October 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
📆 Oct-Nov 2025, at the Cowcross Street Gallery + Online
📍 Thu 23 Oct: Pools & Lidos
📍 Thu 30 Oct: Stadiums
📍 Thu 6 Nov: Hopkins Architects: Building for sport
📍 Thu 13 Nov: FaulknerBrown's Leisure Centres
📍 Thu 20 Nov: Skateparks
📍 Thu 27 Nov: Sports buildings in Cymru
📍 Thu 23 Oct: Pools & Lidos
📍 Thu 30 Oct: Stadiums
📍 Thu 6 Nov: Hopkins Architects: Building for sport
📍 Thu 13 Nov: FaulknerBrown's Leisure Centres
📍 Thu 20 Nov: Skateparks
📍 Thu 27 Nov: Sports buildings in Cymru
EVENT: Announcing our 2025 Autumn Lecture Series: Buildings for Sport and Leisure. From lidos to skateparks, lesiure centres to stadia, the Olympics and more!
Season tickets and individual lecture tickets are available to book now: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
See full calendar below 👇🏼
Season tickets and individual lecture tickets are available to book now: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
See full calendar below 👇🏼
October 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
EVENT: Announcing our 2025 Autumn Lecture Series: Buildings for Sport and Leisure. From lidos to skateparks, lesiure centres to stadia, the Olympics and more!
Season tickets and individual lecture tickets are available to book now: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
See full calendar below 👇🏼
Season tickets and individual lecture tickets are available to book now: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
See full calendar below 👇🏼
🚨 A unique test panel from the Tottenham Court Road Station murals by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) is coming up at auction with Lyon & Turnbull on Oct 31.
Created in 1982-86, the polychromatic glass mosaics at TCR are the ‘Sistene Chapel of art of the Underground’, yet remain unlisted.
Created in 1982-86, the polychromatic glass mosaics at TCR are the ‘Sistene Chapel of art of the Underground’, yet remain unlisted.
October 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🚨 A unique test panel from the Tottenham Court Road Station murals by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) is coming up at auction with Lyon & Turnbull on Oct 31.
Created in 1982-86, the polychromatic glass mosaics at TCR are the ‘Sistene Chapel of art of the Underground’, yet remain unlisted.
Created in 1982-86, the polychromatic glass mosaics at TCR are the ‘Sistene Chapel of art of the Underground’, yet remain unlisted.
NEWS: Permission has been granted for a major retrofit project by @collectivearch.bsky.social at Edinburgh's brutalist 'Banana Flats', immortalised in the film Trainspotting. Designed by Alison, Hutchison & Partners, Cables Wynd House (1963-5) was inspired by Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation model.
October 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
NEWS: Permission has been granted for a major retrofit project by @collectivearch.bsky.social at Edinburgh's brutalist 'Banana Flats', immortalised in the film Trainspotting. Designed by Alison, Hutchison & Partners, Cables Wynd House (1963-5) was inspired by Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation model.