🗓️ For August’s Building of the Month, Irma Naira explores the monumental Villa Ottolenghi (1974-78) near Lake Garda - one of the final projects by Italian architect Carlo Scarpa. ➡️ Read more: c20society.org.uk/building-of-...

☎️ #OTD 6 Aug 1986 a K3 telephone kiosk (1929), located outside the Parrott House at London Zoo, became the very first listed telephone box in Britain. It followed a landmark campaign by the Thirties Society (forerunner to C20), launched the previous year in response to BT’s modernisation programme.

NEWS: C20 Society has backed new plans to convert the Brutalist former Church of the Good Shepherd (1966-67) in Batheaston, Somerset, into a day nursery and offices, saving it from a previously consented demolition following a community campaign. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/nursery...

Lost architecture featured in Vanishing Japan (2026, Thames & Hudson) by Naomi Pollock. Book launch on Thursday with @c20society.bsky.social, few in-person & online tickets still available!

EVENT: Join C20 and tour guide Andrew Jackson for a late summer weekend trip to 20th Century Liverpool. From the Cathedrals to the Philharmonic, the University to the Queensway Tunnel, we're in our Mersey Paradise! 🗓️ Fri 18 - Sun 20 Sep 2026 🎟️ Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

Alec Forshaw, Islington conservation officer for 30 yrs, lead a fantastic walk around Angel for @c20society.bsky.social

💥 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s our Save Cooling Towers banner over West Burton Power Station in Megawatt Valley! Well, with C20 Society’s recent AGM taking place in Nottinghamshire, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity for a ‘flying visit’… ➡️ Read more: c20society.org.uk/news/west-bu...

Join us for a talk about the radical London Local Government in 1980s London!

C20 Society@c20society.bsky.social · 2w ago

EVENT: Join C20 and author Hazel Atashroo as she introduces her new book ‘London’s Ours! Images From The Greater London Council 1981–1986’, in conversation with Rosamund Lily West. 🗓️ Wed 2 Sep 2026, 6.30pm 📍 Cowcross St Gallery, London + Online 🎟️ tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

👀 Tomorrow, 0830 UTC GB-0443, G-BUNC

Extremely concerning news that Jodrell Bank in Cheshire is facing closure, after UKRI announced the end of their funding from 2028. Though the Lovell Telescope is Grade I listed, the best strategy for preserving this internationally significant site is surely to keep the observatory in active use.

EVENT: Join C20 and Historic England for a special two-day event, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 1946 New Towns Act and the launch of the late Elain Harwood’s final major publication, 'New Towns Mark One'. 🗓️ Thu 10-11 Sept 2026 📍 London + Harlow 🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

NEWS: We’re delighted that the £130 million plans to transform the Grade II* listed Crystal Palace National Sports Centre (1960-64) have been unanimously approved by Bromley Council, following support from C20, Historic England, Sport England and many others. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/green-l...

Was lucky enough to work in TV Centre 📺 from 1991 off and on till 2012.. loved talking about it to Open City with my @c20society.bsky.social President head on. Features me reading from Colin MacInnes’s Absolute Beginners podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

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🇫🇷 Today, a lucky group of C20 Patrons will visit the iconic Maison de Verre in Paris (1928-32), with places selected via a ballot earlier in the year. Why not consider becoming an Individual or Professional Patron, for your chance to join other exclusive tours? ➡️ c20society.org.uk/support/patr...

EVENT: Join C20 and author Hazel Atashroo as she introduces her new book ‘London’s Ours! Images From The Greater London Council 1981–1986’, in conversation with Rosamund Lily West. 🗓️ Wed 2 Sep 2026, 6.30pm 📍 Cowcross St Gallery, London + Online 🎟️ tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

NEWS: After being feared lost then recently rediscovered, the 1960s Skyline tile mural by artist Alan Boyson has now been restored and relocated from Hull's old Co-op building to a nearby NHS centre. ✍ @estherjohnson.bsky.social tells the full story: c20society.org.uk/2026/07/15/t...

I really like this. The one thing that Post-Modernism had going for it which is missing from so much other architecture is that it is fun. It’s also nice to see another late 20th Century leisure centre preserved. These are the Victorian Turkish Baths of the future.

C20 Society@c20society.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEWS: Doncaster Dome (FaulknerBrowns, 1987-89) has reopened to the public following a 2 year, £15 million project to refurbish the pools, flumes, changing area, mechanical heating and water filter system. The Postmodern leisure centre was Grade II listed in 2023 after an application by C20 Society.

NEWS: Doncaster Dome (FaulknerBrowns, 1987-89) has reopened to the public following a 2 year, £15 million project to refurbish the pools, flumes, changing area, mechanical heating and water filter system. The Postmodern leisure centre was Grade II listed in 2023 after an application by C20 Society.

EVENT: Join C20 and author Naomi Pollock for Vanishing Japan - Modern Architecture, Gone But Not Forgotten. 🗓️ Thu 6 Aug 2026, 6.30pm 📍 The Gallery, 70 Cowcross St, London + Online 🎟️ Book tickets In-person: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx... Online: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

The people spoke, their local council ignored them. Shameful. In Dec 2025 a remarkable 9-day occupation of the humble 1950s Sheringham Bus Shelter thwarted an attempted demolition by Norfolk County Council. This week, their beloved streamline moderne shelter was unceremoniously flattened.

NEWS: A K6 MkII telephone box near the historic Pillar of Elliseg in Llangollen, Denbighshire, has been Grade II listed by Cadw after support from @c20cymru.bsky.social First shown on a 1963 OS map, the Tudor crown on the Llangollen kiosk suggests it was installed at some point between 1949-53.

Just wrapped up @c20society.bsky.social AGM in Nottingham. They have lots of amazing buildings!

📖 C20's new '100 21st Century Buildings' book is out today! Published by @batsfordbooks.bsky.social, it finds the Society looking to the heritage of the future; providing an overview of the best buildings created in first quarter of the new century. 🛒 shop.c20society.org.uk/products/pre...

🗓️ After a short hiatus, C20's Building of the Month returns with new editor Mark Bessoudo. Our July entry is the exquisite Valhallabadet pool in Gothenburg, Sweden (1956), threatened with demolition. Words by Veronica Hejdelind, photography by Jonathan Hökklo. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/building-of-...

NEWS: C20 Society and campaign group Save the National Glass Centre have submitted a joint listing application for the Sunderland venue, ahead of its closure on July 31st and threatened demolition. Crucially the building passed the 30 years threshold in Feb 2026. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/listing...

EVENT: Join C20 and Alec Forshaw for Remaking the Angel - a circular walking tour looking at how the Islington area has been regenerated over the past 40 years. 🗓️ Sat 1 Aug 2026, 10:30-12:30 📍 Starting outside Angel Station, Islington 🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

In between the F1 coverage, making a start on reading this PoMo book by Elain Harwood and Geraint Franklin that I treated myself to at a recent @c20society.bsky.social event - excited to delve in!

I've co-organised a symposium with @c20society.bsky.social on 10 September to mark 80 years of the New Towns Act, and the launch of Elain Harwood's final major book, 'New Towns Mark One', which I edited (and the sequel to which I'm now writing). Details here: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

🎟️ Tickets for the historic Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum go on sale today! We love these 1966 commemorative postage stamps by David Gentleman, taking scenes from the Battle of Hastings as depicted on the tapestry, and intricately engraving them on boxwood blocks for printing.

NEWS: Three post-war buildings at Cardiff University have been Grade II listed by Cadw, following support from C20 Cymru 📍Redwood Building, Sir Percy Thomas, 1958-61 📍School of Music, Alex Gordon & Partners, 1970-71 📍Arts and Social Sciences Library, Faulkner-Brown Hendy Watkinson Stonor, 1973-75