Regent’s Canal Evening Walk- SOLD OUT Walk - 18/08/2022 Alan Powers will lead a walk from Islington to Hoxton along the canal once bordered by industry and housing. We will be joined by urban designer, Steven Smith, and look at an area of regeneration and new architecture.
Paddington, Bare: Breaking New Ground Walk - SOLD OUT Walk - 20/08/2022 A walk led by Chris Rogers through the heart of Paddington, London to explore its architecture, which has been transformed over the past fifteen years. It is a thrillingly Piranesian world of decks, ramps and bridges.
Twentieth Century Oslo Tour - SOLD OUT Tour - 25/08/2022 A packed itinerary to include the ornate Oslo City Hall and Vigeland’s extraordinary Frogner Park sculptures, socially engaged architecture of Norway’s fledgling welfare-state- Brutalist buildings of the 1960s and new design, including the Munch museum.
Southbank Evening Walk Walk - 25/08/2022 Ian McInnes, Chair of the Society will lead a walk to review a number of C20 casework successes on London’s Southbank, including the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the listing of Lasdun’s former IBM headquarters.
RUS IN URBE – Alton Estate, Roehampton Walk Walk - 03/09/2022 Suzanne Waters will lead a walk around the famous Alton Estate (1953-59), Roehampton in south-west London. One of the most important examples of social housing designed by the London County Council and now under threat.
Tom Karen Exhibition and A Little of Letchworth Tour - 03/09/2022 A visit led by Brent Smith to the exhibition of the influential industrial designer Tom Karen, The Spirella Building and the Broadway Cinema in Letchworth. There will be an option to visit the International Garden Cities Exhibition.
Traversing the City of London’s Cluster of Towers Walk Walk - 10/09/2022 Our expert Alec Forshaw will lead a walk starting at Liverpool Street and finishing at Tower Hill, we will cross the eastern part of the City of London, dominated by its ever-growing concentration of tall office buildings.
Sir Stuart Lipton Talk Lecture - 14/09/2022 Sir Stuart Lipton, founder of Stanhope and co-founder of Chelsfield Property Company, will talk about development and some of his many projects that included Broadgate, Stockley Park and Chiswick Business Park.
The Elizabeth Line Tour - SOLD OUT Tour - 17/09/2022 Unlike other recent TfL underground lines, the design concept behind the Elizabeth Line is different. Ian McInnes will lead a tour providing an opportunity to understand those differences while appreciating the scale of the project.
George Mayer-Marton’s ‘Oldham Mural’ in Context Tour Tour - 17/09/2022 A tour with experts led by Howard Smith to see the 1955 ‘Oldham Mural’, at the Holy Rosary, Oldham. We will also visit two further churches on post-war estates in Greater Manchester to reveal unexpected masterpieces.
Trevor Dannatt Study Day and Celebration Study Day - 01/10/2022 A study day to celebrate the life and work of the architect Trevor Dannatt RA and former President of C20 Society. Speakers will include John Bold, Adrian Dannatt, Harry Charrington, Elain Harwood and Alan Powers.
Twentieth Century Zagreb, Croatia Tour SOLD OUT Tour - 07/10/2022 The tour will provide a unique opportunity for members to enjoy the 20th century architecture of Zagreb, Croatia’s capital. It will be led by Darja Radović Mahečić, Croatian
An Evening with Peter Womersley, the architect of The See-Through House Event - 13/10/2022 A celebration of Peter Womersley (1923-1993) with Neil Jackson, Jane Womersley, Shelley Klein, Elain Harwood and Alan Powers. A fundraising event for Neil’s forthcoming book in the C20 Twentieth Century Architects series.
Autumn Lecture Series 2022: Public Art and Sculpture Complete Lecture Series - 20/10/2022 The complete series of the Autumn Lectures. The six lectures will focus on public art and sculpture in the UK and abroad. They will take place at 6.30 pm on Thursdays from 20 October to 24 November at Cowcross Street.
Public Art and Sculpture 1: Sculptural Residents on LCC Housing Estates Lecture Lecture - 20/10/2022 Rosamund Lily West will discuss the London County Council’s placement of human-figurative sculptures on post-war housing estates, in the context of the LCC’s housing and community policies.
Public Art and Sculpture 2: Pupils of Eric Gill Lecture Lecture - 27/10/2022 Alan Powers will talk about Eric Gill’s pupils such as Ralph Beyer and John Skelton. Their work as letterers, painters and stone carvers can be found in many sites, religious and secular, from the 1930s to 2000s.
Suburban Birmingham Tour Tour - 29/10/2022 Andy Foster, author of the Pevsner Birmingham City Guide, will lead a tour of suburban Birmingham. He will focus on 1960s housing and the stunning 1960s churches by Richard Gilbert Scott in outer Birmingham.
Public Art and Sculpture 3: Refugees from Nazi Europe Lecture Lecture - 03/11/2022 A lecture by Monica Bohm-Duchen about the émigré sculptors who created works still visible in public spaces throughout the UK, and whose names and life stories remain little examined.
Public Art and Sculpture 4: Scottish New Town Art and Sculpture Lecture Lecture - 10/11/2022 Andrew Demetrius will examine the flowering of public art that occurred in Scotland’s New Towns, focussing on 1965-80, discussing its origins and looking at the role of the town artists and their collaborative design practice.
Public Art and Sculpture 5: William Mitchell from Honolulu to Stevenage Lecture Lecture - 17/11/2022 Dawn Pereira will discuss the innovatory concrete sculpture of the 1970s by William Mitchell. His work in the US would influence his later work on returning to Britain.
Public Art and Sculpture 6: Jacob Epstein - in the eye of the storm and calmer waters Lecture Lecture - 24/11/2022 Evelyn Silber will discuss Jacob Epstein’s early public commissions for London and Paris which engendered polarised critical responses. In the 1950s, there were numbers of public commissions which enjoyed great acclaim.