‘Fresh Air and Fun’ – Blackpool and Fylde Coast Tour Tour - 14/09/2024 Andrew Jackson will lead a weekend tour discovering the C20 delights of Blackpool and the Fylde Coast, including Fleetwood and Lytham St Annes.
Katowice, Poland Tour Tour - 26/09/2024 A three-day tour in the south of Poland once the nation’s industrial powerhouse. Led by Eddie Tulasiewicz we will see modern Polish architecture drawing on German, Soviet, socialist, modernist and post-modernist influences.
Soho - Sin and Salvation Walk Walk - 29/09/2024 Join Carlos Finlay and Andrew Jackson for a Sunday stroll in and around Soho, London as they peep into public houses, places of worship and theatres.
In person: Post-war Stained Glass in the City of London Lecture Lecture - 01/10/2024 Alexandra Epps will talk about the unique stained glass stories of people, time and place within the post-war stained glass of the historic churches of the City of London.
Zoom: Post-war Stained Glass in the City of London Lecture Lecture - 01/10/2024 Alexandra Epps will talk about the unique stained glass stories of people, time and place within the post-war stained glass of the historic churches of the City of London.
Split, Croatia Tour Tour - 04/10/2024 Peter Elborn together with Ana Šverko, architect and architectural historian will lead a tour of the twentieth century architecture of Split, a World Heritage Site. The tour will include significant examples of C20 Croatian architecture.
In person: Advertising Architects: The Architectural Review Lecture - 04/10/2024 Dr Jessica Kelly will look at how The Architectural Review in the mid-twentieth century publicised and promoted architects and architecture for a public audience.
Zoom: Advertising Architects: The Architectural Review Lecture - 04/10/2024 Dr Jessica Kelly will look at how The Architectural Review in the mid-twentieth century publicised and promoted architects and architecture for a public audience.
In person: The Life and Work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser Lecture Lecture - 07/10/2024 A talk by Brent Smith on the eccentric genius Hundertwasser whose ideas were way ahead of his time. The talk will cover his naked lectures. his amazing body of work – buildings, paintings, writing, postage stamps, flags and much more.
Online: The Life and Work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser Lecture Lecture - 07/10/2024 A talk by Brent Smith on the eccentric genius Hundertwasser whose ideas were way ahead of his time. The talk will cover his naked lectures. his amazing body of work – buildings, paintings, writing, postage stamps, flags and much more.
Miners’ Modernism – Pit Head Baths Symposium Conference - 08/10/2024 Led by C20 Society and Queens University Belfast, this symposium will present interim findings from a new research project instigating the heritage and legacies of British Pithead Bath buildings.
In person: A Better Tomorrow: London Council Housing 1946-1981 Lecture Lecture - 08/10/2024 Thaddeus Zupančič will suggest that Council housing was arguably the greatest gift that architects have bequeathed London, and has contributed immeasurably to not only the architectural, but also the social fabric of the capital.
Zoom: A Better Tomorrow: London Council Housing 1946-1981 Lecture Lecture - 08/10/2024 Thaddeus Zupančič will suggest that Council housing was arguably the greatest gift that architects have bequeathed London, and has contributed immeasurably to not only the architectural, but also the social fabric of the capital.
Barcelona: Rationalism beyond La Rambla Tour Tour - 23/10/2024 Jonathan Duff will lead a visit to Barcelona one of the world’s great design cities. From Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion to Sert’s Miro Foundation masterpiece, we will visit significant works by local and international architects.
In person: Connecting the Nation: A History of the Telephone Exchange Building Lecture - 25/11/2024 An illustrated talk by Lisa Kinch, PhD student at Lancaster University, on the architectural history of the UK’s telephone exchange buildings.
Zoom: Connecting the Nation: A History of the Telephone Exchange Building Lecture - 25/11/2024 An illustrated talk by Lisa Kinch, PhD student at Lancaster University, on the architectural history of the UK’s telephone exchange buildings.