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The Wiltern Theater in LA and Samira Ahmed. Courtesy of Carol M. Highsmith Archive and Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

[online] Samira Ahmed: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers – Global stories about the buildings that bond us

Online Event - 02/12/2025

Christmas lecture by the C20 President, journalist and writer Samira Ahmed. Expect everything from Iranian Brutalism to Californian Art Deco.

Samira Ahmed: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers – Global stories about the buildings that bond us

Talk - 02/12/2025

Christmas lecture by the C20 President, journalist and writer Samira Ahmed. Expect everything from Iranian Brutalism to Californian Art Deco.

Decorative scheme for St George's Chapel, Westminster Cathedral, 2016, by Tom Phillips. Image credit: © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk

Westminster Cathedral: Art, Marbles & Mosaics – FULLY BOOKED

Joint events - 29/11/2025

Join Maria Cristina White de la Cruz for a guided tour of the extraordinary interior of the largest Catholic church in England and Wales, that includes work of Eric Gill, Christopher Hobbs and Tom Phillips.

Image above: Principality (originally Millennium) Stadium
Image credit: © Dragons RFC

[online] Buildings for Sport & Leisure: 6. The Social Role of Sports Buildings in Wales, Josh Jones

Online Event - 27/11/2025

Join Josh Jones in exploring Welsh sports buildings and their wider social role in the country. Some of the buildings, such as Plas Menai National Watersports Centre and Wrexham Waterworld, were listed thanks to C20 Cymru campaigns.

Principality (originally Millennium) Stadium
Image credit: © Dragons RFC

Buildings for Sport & Leisure: 6. The Social Role of Sports Buildings in Wales, Josh Jones

Lecture Series - 27/11/2025

[online] Bernat Klein Studio: Past and Future

Online Event - 24/11/2025

The deteriorated building was put up for sale with the guide price of mere £18,000. Samuel Gallacher will talk about winning the bidding war and the future of the building, while Neil Jackson will explore its history and context.

Image above: Rom skatepark
Image credit: © David Levene for the Guardian

[online] Buildings for Sport & Leisure: 5. Skateparks, Iain Borden

Online Event - 20/11/2025

Iain Borden will talk about the development and conservation of skateparks in the UK, including the ROM, the Livingston Skatepark and more recent schemes such as the RIBA award-winning F51 in Folkestone, the world’s first multi-level skatepark.

Buildings for Sport & Leisure: 5. Skateparks, Iain Borden

Lecture Series - 20/11/2025

Sam Webb at the top of Ronan Point, 1984 © Bill Cross_ANL_Shutterstock.

Up in the Air: A History of High-Rise Britain Book Launch

Event - 14/11/2025

Join author Holly Smith in conversation with Neal Shasore, to discuss the past and future of public housing. Up in the Air: A History of High-Rise Britain captures modern Britain through its most contentious symbol, the high-rise block.

[online] Up in the Air: A History of High-Rise Britain Book Launch

Online Event - 14/11/2025

Up in the Air: A History of High-Rise Britain captures modern Britain through its most contentious symbol, the high-rise block. Join author Holly Smith in conversation with Neal Shasore, to discuss the past and future of public housing.

Bletchley Leisure Centre, 1974 (demolished in 2010).
Image credit: © FaulknerBrowns

[online] Buildings for Sport & Leisure: 4. FaulknerBrowns' Leisure Centres by Mike Hall

Online Event - 13/11/2025

Join architect Mike Hall as he discusses some of the famous FaulknerBrowns projects, such as Bletchley Leisure Centre (1974), the Doncaster Dome (1989) and Xscape in Milton Keynes (2000).

Buildings for Sport & Leisure: 4. FaulknerBrowns' Leisure Centres by Mike Hall

Lecture Series - 13/11/2025

Join architect Mike Hall as he discusses some of the famous FaulknerBrowns projects, such as Bletchley Leisure Centre (1974), the Doncaster Dome (1989) and Xscape in Milton Keynes (2000).

Above: Telephone Exchange sign at Milnsbridge TE. Image credit: Lisa Kinch

[online] Cymru Calling: Telephone Exchange Buildings in Wales

Online Event - 12/11/2025

A richly illustrated talk by Lisa Kinch on architectural history of telephone exchange buildings and the relationships between the state, official architecture and technology.

The listed CZWG unit of Aztec West. Image credit: James Davies/Historic England

PoMo means business: Aztec West Bristol tour

Walk - 07/11/2025

Join us in exploring the extraordinary Bristol business park. The initial masterplan was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw and it contains buildings CZWG, John Outram and others. It was opened by none other than Margaret Thatcher in the late 1980s.

Image above: Lee Valley Velodrome
Image credit: © Michael Taylor for Hopkins

[online] Buildings for Sport & Leisure: 3. Hopkins: Building for sport, Mike Taylor

Online Event - 06/11/2025

Mike Taylor, lead architect for the Olympic Velodrome (2011) and All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, will talk about the technical and design challenges of international sports venues like these and the solutions they found.

Buildings for Sport & Leisure: 3. Hopkins – Building for sport, Mike Taylor

Lecture Series - 06/11/2025

Alvar Aalto, ca 1945, CC BY 4.0 and Aalto's Lounge Chair, CC BY 1.0.

Furnishing London: Aalto and Finmar

Talk - 05/11/2025

Before WW2, 70% of Aalto furniture production was sold in London through Finmar. In his lecture Harry Charrington will explore the reasons for Fimar’s success among the public, architects, and those involved in its promotion.

Inside Royal Festival Hall, photo by University for the Creative Arts, CC BY 2.0

[online] Furnishing London: Aalto and Finmar

Online Event - 05/11/2025

Image above: Ibrox Stadium
Image credit: © Steve Daniels / CC-BY-SA-2.0.

[online] Buildings for Sport & Leisure: 2. C20 Stadiums, Simon Inglis

Online Event - 30/10/2025

Simon Inglis will trace the evolution of the 20th Century stadium – from Ibrox Park (1899) and Old Trafford (1910), to the likes of Wembley (1923) and Arsenal (1930s); finishing up with and Principality Stadium in Cardiff (1999).

Ibrox Stadium
Image credit: © Steve Daniels / CC-BY-SA-2.0

Buildings for Sport & Leisure: 2. C20 Stadiums, Simon Inglis

Lecture Series - 30/10/2025

[online] Buildings for Sport & Leisure: 1. Pools and Lidos, Alan Powers + C20 Sports book launch

Online Event - 23/10/2025

Alan Powers will explore pools and lidos from 1920s onwards, many of which were saved from demolition thanks to his initiative 'Farewell My Lido'. It's also the book launch of C20 Sports book!

Buildings for Sport & Leisure: 1. Pools and Lidos, Alan Powers + C20 Sports Book Launch

Lecture Series - 23/10/2025

Alan Powers will explore pools and lidos from 1920s onwards, many of which were saved from demolition thanks to his initiative 'Farewell My Lido'. It's also the book launch of C20 Sports book!

Frontispiece image of the diving boards at Crystal Palace
Credit: Howard Kingsnorth

Autumn Lecture Series: Buildings for Sport & Leisure – COMPLETE SERIES

Complete Lecture Series - 23/10/2025

The series will explore the twentieth century boom in leisure buildings and their structural ingenuity. Expect everything from stadiums and pools to cricket grounds and lidos.

[online] Autumn Lecture Series: Buildings for Sport & Leisure – COMPLETE SERIES

Complete Lecture Series - 23/10/2025

The series will explore the twentieth century boom in leisure buildings and their structural ingenuity. Expect everything from stadiums and pools to cricket grounds and lidos.

Lovell Health House, 2021. Copyright © Grant Mudford 2025.

Richard Neutra and the Making of the Lovell Health House Book Launch

Event - 15/10/2025

Join the book’s editor Edward Dimendberg, author Nicholas Olsberg, and architects Alison Brooks, William Mann, and Ingrid Schroeder as they reflect on the innovations and legacy of this extraordinary house.