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Spring Lecture Series Cities of the British Isles: Liverpool

Online Event - 04/03/2021

Lecture 3: Joseph Sharples will give a general survey of the twentieth century architecture and development of Liverpool, one of the great commercial cities of the country

Introduction to post-war Welsh architecture

Online Event - 01/03/2021

The inaugural lecture of the C20 Welsh Group. Jonathan Vining will reveal the little appreciated rich heritage of post-war architecture in Wales.

Spring Lecture Series Cities of the British Isles: Oxford

Online Event - 25/02/2021

Lecture 2: William Whyte will explain why Oxford was transformed by the twentieth century. From the 1950s onwards Oxford became a noted patron of modern architecture.

Spring Lecture Series Cities of the British Isles: Edinburgh

Online Event - 18/02/2021

Lecture 1: Edinburgh’s medieval and early modern heritage is well-known, Alistair Fair will show that the city is rich in twentieth century architecture, from buildings by key designers, to notable suburban estates and inner-city redevelopment

Spring Lecture Series: Cities of the British Isles

Online Event - 18/02/2021

Complete Series

The Festival of Britain 1951, a tonic to the Nation

Online Event - 11/02/2021

This is intended as an introduction to the Festival of Britain, in its 70th Anniversary year

Members’ Travels Slide Evening and Harry Page Photography Award

Online Event - 04/02/2021

C20 Annual Members's slide evening hosted by Carolyn Parmeter

Inter-War London in Lockdown 2 - The 1930s

Online Event - 28/01/2021

A talk presented by John East

Inter-War London in Lockdown 1 - The 1920s

Online Event - 21/01/2021

A talk presented by John East

Italian War Memorials Revisited

Online Event - 14/01/2021

Hannah Malone revisits a trip led by Gavin Stamp in 2012

Visual Acoustics: Julius Shulman’s iconic photography of Californian Modernism

Online Event - 07/01/2021

Join Will Paice, Valeria Carullo, Prof Neil Jackson and Catherine Croft in conversation to discuss the documentary film Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman and the recently published book of the same title.

Cressingham Gardens: An English Garden Estate

Lecture - 17/12/2020

A lecture about Will Jennings' film

Casework Tuesdays - Derby Assembly Rooms Rescheduled from 1st December

Online Event - 15/12/2020

A talk with architect Robert Evans about the efforts to save the Brutalist Derby Assembly Rooms

Retro LA Part 2

Online Event - 10/12/2020

Tour leader Neil Jackson and the Society’s ‘unofficial photographer’ John East, will reprise the C20 Society’s 2004 visit to Palm Springs, San Diego, Desert Hot Springs, San Juan Capistrano. This is the second part of the talk

From Camden to Copenhagen and Oslo: how ‘hill-housing, Danish Modernism and tours in antiquity bridged the gap between London and Oslo

Online Event - 03/12/2020

In lieu of this year’s study-trip to Oslo, Tom Davies from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) presents research exploring two distinct traditions in post-war housing, either side of the North Sea, through Alexandra Road and Highgate New Town