Alexander Davidson

Grimsby Central Library - John Michael Milner (1966-68) Image © Chris Matthews

Grimsby Central Library - John Michael Milner (1966-68) Image © Chris Matthews

Grimsby Central Library - John Michael Milner (1966-68) Image © Modern Mooch

NEWS: C20 has written to Historic England requesting an urgent spot listing assessment for Grimsby Central Library (1966-68), after concerns that the 'civic masterpiece' is facing an imminent threat of being stripped-out, having been closed since March 2025.

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If anyone would like to write about the value of this registry to Canadian environmental history for our website, get in touch!

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NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.

He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…

Picture shows the Lady Godiva Newsstand in Coventry

I see your S. Express, Holborn, and raise you one Lady Godiva News, Coventry

Happiness is subjective lol

The act only remained a Right which very frequently was not implemented by either Councils or Tenants.

New measures announced to ramp up housebuilding in London New emergency measures announced today to tackle the housebuilding crisis in London and unlock tens of thousands of homes across the capital.

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Council housing still exists in London and is even growing in certain Boroughs.

Notably, the Act was voted against by Liverpool City Council and it never became law in Liverpool, meaning most social housing is still owned by the Council. I’ve recently applied myself and that’s why I know.

While no doubt well and ethically indented, we architectural historians need to better acknowledge that Right to Buy was not universally implemented carte blanche with no exceptions.

clarifying essay on why Latin American decolonial theory may not be that helpful for analysing problems in Africa (and, I would say, Asia as well)
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Today the Global History colloquium at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social starts with a talk by Romain Tiquet titled „Thinking Through Cases: A Political and Social History of West Africa Through Psychiatric Records“.

The Artist Formerly Known as Duke has left the building.

The inherent social conservatism of a supposedly liberal and tolerant nation state occasionally beggars belief

I'm co-hosting this event, titled "Values of Waste," with Alistair Cartwright at the University of Liverpool in two weeks! Please come if you happen to be in the area! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/values-of-...

Smithdon High School, Hunstanton, Norfolk - Alison and Peter Smithson, 1950-54. Image: RIBA Pix

Smithdon High School, Hunstanton, Norfolk - Alison and Peter Smithson, 1950-54. Image: Jestico + Whiles

Smithdon High School, Hunstanton, Norfolk - Alison and Peter Smithson, 1950-54. Image: Jestico + Whiles

NEWS: Following an extensive pre-app consultation, the Society has given its full support to a scheme led by Jestico + Whiles to restore the Grade II* listed but deteriorating Smithdon High School in Hunstanton, Norfolk, designed by Alison and Peter Smithson in 1950-54.

Museum of London and Bastion House, City of London – Powell & Moya (1976-77)

BREAKING NEWS: The campaign to save Bastion House and the former Museum of London (Powell & Moya, 1976-77) has won the right to present its case to the High Court. The Judicial Review will challenge the City of London's decision to demolish the buildings.

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Map of South Africa incorporated in Waterite panels and produced for the South Africa Travel Bureau (1950) of 70 Piccadilly by James Cubitt & Partners and Sergei Kadleigh.

(c) Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Pix (photo credit: Stewart Bale Ltd.)

We take a look at some of the objects in our collection inspired by space in our latest blog post. www.modip.ac.uk/blog/2025/08...

Spoke to Apollo Magazine about being a @c20society.bsky.social woman, sharing their brilliant mission to value modern architectural heritage, & how public clocks connect us to the universe. Like the one on Bradford's Kirkgate Centre
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If we liked wasps more, we could learn from them Wasps have a terrible image problem but, after seeing an exhibition that highlights their design abilities, Will Wiles thinks we could learn from them

Wasps and their nests often inspire us with horror, but if we look at them more closely, they should inspire us with wonder, too, writes Will Wiles

BBC World Service - The Documentary, The kidnapped dead: Germany’s stolen skulls In 1900, 19 Tanzanian leaders were executed and their skulls shipped to Berlin for study

BBC podcast: Germany’s Stolen Skulls

In 1900, German colonial officers executed 19 Tanzanian leaders and shipped their skulls to Berlin for scientific study.

Thousands of such skulls and ancestral remains stolen from Germany’s colonies are still in Berlin museums.

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With imminent state visit of Trump looming, Kier Starmer will end being perceived by the public as the Great Appeaser and akin to Neville Chamberlain.

Exterior of Christ the King church in Cork. A tall stepped facade in concrete dominated by a statue by John Storrs.

Interior of Christ the King church in Cork by architect Barry Byrne, 1931. A massive span dominates the interior with the altar in the background.

Altar of Christ the King, Cork

View of the rear of the church of Christ the King in Cork showing the stepped span of the ceiling and the rear lancet windows

The remarkable church of Christ the King in Turners Cross here in Cork, Ireland. Dating from 1931 the architect Barry Byrne fuses concrete, Deco & a hint of Californian Mission. #architecture #cork @c20society.bsky.social

At least a lot of authors have retired pioneering

Image courtesy of the The Hassan Fathy Collection, via ArchNet

Image courtesy of the The Hassan Fathy Collection, via ArchNet

Image courtesy of the The Hassan Fathy Collection, via ArchNet

#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for June 2025: The Faris School, Egypt - Hassan Fathy (1957)

Zaina Abou Seif explores Fathy's radically alternative ethic to Euro-centric modernism, reasserting the legitimacy of indigenous knowledge - or ‘architecture without architects.’

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1. Shipley Clock Tower (1960-61) - Shipley Town Centre, where the clock is located, was developed by the Arndale Property Trust and, during the last year, was listed by Historic England. There was a fantastic greasy spoon, thereunder.

Book cover of Rachel E. Johnson's 'Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle. The Shadow of a Young Woman.

This week also sees publication of the latest title in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series for early career historians: 'Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle', by Rachel E. Johnson bit.ly/4hMppbB

With @ihr.bsky.social & @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2

Image credit: Sheila Halsall

Image credit: Freedom Leisure

Image credit: Freedom Leisure

NEWS: C20 and @c20cymru.bsky.social are celebrating the 5th Leisure Centre to be listed as a result of our ongoing campaign, and the first example in Wales.

Wrexham Waterworld (1967-70) is known for its hyperbolic paraboloid roof, one of the largest ever built.

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