The Centre in 1973. By A Fayers of Southwark’s Borough Development Department Four problems informed the Centre’s design: a steep incline in the land from the NW to the SE corner, a high water table ...

The Elain Harwood Memorial Fund has been created by the Twentieth Century Society (C20), to ensure that Elain’s invaluable contribution to the safeguarding of Britain’s remarkable modern architecture ...

The University of London’s imposing Senate House was constructed to last for hundreds of years, and it remains in near- original condition to this day, yet its style makes it one of Charles Holden’s ...

This year marks the 70 th birthday of the Aldeburgh Festival, founded in 1948 by Benjamin Britten, then a relatively low-key regional event, now a major feature of the international musical calendar.

A short metro ride from the centre of Stockholm, set within a hundred hectares of heavily-planted pine forest and grassy slopes lies the beautifully peaceful Woodland Cemetery. Built on the site of a ...

Coventry’s iconic landmark, the ‘Elephant’ sports centre, was built in 1977 and its shape reflects Coventry’s elephant and castle coat of arms. It sits alongside the 1966 Grade II listed 50-metre ...

Plans for the Brunswick Centre began as a 40-storey office block in 1959. As reconfigured from 1961 onwards it pioneered low-rise, high-density, mixed-use development. After many iterations, the built ...