Category Archives: the buildings
Do you object to the proposals to demolish Century House?
St. Peter’s Square – Century House poposals an application for Conservation Area Consent to demolish Century House has gone into the City Council! see the Twentieth Century Society’s position here “Century House is a prominent building, which is of strong local
Do you object to the proposals to demolish Century House?
St. Peter’s Square – Century House poposals an application for Conservation Area Consent to demolish Century House has gone into the City Council! see the Twentieth Century Society’s position here “Century House is a prominent building, which is of strong local
Mural For Ringway Airport: A Work By Brian Lee
Today, passengers arriving at Manchester International Airport’s Terminal 1 will most likely do so by car, approaching the terminal via the elevated approach road into the adjacent multi-storey car park. However, for the jet-setters of the 1960’s the experience would
Mural For Ringway Airport: A Work By Brian Lee
Today, passengers arriving at Manchester International Airport’s Terminal 1 will most likely do so by car, approaching the terminal via the elevated approach road into the adjacent multi-storey car park. However, for the jet-setters of the 1960’s the experience would
Twentieth Century Fallowfield.. and a bit of Rusholme
Modernist Society Walk hosted by Mr Eddy Rhead… December 15th 2012
Twentieth Century Fallowfield.. and a bit of Rusholme
Modernist Society Walk hosted by Mr Eddy Rhead… December 15th 2012
Death and the monument
On Thursday 22nd of November, Manchester City Council approved the relocation of the Grade II* Cenotaph (Edwin Lutyens ,1924) from its current location in St.Peter’s Square. Eamonn Canniffe leads the Architecture Research Centre and the MA in Architecture + Urbanism
Death and the monument
On Thursday 22nd of November, Manchester City Council approved the relocation of the Grade II* Cenotaph (Edwin Lutyens ,1924) from its current location in St.Peter’s Square. Eamonn Canniffe leads the Architecture Research Centre and the MA in Architecture + Urbanism
Toastrack
Well our ‘residency’ at the Toastrack – aka Hollings Faculty of Manchester Metropolitan University is now under-way. We will be investigating the building and the Architect (City Architect LC Howitt – along with his team), as well as delving around
Toastrack
Well our ‘residency’ at the Toastrack – aka Hollings Faculty of Manchester Metropolitan University is now under-way. We will be investigating the building and the Architect (City Architect LC Howitt – along with his team), as well as delving around
is the naughty diocese of shrewsbury up to their old tricks?
photo: Aidan Turner Bishop ‘Shrewsbury?’ I hear you shout! Why are the Manchester Modernists banging on about Shrewsbury? Well, first a little history… the RC Diocese responsible for much of the Greater Manchester area is the Diocese of Salford, indeed
is the naughty diocese of shrewsbury up to their old tricks?
photo: Aidan Turner Bishop ‘Shrewsbury?’ I hear you shout! Why are the Manchester Modernists banging on about Shrewsbury? Well, first a little history… the RC Diocese responsible for much of the Greater Manchester area is the Diocese of Salford, indeed
Found – K8 Phonebox
MMS sleuths have been out and about this week and, fair to say, stumbled upon this one. There are only 51 other remaining examples and many of these are decommissioned and in a state of decay. The Twentieth Century Society
Found – K8 Phonebox
MMS sleuths have been out and about this week and, fair to say, stumbled upon this one. There are only 51 other remaining examples and many of these are decommissioned and in a state of decay. The Twentieth Century Society
Tatler News Cinema / Cornerhouse Cinema One
Oxford Rd, P Cummings, 1935 – present. Cornerhouse Cinema One stands on the approach to our very favourite station. Today it is an integral part of Cornerhouse, Manchester’s centre for contemporary visual arts and the moving image, longtime champion of
Tatler News Cinema / Cornerhouse Cinema One
Oxford Rd, P Cummings, 1935 – present. Cornerhouse Cinema One stands on the approach to our very favourite station. Today it is an integral part of Cornerhouse, Manchester’s centre for contemporary visual arts and the moving image, longtime champion of
Oxford Road Railway Station
Oxford Rd Station Approach, Clendinning for MRAT, 1958-60 You can still enjoy a classic 1960s terminal every time you use Oxford Road train station. This has survived partly because it’s listed grade 2 and because its remarkable laminated wood roofs
Oxford Road Railway Station
Oxford Rd Station Approach, Clendinning for MRAT, 1958-60 You can still enjoy a classic 1960s terminal every time you use Oxford Road train station. This has survived partly because it’s listed grade 2 and because its remarkable laminated wood roofs
Highland House
Victoria Bridge St, Salford, Leach Rhodes Walker, 1966 – 1994 at 23 storeys over the ubiquitous ground floor podium, you might be forgiven for thinking that this is just another 60’s tower but LRW who built Aldine House, also for
Highland House
Victoria Bridge St, Salford, Leach Rhodes Walker, 1966 – 1994 at 23 storeys over the ubiquitous ground floor podium, you might be forgiven for thinking that this is just another 60’s tower but LRW who built Aldine House, also for
