The first entry of C20’s Building of Month was published over 20 years ago, in October 2001. Then chairman Gavin Stamp decided to write about a derelict building instrumental to the foundation of C20 as the Thirties Society in 1979 – Oliver Hill’s modernist Midland Hotel, Morecambe (1933). In 2008, this vast sea fronting complex was refurbished and restored to its original use, which continues today. Since Stamp’s article, Building of the Month has developed into an invaluable platform to document and ultimately help save countless twentieth century buildings in the UK and across the world. In the archive below, you will find over 250 entries spanning more than 30 countries.
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Joe Mathieson is editor of Building of the Month. He is an Architectural Adviser at the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust and a C20 volunteer.
Harry L. Warren (2005-8) with Tom Monaghan Entry by Alan John Ainsworth Located on drained swamps and abandoned tomato fields in central Florida just 4 miles from Immokalee—the town seared into American conscience by Edward R. Murrow’s 1960...
Mole Manor, Westonbirt, Gloucestershire (1982-87) Arthur Quarmby In 1980, Stuart Bexon, a marketing consultant, had his proposal to build a new house in the garden of his Gloucestershire home refused by the local authority. When Bexon discovered ...
La maison à gradins, 26 rue Vavin, Paris (1912-14) Henri Sauvage and Charles Sazarin By Alan Ainsworth 26 rue Vavin in Paris’ sixth arrondissement is a large proto-modernist apartment building by Henri Sauvage (1873–1932) and his partner ...
Lanternhouse, Ulverston, Cumbria Francis Roberts, 1998 In November 1999, Francis Roberts described himself in a letter to the Managing Editor of Architecture Today as ‘a rather traditional Roman Catholic architect.’ The King (writing as Princ...
Congress House, Great Russell Street - David du Rieu Aberdeen, 1948-57 The November 2024 Building of the Month is an expanded and updated version of the October 2002 entry on Congress House, Bloomsbury, headquarters of the Trades Union Congress (T...
Since 2023, and in the face of the growing climate catastrophe, Building of the Month has focused on twentieth century buildings that were designed with energy efficiency as a major consideration. The architects of these buildings variably addressed ...
Since 2023, and in the face of the growing climate catastrophe, Building of the Month has focused on twentieth century buildings that were designed with energy efficiency as a major consideration. The architects of these buildings variably addressed ...
Since 2023, and in the face of the growing climate catastrophe, Building of the Month has focused on twentieth century buildings that were designed with energy efficiency as a major consideration. The architects of these buildings variably addressed ...
July’s Building of the Month is a special entry by Christopher Turner, Keeper of Art, Architecture, Photography and Design at the Victoria & Albert Museum, and curator of its exhibition ‘Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence’. T...
Since 2023, and in the face of the growing climate catastrophe, Building of the Month has focused on twentieth century buildings that were designed with energy efficiency as a major consideration. The architects of these buildings variably addressed ...
Since 2023, and in the face of the growing climate catastrophe, Building of the Month has focused on twentieth century buildings that were designed with energy efficiency as a major consideration. The architects of these buildings variably addressed ...
Since 2023, and in the face of the growing climate catastrophe, Building of the Month has focused on twentieth century buildings that were designed with energy efficiency as a major consideration. The architects of these buildings variably addressed ...
Since 2023, and in the face of the growing climate catastrophe, Building of the Month has focused on twentieth century buildings that were designed with energy efficiency as a major consideration. The architects of these buildings variably addressed ...
Since 2023, and in the face of the growing climate catastrophe, Building of the Month has focused on twentieth century buildings that were designed with energy efficiency as a major consideration. The architects of these buildings variably addressed ...
In 2023, the Building of the Month feature will focus on a selection of Twentieth Century buildings from across the globe that were designed with climate and sustainability at the forefront. Given the seriousness with which the climate crisis is unfo...
In 2023, the Building of the Month feature will focus on a selection of Twentieth Century buildings from across the globe that were designed with climate and sustainability at the forefront. Given the seriousness with which the climate crisis is unfo...
In 2023, the Building of the Month feature will focus on a selection of Twentieth Century buildings from across the globe that were designed with climate and sustainability at the forefront. Given the seriousness with which the climate crisis is unfo...
In 2023, the Building of the Month feature will focus on a selection of Twentieth Century buildings from across the globe that were designed with climate and sustainability at the forefront. Given the seriousness with which the climate crisis is unfo...
In 2023, the Building of the Month feature will focus on a selection of Twentieth Century buildings from across the globe that were designed with climate and sustainability at the forefront. Given the seriousness with which the climate crisis is unfo...
In 2023, the Building of the Month feature will focus on a selection of Twentieth Century buildings from across the globe that were designed with climate and sustainability at the forefront. Given the seriousness with which the climate crisis is unfo...
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