The Twentieth Century Society
Known previously as the Thirties Society, and set up to campaign for buildings post 1914 (where the Victorian Society draws it's line), the Twentieth Century Society has triumphed a much maligned era in British building. 
Currently being castigated for recommending the listing of Plymouth's (rather marvellous) Civic Centre, (see illustration) the Society also works to save those objects and buildings which are now seen as icons of Britishness, such as the Giles Gilbert Scott red telephone boxes. In fact, the Society is currently raising awareness of, and trying to get listed status for, the 1968 K8 telephone box (a less immediately lovable, but just as iconic box for anyone with strong memories of the 1970s). This Society is a must for anyone with a serious interest in modernism, in all it's glories (and ugliness), and is a snip at £35 a year.
Sources
Twentieth Century Society http://www.c20society.org.uk/index.html
Currently being castigated for recommending the listing of Plymouth's (rather marvellous) Civic Centre, (see illustration) the Society also works to save those objects and buildings which are now seen as icons of Britishness, such as the Giles Gilbert Scott red telephone boxes. In fact, the Society is currently raising awareness of, and trying to get listed status for, the 1968 K8 telephone box (a less immediately lovable, but just as iconic box for anyone with strong memories of the 1970s). This Society is a must for anyone with a serious interest in modernism, in all it's glories (and ugliness), and is a snip at £35 a year.Sources
Twentieth Century Society http://www.c20society.org.uk/index.html
posted by Speck at
04:40
2 Comments:
Thanks for the post - we are not 'raising money' to save phone boxes though - we have run a campaign to have them listed by English Heritage. We are just about to launch a website which will feature every K8 we have found nationwide and to fund that, we have produced a set of K8 tea towels - coming soon on the website.
Thanks for the interest and the link
Jon Wright
C20 Society
Hi Jon, sorry, I should have known that as a (new) member of the 20th Century Society. I shall read the newsletters more carefully in the future! The blog entry has been amended.
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