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Susie Fielding @susiefielding.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks to a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, @rcahmwales.bsky.social is developing a new project to safeguard the heritage of #WelshChapels - we are recruiting for two posts to come and work with me on the development phase of #CapeliCymru so take look! rcahmw.gov.uk/royal-commis...

RCAHMW | Royal Commission Launches Major Project to Safeguard Wales’s Nonconformist Chapels

rcahmw.gov.uk

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@C20Cymru @c20cymru.bsky.social · Apr 8

Dewi-Prys Thomas (1916-85) First University of Wales professor of architecture, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture, and instigator of a Town Planning Department, he had a profound influence on Welsh architecture and town planning

📷 Talar Wen, Llangadog & Pencadlys, Caernarfon

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@C20Cymru @c20cymru.bsky.social · Apr 1

Telephone Exchange, Brackla Street, Bridgend which operated 1960-1987. Mrs Margaret Curnock from Pontycymer, who took the first call in the centre, was photographed also taking the last ever call ☎️

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@C20Cymru @c20cymru.bsky.social · Mar 10

📢 Join C20 Cymru in Monmouthshire!

Saturday 26 April

We'll visit The Savoy Theatre for a talk on C20 theatres by Rob Firman, then go to High Glanau Manor, built for Henry Avray Tipping, editor of Country Life. We’ll have a tour of the Arts and Crafts gardens, followed by cream tea 🫖
bitly.cx/YmUA4

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@C20Cymru @c20cymru.bsky.social · Feb 20

So pleased to have a successful outcome for Wrexham Waterworld, especially as this was the second attempt for designation! 🏊

C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · Feb 20

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.

➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/wrexham...

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · Jan 31

⚠️Wolverhampton School of Art is under threat!

Designed 1966-70, the nine-storey block has been earmarked for potential demolition by Wolverhampton University.
C20 has submitted a listing application, and local campaigners have started a petition to save it.

✍🏼Sign here: change.org/p/save-wolve...

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Susie Fielding @susiefielding.bsky.social · Feb 4

Final stage of demolition for the Shire Hall recently announced... Refused for listing twice already. www.deeside.com/flintshire-c...

Flintshire Council to vacate 58-year-old County Hall in Mold by February

Flintshire County Council must vacate County Hall in Mold by February 28 to allow demolition of the 58-year-old brutalist structure. The move will cost the authority £805,000 – which represents a savi...

www.deeside.com

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Susie Fielding @susiefielding.bsky.social · Feb 4

📢Job alert: Trust Manager for Addoldai Cymru: The Welsh Religious Buildings Trust
22.5 hours a week
£24,132.60 p.a. (£40,221.00 pro rata)
welshchapels.wales/support-us/s...

welshchapels.wales

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@C20Cymru @c20cymru.bsky.social · Feb 4

C is: Theatr Clwyd

Opened 1976, Theatr Clwyd was designed by Flintshire County Architect RW Harvey. Grade II as an important post war civic arts and theatre complex, extensive work is now underway, radically altering the original form
@c20society.bsky.social

c20society.org.uk/news/plans-t...

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Susie Fielding @susiefielding.bsky.social · Feb 2

Fantastic Tim Burton exhibition at @designmuseum.bsky.social this weekend - old favourites and some additions to Ceinwen's 'must see's'...

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The Heritage Alliance @heritagealliance.bsky.social · Jan 27

We're seeking insights on the challenges facing the #heritage sector to shape our next sector support programme. Please fill in our questionnaire and let us know about the types of support you would find most useful. 🏰 📝

Fill Out Our Form Here 👉 https://buff.ly/3PQHyJy

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · Jan 28

We’re doing this tomorrow! Zoom along for some Brutalism from the comfort of your sofa

Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · Jan 28

Don't miss a stunning online visual tour of Britain’s modern places with photographer Simon Phipps and historian John Grindrod, Wed 29 Jan.

Tickets: mklitfest.org/this-must-be...
#architecture #modernism #brutalism #photography #builtenvironment @grindrod.bsky.social @septemberbooks.bsky.social

This Must Be the Place: Simon Phipps & John Grindrod | MK Lit Fest 2025

Join architectural photographer Simon Phipps and writer John Grindrod as they take us on a tour of some of the amazing modern places in Britain that Simon has captured in his acclaimed books, includin...

mklitfest.org

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docomomoscot.bsky.social @docomomoscot.bsky.social · Jan 28

Scotland's Superpits: Talk on 20 February in person and online

Dr Miles Oglethorpe will outline the history of coal mining in Scotland in the 20th century and explore the emergence of superpits and their architectural development

Info & tickets £7/£5/£3 at tickettailor.com/events/docomomoscotland

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · Jan 21

NEWS | Bangor’s Brutalist ‘Eyesore of the Year’ listed
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/bangors...

Bangor’s Brutalist ‘Eyesore of the Year’ listed

The Brambell Laboratory at Bangor University has been Grade II-listed, while the Grade I listing for...

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

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Susie Fielding @susiefielding.bsky.social · Jan 23

Congratulations - very much looking forward to this!

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Susie Fielding @susiefielding.bsky.social · Jan 17

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Experts hope The Brutalist will revive interest in UK’s modernist buildings

Architectural historians say success of Brady Corbet’s film could help in fight to protect heritage of divisive style

www.theguardian.com

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Bethan @bebs63.bsky.social · Jan 14

Y Fari Lwyd, ger Llangynwyd ar y penwythnos.

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Susie Fielding @susiefielding.bsky.social · Jan 12

Sad news that the Big Apple, Mumbles has been damaged by a car. A rare survival of a 1930s Cidatone kiosk of reinforced concrete, converted to an ice-cream kiosk. It's not the first time - the 2019 listing specified it was Ford Fiesta last time 😉 Hopefully support will be available to fully restore!

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Matt Bristow @eric180uk.bsky.social · Jan 3

Before the bleakness of 2025 really sets in, why don’t you treat yourself to me waffling on to the Mirror about post-war pubs www.mirror.co.uk/travel/uk-ir...

UK's weird, wonderful and largely overlooked estate pubs are quickly vanishing

Architectural investigators Matthew Bristow and Emily Cole warn that post-war drinking dens have fallen out of fashion, yet symbolise an important part of the UK's history

www.mirror.co.uk

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Susie Fielding @susiefielding.bsky.social · Jan 11

And apparently we are on to Easter...

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Susie Fielding @susiefielding.bsky.social · Jan 11

Have been looking for similar starter packs, so great to find this one. Hoping Royal Commission Wales/Survey Team will be on here soon!

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · Jan 11

Hard to believe that this Milwaukee home was built over a century ago! It’s one of the “American System-Built Homes”, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915, as affordable kit-built housing for those “of moderate income”. Sadly, stymied by WW1
archive.curbed.com/2016/12/16/1...

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Anglesey Antiquarian Society – Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Môn @antiquariansmon.bsky.social · Dec 10

Our next Day School, Anglesey and Ireland: connections through time, will be on 15 Feb. 2025. There will be five notable lecturers who are acknowledged experts on different aspects of Anglesey and Ireland’s history and there will be ample opportunities for questions and discussions during the day.

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Sarah Perons @perons.bsky.social · Jan 10

Y Fari Lwyd yn cyrraedd Pontcanna...
The Mari Llwyd arrives in Pontcanna...

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Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · Jan 10

Os da chi yn #Aberystwyth ar 24 Ionawr dwi'n siwr bydd yn werth mynychu'r digwyddiad yma efo @gwallter.bsky.social yn trafod ei lyfr newydd yn The Bookshop By The Sea

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