Design and Placemaking
coventrysociety Coventry Society has set up a sub-committee that considers planning applications submitted to the City Council. Last year, we looked in detail at 77 applications and made responses to 26…
Architecture
Twentieth Century Society Objects to the Demolition of Coventry Baths
The Twentieth Century Society has formally objected to plans to demolish the Grade II-listed Coventry Central Baths, arguing that the proposal would result in the total and unjustified loss of…
Swift Bricks
The Scottish Parliament has passed a law that requires new buildings in Scotland to be fitted with swift bricks for nesting birds. The requirement for swift bricks to be installed…
Coventry Swimming Baths – What Next?
Coventry Society has objected to the proposal for listed building consent to demolish the Swimming Baths. This is in keeping with the Society’s policy statement which was agreed in autumn…
Timber Tracks
An exhibition about Sustainable Timber Construction in Germany is being shown at Coventry Cathedral in February. Wood is once more becoming popular for buildings in Europe. The exhibition shows exemplary…
The Future of the Baths
Coventry Swimming Baths and “The Elephant” – Coventry Society’s Position The Coventry Society, like many local organisations and Coventrians, is disappointed that the Council wishes to demolish the Swimming Baths…
A New Building Material?
Dezeen Magazine has reported that Australian Researchers have created a building material where rammed earth is encased in permanent cardboard formwork, eliminating the need for cement. Rammed earth is a…
No Fines Concrete – Then and Now!
Following our recent visit to St. John the Devine Church, we thought it might be interesting to research the history and use of No Fines Concrete in Coventry and elsewhere.…
A Library for the 21st Century
Coventry Society Secretary, John Payne, discovered an architectural gem during his recent holiday in the Netherlands. LocHal: Tilburg’s Iconic Library and Cultural Hub Located in a beautifully restored 1930s locomotive…
Alpha House That Jack’s Built
Paul Maddocks, one of Coventry Society’s founder members, has been researching another of Coventry’s “firsts”! Paul writes…… Over the past few months I have been looking at some of Coventry’s…