Tour of Coventry’s Postwar Architecture
coventrysociety For Civic Day 2019, on Saturday 22nd June, the Coventry Society organised a “Walk and Talk” around Coventry’s Postwar architecture. Society chairman, Paul Maddocks, led a party of about 25…
Architecture
Walk and See – Coventry’s Post War Architecture
Join CovSoc for a Walk and Talk to commemorate Civic Day 2019. For this year’s Civic Day we are celebrating Coventry’s post war architecture. We meet at 12 noon on…
The Imagination of Architects
Matthew Chamberlain an MA student from the University of Westminster has designed a sustainable treehouse to provide starter homes on London’s streets. CovSoc Chairman, Paul Maddocks, writes “I would have…
The Mystery of the Egyptian God and the Precinct
Now that the restoration and re-modelling of the City Precinct is about to start, you might be interested in knowing about a link to ancient Egypt. On the back of…
Harry Quick – Coventry Architect 1858-1935
In the summer of 1895, the Midland Daily Telegraph published a lavish set of drawings illustrating the winning design for Coventry’s new municipal offices. Fashioned in Tudor style, with stone…
Broad Street Meeting Hall – Starts on Site
The Coventry Society welcomes the news that work has started on the construction of the new Broad Street Community Meeting Hall in Foleshill. Broad Street Meeting Hall is a multi-cultural…
Vital Cities not Garden Cities
The Coventry Society had a challenging and fascinating presentation on Monday 14th January 2019 from Architect John Prevc. John was a member of the Future Spaces Foundation which was set…
Copsewood Comes Back to Life
After many years of campaigning and considerable restoration problems, Copsewood Grange was formally re-opened by the Lord Mayor of Coventry on Friday 25th January 2019. The building was restored by…
Copsewood Grange
Copsewood Grange was erected in 1872 by James Hart, a ribbon manufacturer. The date 1870 is on the Lodge at the entrance to the Grange with what seems to be…
Sir Frederick Gibberd – Architect (1908-1984)
After decades of neglect, the reputation of Coventry-born architect Frederick Gibberd is at last getting a long-overdue re-appraisal. A new study by architectural historian Christine Hui Lan Manley, published by…