Gordon Cullen – The Townscape Man
coventrysociety At the last CovSoc meeting we heard a presentation from Lesley Durbin about the restoration of the Cullen tile mural in the Lower Precinct. But who was Gordon Cullen and…
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A Trip to Peterborough
A few weeks ago we decided to take a weekend motorhome trip to Peterborough. The general response was – why??? Even my wife’s best friend, who had been brought up…
A Book of Trails
Coventry’s City of Culture team have published a new booklet to promote the city’s heritage and culture. The 26 page document includes a whole host of city centre trails, including:…
Building with Hemp
Hemp has a very long association with human history. It was one of the first plants to be spun into usable fibre some 10,000 years ago. Hemp is used to…
100 Years of the Bauhaus
Our Chairman, Paul Maddocks, reflects on a century of the Bauhaus. “As the centenary of the founding of Bauhaus comes to an end, it may be worth looking at what…
Ancient Amarna and Post-War Coventry
For the second meeting of CovSoc’s 50th Anniversary Year, we have a talk about the links between Coventry Precinct and the ancient city of Amarna. Roger Bailey, a Blue Badge…
Next CovSoc Meeting – Ben Flippance
The next meeting of the Coventry Society is to be held on: Monday 9th September 2019 at 7.30 p.m. The will be a talk by Ben Flippance of IDP Architects…
Tour of Coventry’s Postwar Architecture
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…
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…