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We're hiring: work with The Modernist Society

We're hiring: work with The Modernist Society

The Modernist Society is growing — and we're looking for two people to help us do it. Since our earliest days celebrating the concrete, the glass a...

75 - Towards a New Cathedral

Exhibition - original proposals for the New Coventry Cathedral Venue : Coventry Cathedral Dates : 8th August until 21st September 2026 Mon to...

The Architecture Of Connection: A debut monograph from landscape painter Jen Orpin

Paintings by Jen Orpin Design by Malcolm Garrett A debut monograph from landscape painter Jen Orpin, exploring motorway bridges, underpasses and t...

On mooching and the modernist community

A short film about our mooches made by MA Film students from the University of Salford

Capturing a Region Before It Disappears: Tom Hicks' Black Country Type II

There are places that exist more powerfully in collective memory than on any official map, and the Black Country is one of them. Straddling the fou...

Righting a Wrong: Why We've Reprinted Modernist Graphic Design in Britain 1945–1980 in Paperback

Some books deserve to reach more people. When we first published Modernist Graphic Design in Britain 1945–1980 by Ian McLaren and Tony Pritchard, w...

twenty twenty five

we've exhibited stockport pigeons and concrete sound mirrors, and delivered activities from bristol to glasgow. We've mooched from Marylebone to Pe...

Capturing the Everyday: Commonplace Magazine Launches This Autumn

There's something quietly radical about pausing to notice the world around us. In an age of endless digital scroll, a new publication is asking us ...

Announcing 'Modernist Scotland': A Landmark Publication Celebrating Scotland's Post-War Architectural Heritage

We are thrilled to announce the publication of 'Modernist Scotland' by Bruce Peter—a comprehensive, fully illustrated exploration of Scotland's bol...

New Board Member/s Required (Voluntary)

Do you have experience of Financial Management or Accounting, as well as a fascination with modernist architecture and design? The Modernist Societ...

twenty twenty four

from telephone exchanges to classic cars, and from bury to milan - its been a busy year As we reflect on the past year, it's clear that it has been...

Got an idea for an exhibition?

We run a programme of rolling exhibitions at our small city centre gallery and we'd like to hear from you if you have an idea for / or existing w...

The Modernist App | Free Architecture City Tours – UK

Discover Modernist Architecture with the Modernist App. The app is completely free to download and use from Apple App Store and Play Store for Andr...