the modernist society - project archive

BRAW CONCRETE POP UP EXHIBITION (2022)

Pop up exhibition at New Glasgow Society, 1307 Argyle St, Glasgow 05.11.22 To celebrate the launch of our latest book Braw Concrete by Peter Hall...

By Mary Keating, Jenny Marris and John Bell."A beautifully designed book that gives Birmingham brutalism a distinctive identity that I hadn’t real...

Exhibition 21.05.22 - 02.07.22#OutofDate2022 - discordant glimpses and glitches from the past..22 photographers from the UK and Europe agreed to c...

Exhibition dates : 01.07.21 - 28.08.21Part of Manchester’s urban history is being celebrated with a new book featuring images of local independent...

A series of one minute long films focusing on the architecture of our five chapter cities of Manchester. Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds and Birmingha...

Leeds Modernists’ Windows on a Modern World: Leeds in the 1970s launches on Friday 4th December 2020! We are taking over 6 poster drums across t...

From Our Archives: 10th Anniversary Exhibition (2019) From Our Archives is the first exhibition in The Modernist Society’s new dedicated exhibiti...

On May 1st 2019, at 58 Port Street, Manchester we opened a new officeshopgallerystudioneuethinktankdesighhauslightishdutyactivityunitteasmadeand...

From the Archives 2: 2019 A remarkable set of photographs illustrating the transformation of Manchester in the 60s and 70s rediscovered by the Mod...

Mitzi Cunliffe Centenary: 2018 In June 2018, working in partnership with the Twentieth Century Society NW Group, we celebrated the 100th anniver...

Modernist Map: Birmingham (2018) Published December 2018.A guide to Birmingham’s best twentieth century buildings. Initial research and concept b...

Sheffield Modern: Architecture Weekender (2018) In October 2018 we worked alongside Our Favourite Places to present Sheffield Modern.Faded social ...

Stretford HouseTwo Hundred & Forty Feet High Twenty Three FloorsEighty Eight Two Bedroom Flats Forty Four One Bedroom Flats Two Lifts Odd &...