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BIRMINGHAM THE BRUTIFUL YEARS (2022)

BIRMINGHAM THE BRUTIFUL YEARS (2022)

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

OUT OF DATE (2022)

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...

SMALLL SHOPS BOOK AND EXHIBITION (2021)

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...

ONE MINUTE FILMS (2020-2021)

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

WINDOWS ON A MODERN WORLD (2020)

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

THE MODERNIST SHOP (2019-Present)

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

FROM THE ARCHIVES 2: 2019

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)

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)

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)

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

STRETFORD HOUSE 50: PUBLICATION AND EXHIBITION (2019)

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

FROM THE ARCHIVES (2018)

From The Archives, published by The Modernist Society in March 2018, is a collaboration with the MMU Special Collections presenting images from the...