New Cathedral Celebrates 65 Years of Services
coventrysociety CovSoc member and Chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral, Martin Willims, has invited CovSoc members to a special event at the Cathedral, celebrating 65 years since the first Service…
Architecture
Building Houses on Roads
Create Streets proposes building housing on Britain’s “needlessly wide” roads. Architectural website Dezeen reports….. Architecture task force Create Streets is calling for Britain’s multi-lane roads to be replaced with homes…
The Art of Slow
For our October 2023 meeting, we had an interesting and challenging presentation from CovSoc member and Architect John Prevc on the subject “The Art of Slow”. John told us that…
A Cut-Out Model of Coventry Cathedral
CovSoc member and Chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral, Martin Williams, tells us this interesting story from the 1960s. Martin writes…. One of the souvenirs produced in 1962 to…
The Art of Slow
Architect John Prevc will speak on the subject of “The Art of Slow” at the Coventry Society meeting in October. John is a Coventry Kid, who was brought up in…
CovSoc meets Delia
For the last visit of the summer, twenty CovSoc members were given a tour of the new Delia Derbyshire Building – and they loved it! On 6th September our colleagues…
Visit to Holy Family Church
In a second article, CovSoc founder member, Paul Maddocks tells us about Holy Family Church, which the Society visited last month. Paul writes….. On 24th August we visited Holy Family…
Cardinal Newman School
CovSoc founder member, Paul Maddocks, tells us about a visit that some members of the Coventry Society made over the summer. Paul writes… The Coventry Society is interested in all…
Architecture Students win Design Competition.
A team of Coventry University students combined their architectural knowledge to claim top prize at a national competition with a design for a building that absorbs carbon dioxide. Rather than…
Canal Warehouses Re-visited
The ghost didn’t turn up for our August tour of the Coventry Canal Warehouses. Apparently, he doesn’t show up much when the warehouses are fully occupied and as they have…