Coventry University Architecture Degree Show
coventrysociety The Coventry University Degree show is making a welcome return after two years absence due to Covid 19. As the Art and Design building is having a refit, this year’s…
Planning and Design
Charles Rennie Mackintosh and The Coventry Precinct
In May 1940, a month before the first minor air raids on Coventry, Donald Gibson, the city architect had put together an exhibition called the ‘Coventry of Tomorrow’. It focussed…
CovSoc Response to Consultation on new Conservation Areas
The Coventry Society reported on the proposals for two new conservation areas in March. Plans for new Conservation Areas for Earlsdon and Brownshill Green were put out to public consultation…
Building Beauty Awards
The Coventry Society has put forward Abbott’s Park for the Royal Fine Arts Commission’s Building Beauty Awards 2022. We believe that this development fits the criterial for a feature of…
Parklet to be installed on High Street
A new parklet – a wooden seating area designed for use by the community, featuring plants and greenery – is set to be installed on High Street. The parklet will…
C20 Architecture Slam
The West Midlands Region of the Twentieth Century Society is holding its 2022 Architecture Slam in Coventry. The slam covers short 15-minute presentations covering lots of Coventry architecture and public…
New Approach to Potholes
Potholes in Coventry will be repaired and fixed permanently in super quick time after the Council’s highways service purchased JCB’s revolutionary pothole machine. The PotholePro can repair a pothole in…
Abbott’s Park Planning Application
The Coventry Society has given a cautious welcome to the revised plans for the former Abbott’s Lane gasworks site following a presentation on the plans by Ian Harrabin at our…
Energy SPD – the CovSoc Response
In November the City Council launched a consultation on three news Supplementary Planning Documents (known colloqually as SPDs). Although the consultation period has now ended, you can still see the…
Open Space SPD – The CovSoc Response
In November the City Council launched a consultation on three news Supplementary Planning Documents (known colloqually as SPDs). Although the consultation period has now ended, you can still see the…