Building with Hemp
coventrysociety Hemp has a very long association with human history. It was one of the first plants to be spun into usable fibre some 10,000 years ago. Hemp is used to…
Planning and Design
100 Years of the Bauhaus
Our Chairman, Paul Maddocks, reflects on a century of the Bauhaus. “As the centenary of the founding of Bauhaus comes to an end, it may be worth looking at what…
Ancient Amarna and Post-War Coventry
For the second meeting of CovSoc’s 50th Anniversary Year, we have a talk about the links between Coventry Precinct and the ancient city of Amarna. Roger Bailey, a Blue Badge…
The Future of Housing?
A pair of 3D-printed homes were built in 24 hours by the ‘world’s first 3D-printed community. A team of designers and philanthropists constructed two 3D-printed homes in 24 hours. The…
New Apartment Development on Corporation Street
Two key sites that have remained in temporary use since World War II in the heart of Coventry’s city centre are set to be transformed into apartments as part of…
Coventry Ring Road Re-imagined
Covsoc Supporter Alan Denyer gives us his thoughts on the Ring Road….. Modern marvel, or outdated relic from bygone age of car-centric planning? Here’s what Wikipedia says about Birmingham’s (now…
Sorting the Waste!
Currently the blue-lidded bin recycling is sent to sorting facilities in Leeds & Nottingham which is very costly. Coventry City Council has proposed the idea of building a recycling facility…
Homelessness – Coventry and Beyond
By Nobby Clarke – Founder of Coventry Winter Night Shelter and Coventry Emergency Shelter Background I started a personal and steep learning curve about homelessness, when I set up the…
The Vertical Forests of Utrecht
In the third and final story about Utrecht we look at a couple of other environmental projects that the city has sponsored or supported. The first is a 90m high…
Next CovSoc Meeting – Ben Flippance
The next meeting of the Coventry Society is to be held on: Monday 9th September 2019 at 7.30 p.m. The will be a talk by Ben Flippance of IDP Architects…