New Apartment Development on Corporation Street
coventrysociety 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…
Planning and Design
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 Modern marvel, or outdated relic from bygone age of car-centric planning?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…
The Bus Stop Bee Sanctuaries of Utrecht
This Is the first of a short series of stories where we profile some of the environmental and design innovations of the Dutch city of Utrecht. Utrecht is the fourth-largest…
Consultation on the Future Development of the Abbot’s Lane area.
Local Community Pre-Planning Application Consultation Complex Development Projects Ltd invite you to attend a public consultation event, in respect of their proposed residential-led planning application at the Former Gasworks Site,…
Historic Foleshill Building to be Restored for Homes
Plans have been published to convert the former Challenge Cycle Works on Foleshill Road to new apartments and live-work units. The building, at 203 – 269 Foleshill Road, is locally…
Tour of Coventry’s Postwar Architecture
For Civic Day 2019, on Saturday 22nd June, the Coventry Society organised a “Walk and Talk” around Coventry’s Postwar architecture. Society chairman, Paul Maddocks, led a party of about 25…