The Vertical Forests of Utrecht
coventrysociety 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…
Planning and Design
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…
Walk and See – Coventry’s Post War Architecture
Join CovSoc for a Walk and Talk to commemorate Civic Day 2019. For this year’s Civic Day we are celebrating Coventry’s post war architecture. We meet at 12 noon on…
The Imagination of Architects
Matthew Chamberlain an MA student from the University of Westminster has designed a sustainable treehouse to provide starter homes on London’s streets. CovSoc Chairman, Paul Maddocks, writes “I would have…
The Mystery of the Egyptian God and the Precinct
Now that the restoration and re-modelling of the City Precinct is about to start, you might be interested in knowing about a link to ancient Egypt. On the back of…
Harry Quick – Coventry Architect 1858-1935
In the summer of 1895, the Midland Daily Telegraph published a lavish set of drawings illustrating the winning design for Coventry’s new municipal offices. Fashioned in Tudor style, with stone…