Programme

Day 1: Thursday 21 March 2024


09:15 Registration (Refreshments)

10:00 Welcome and introduction: Susan Fielding (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales/C20 Cymru) & Catherine Croft (20th Century Society)

10:20 Title TBC – C20 architectural styles in Wales: An overview: Geraint Franklin (Historic England)

ARCHITECTS

11:00 Bill Davies: architect of continuity: Jonathan Vining (architect and commissioner, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales)

11:20 Percy Thomas and the Architecture of the University of Wales: Cohesion and Fragmentation: Dr Robert Proctor (University of Bath)

11:40 Title TBC – Sidney Colwyn Foulkes: Adam Voelcker (architect and independent researcher)

12:00 Graham Brooks: pioneer of Welsh modernism: Jonathan Vining (architect and commissioner, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales)

12:20 Q&A


12:30  Lunch


PLACES & PLANNING

13:15 TBC

13:35 Cwmbran New Town: ‘where the future is happening now’: Susan Fielding (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales)

13:55 TBC

14:15 Q & A

BUILDING TYPES

14:25 Title TBC – Leisure and seaside resorts: Dr Kathryn Ferry (Independent Researcher)

14:45 A changing educational landscape? The 21st Century Schools Programme in Wales: Dr Meilyr Powel (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales)

15:05 Welsh Public Housing: A Brief History and Some Highlights: John Boughton (Independent Researcher)

15:25 TBC


15:45  Break (Refreshments)


16:15 Infrastructural Landscapes: Aesthetics, Culture and Values:Professor Richard Brook (Lancaster University, Landscapes of Infrastructure)

16:35 TBC

16:55 Title TBC – Public art: Katey Goodwin & Tracy Jenkins (Art UK)

17:15 Title TBC – Industrial: Dr Peter Wakelin (Independent Consultant)

17:35 Q&A

17:50 TBC

18:15 CLOSE


Day 2: Friday 22 March 2024


09:15 Welcome back

09:20 Title TBC – Designation: Judith Alfrey (Cadw)

09:40 Title TBC – Local listing: Lindsay Christian (Vale of Glamorgan Council)

10:00 TBC

10:20 Title TBC – C20 archives: Dr Peter Wakelin

10:40 Q&A


10.50 Break (Refreshments)


11:15 Loving the unlovable: Approaches to the conservation of 20th Century building materials: Professor Oriel Prizeman (Welsh School of Architecture)

11:25 TBC

11:55 Title TBC – Regeneration and planning policy: Examples of success: Catherine Croft (20th Century Society)

12:15 Casework: Coco Whittaker (20th century Society)

12:35 Q&A

12:45 Round up comments and close: Alan Davies (BDP)


13:00 Lunch


Afternoon – optional tours of university campus/university archives and visit to the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW).

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