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From the NS archive: Extreme environment 12 February 1965: Rooms floored with water are difficult to deal with at the best of times. By Reyner Banham In this piece from 1965, the architectural critic Reyner Banham considered the newly opened Hampstead Baths – at Swiss Cottage, north London – and the practical problems concerning the design of modern swimming pools. The baths, designed by Sir Basil Spence, Bonnington and Collins, were constructed between 1959 and 1964 and stood until 2002....

IT WAS a very long weekend for Ronald A. Read, who had had to get by on only five hours sleep. He hadnt, in fact, had a holiday for a couple of…

Medieval Charterhouse Rises from Decades of Neglect With deeply-spiritual origins, and an important function in the religious framework of medieval England, Coventrys medieval Charterhouse priory was all but destroyed in the Reformation. But now, this once legendary house of God is finally set to open to the public. What is the Coventry Charterhouse? Coventry is a city in central England that in the medieval period was at the center of national power. So much so that Coventry hosted Parliamen...

City of Culture: How the BBC plans to put Coventry in the spotlight Highlights include a Motor City film and documentaries on Coventry Cathedral and Delia Derbyshire 07:48, 3 MAR 2021 View taken from the north showing the construction of Coventry Cathedral including the erection of a ramp for the foundation stone laying ceremony, shuttering to the assembly area and choir practice room, and concreting to altar and nave slab Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing t...

Prix Pictet, Confinement 104pp, £29.95 (hb) More than 40 photographers shortlisted for the prestigious Prix Pictet photography prize since 2008 cast their eye over a world depleted by the Cobid-19 pandemic in Prix Pictet, Confinement. High-profile names such as Naoya Hatakeyama of Japan, London-born Susan Derges and the US photographer Joel Sternfeld give their own personal responses, in texts and imagery, to the devastation caused by the coronavirus crisis. The US photojournalist Ed K...

Heritage campaigners slam Chapman Taylor plans for Coventry city centre 1/8 Image of proposed Coventry South development Source:&nbspChapman Taylor Source:&nbspChapman Taylor Source:&nbspPaul Catherall Source:&nbspPaul Catherall Source:&nbspPaul Catherall Source:&nbspPaul Catherall Source:&nbspPaul Catherall Source:&nbspPaul Catherall Plans by Chapman Taylor to redevelop the centre of Coventry will destroy the city’s post-war identity, heritage campaigners have warned The City Centre South...