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Swansea civic centre on the UK s top ten most at risk 20th century buildings (Image: Western Mail Archive / Mirrorpix)
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The leisure centre which inspired Liam Gallagher to name his band Oasis is on a top 10 list of the 20th century British buildings most at risk.
City Hall in London, the brutalist Derby Assembly Rooms and Swindon s Oasis Leisure Centre are among the UK s top 10 buildings under threat according to architectural campaigning charity Twentieth Century Society.
Other buildings at risk include the Bull Yard shopping precinct in Birmingham, the listed Halls of Residence at the University of Hull and the Cressingham Gardens housing estate in London.
Above: the Derby Assembly Rooms features in the Top 10 Buildings at Risk List. Top image: Foster + Partners City Hall is also on the list
The list, which is released every two years aims to illuminate how numerous buildings of various architectural styles are currently under threat in the UK.
Last-ditch bid to save Derbyâs postwar modernist gem from bulldozers
The Clash and Take That once played there, now the planned demolition of the empty 1970s Assembly Rooms is dividing the city
Built in 1971-76, the Derby Assembly Rooms was the work of architects Hugh Casson and Neville Conder. Photograph: Electric Egg/Alamy
Built in 1971-76, the Derby Assembly Rooms was the work of architects Hugh Casson and Neville Conder. Photograph: Electric Egg/Alamy
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When Derby launched a competition for the redevelopment of its marketplace in 1970, the winning design was said to be âarchitecturally effective whatever the functionâ and praised for its âexcellence of conceptionâ.
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