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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 Sun 2 May 2021 03.30 EDT 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. ....