Coventry: the making of a modern city. 1939-1973

Broadgate House by the City Architect's Department, 1950

A talk by Jeremy Gould

19.00-21:00 on 24th June 2025

at the Alan Baxter Associates Gallery, 77 Cowcross St, London EC1M 6EL and online.

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Tickets for attendance in person and online are available here. Tickets will also be available on the door.

A link to watch the talk online will be sent to attendees before it begins.

Jeremy Gould in his talk will discuss how the influence of modernism is expressed between 1939 to 73.

Jeremy and Caroline Gould wrote about this in their book 'Coventry -The making of a modern city 1939-73'' for Historic England, 2016.

Jeremy Gould is emeritus professor of architecture at the University of Plymouth. He is an award-winning architect and wrote books on the post-war rebuilding of Plymouth (2010) and Coventry (2016, with Caroline Gould) for English Heritage/Historic England. 

Following the talk we anticipate doing a walking tour of central Coventry on Saturday 19 July.