Websites

Architecture.com
www.architecture.com
This extensive website from the Royal Institute of British Architects features events listings and information on the organisation's other activities including awards, education and competitions.

Docomomo
www.docomomo.com
DOCOMOMO stands for documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the modern movement. An extensive resource.

From Here to Modernity
www.open2.net/modernity
Open University pages on the modern movement and brutalism.

The Great Buildings Collection
www.greatbuildings.com
Comprehensive resource with buildings from within and outside the modernist tradition, listed by architectural style and building type, featuring biographies of architects and 3D models, drawings and images.

Risky Buildings
www.riskybuildings.org.uk/index.html
The companion site to the Twentieth Century Society's website (see below), featuring an illustrated list of the buildings thought to be under most threat at the moment. Good photographs and detailed accounts of the buildings.

Trellick Tower
www.portowebbo.co.uk/nottinghilltv/trellick.htm
Articles and media references to Trellick Tower, courtesy of a Notting Hill neighbourhood website.

The Twentieth Century Society
www.c20society.demon.co.uk
This organisation aims to safeguard the heritage of architecture and design in Britain from 1914 onwards. The website features a 'building of the month', events listings and extensive links.

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Books

	Modern Architecture: A critical history by Kenneth Frampton (Thames and Hudson, 1992) A survey of 20th-century architecture and its origins. Get this book from Amazon
	Towards a New Architecture by Le Corbusier and Frederick Etchells (Architectural Press, 1991) One of the most influential architectural manifestos of modern times. Get this book from Amazon
	A Vision of Britain: A personal view of architecture by HRH Prince Charles (Doubleday, 1989) Charles's personal plea for urban development that preserves what he sees as the unique character and tradition of British towns and cities. Get this book from Amazon

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Credits

Produced to accompany The Art Show: I Love Carbuncles (a World of Wonder production), first screened on Channel 4 in September 2004.

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