New exhibition celebrates University’s ’brutal and beautiful’ buildings
The University of Sussex features in a new exhibition opening in London today (Wednesday 25 September) that celebrates England’s most brutal and beautiful post-war architecture.
Organised by English Heritage, ‘ Brutal and Beautiful: Saving the 20th Century ’ includes a number of listed buildings on the University campus that were designed by Sir Basil Spence in the 1960s.
The exhibition, which takes place at the Wellington Arch , highlights the best examples of architecture from 1945 to the 1980s.
Falmer House; Arts A and Arts B; Pevensey I; and Chichester I are among the architectural treasures ‘Brutal and Beautiful’ covers.
The Meeting House and the Gardner Arts Centre (now known as the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts) also feature.
The exhibition also incorporates photography and video s with architects and clients of listed buildings to explore what makes the post-war era special and why the buildings shown are worthy of protection.
Falmer House, the building at the centre of Sir Basil Spence’s designs, was the first 1960s building in the country to be given Grade I listed status by English Heritage in 1993. Other University buildings included in the exhibition received Grade II listed status the same year.
‘Brutal and Beautiful: Saving the 20th Century’ is the fourth of five special exhibitions organised by English Heritage to mark the centenary of the 1913 Ancient Monuments Act.
The exhibition runs until 24 November and is open Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm.
Posted on behalf of: University of Sussex
Last updated: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
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