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Oasis at Wembley 2009
Source: Flickr/ Mark Hillary
The leisure centre from which Britpop band Oasis took its name has fittingly broken into the top 10 – the Top 10 Buildings at Risk List 2021, that is.
The Oasis Leisure Centre, in Swindon, came third in the annual ranking compiled by the Twentieth Century Society (C20 Society), over fears it could be demolished. Second on the list is London’s City Hall, which has an uncertain future following Sadiq Khan’s plan to relocate the GLA to Newham.
The two were pipped to the top spot by the Bull Yard shopping precinct in Coventry, just two weeks before the city officially becomes the UK City of Culture. The precinct sits at the heart of a major redevelopment scheme and the C20 Society criticised the local council for its “appalling failure to protect its important post-war architectural heritage”.
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.
London mayoral election: Green candidate Sian Berry unveils vision for ‘repair centres’ on every high street to cut waste Sophia Sleigh
The Green mayoral candidate today unveiled her vision for the capital which includes “repair centres” on every high street to help cut landfill waste.
Sian Berry is launching her manifesto this morning at Cressingham Gardens, in Lambeth, a council estate at threat of demolition that her party wants to protect.
Among her pledges, the Green Party co-leader wants to publish a waste reduction strategy that would boost the reuse and repair of goods.
It includes a new fund that would help councils and local enterprises turn empty shops and buildings into “repair centres” on every high street where they could upcycle everything from furniture and electricals to clothes.