50 best modern buildings in Britain

As voted in the Channel 4/English Heritage poll. Result announced 11/99.

No

Name

Architect

Date

Style

1

Coventry Cathedral

Sir Basil Spense

1962

-

2

Liverpool Catholic Cathedral

Sir Frederick Gibberd

1967

-

3

De la Warr Pavillion, Bexhill

Erich Mendelsohn

1933

-

4

Tate Gallery, St Ives

Eldred Evans and David Shalev

1993

-

5

Royal Festival Hall, London

Sir Leslie Martin

1951

-

6

British Library London

Colin St John Wilson

1997

-

7

Castle Drogo, Devon

Sir Edwin Lutyens

1930

-

8

Lloyds Building, London

Sir Richard Rogers

1986

Tech

9

Hoover Building, Westway, London

Wallis, Gilbert and Partners

1935

Art Deco

10

Battersea Power Station. London

Sir Giles Scott

1937

-

11

Stansted Airport

Lord Foster of Thames Bank

198?

Tech

12

Post Office Tower, London

Eric Bedford et al

1965

-

12

Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery, London

Rauch and Venturi

1987

Postmodern

14

Royal National Theatre, London (Brutalist)

Sir Denys Lasdun

1975

Brutalist

15

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

RHWL Partnership

199?

-

15

Penguin Pool, London Zoo

Berthold Lubetkin

1934

Modern

15

Canary Wharf, London (tower?)

Cesar Pelli

1991

-

15

Humber Bridge, Humberside/Yorkshire

?

198?

-

19

Globe Theatre, London

Theo Cosby after Inigo Jones

199?

Tudor

19

The London Ark, Hammersmith

Robert Erskine & Aage Rosenvold

?

-

21

Hill House, Helensburgh

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

1903

Arts & Crafts

22

Burrell Collection, Glasgow

Barry Gasson

1983

-

23

Willis Faber building, Ipswich

Norman Foster

1975

Tech

23

American Air Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Norman Foster

1997

 

25

Glyndebourne New Theatre, Sussex

James Stirling & Michael Wilford

1998

-

27

Thames Barrier, London

?

?

-

27

Symphony Hall, Birmingham

?

?

-

29

Wembley Stadium, London

?

1930?

-

29

Bluewater Shopping Complex, Greenhithe, Kent

?

1999

-

29

County Hall, London

?

?

-

29

Midland Hotel, Morecambe

?

?

-

29

Senate House, London University

Sir Charles Holden

1933

-

34

Channel Tunnel

?

?

-

34

The Mound Stand, Lords Cricket Ground, London

Michael Hopkins & partners

1987

Tech

37

Trellick Tower, London

Erno Goldfinger

1973

Brutalist

37

Broadcasting House, London

Graham Dawbarn

1949

-

37

Glasgow School of Art

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

1909

Art Deco

37

Eurostar, Waterloo, London

Nick Grimshaw

1993

-

37

MI6 Building, London

Terry Farrell and Partners

1985?

Modern Ziggurat

37

Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne

?

?

-

37

Royal Armouries, Leeds

?

1998?

Postmodern?

37

Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Benson & Forsyth

1996

-

37

Manchester Central Library

?

?

-

37

David Mellor Cutlery Factory Derbyshire

?

1997?

Roundhouse

37

Cenotaph, Whitehall, London

Sir Edwin Lutyens

1919

-

37

St Catherine's College, Cambridge

Cubitt, Atkinson and partners

1967

-

49

Cambridge University Library

Sir Giles Scott

1934

-

49

Ashton Memorial, Lancaster

?

?

-



Notes
1. More than half are formally listed buildings of historic or architectural interest
2. The majority were hated when built.