The Modernist Society

The Modernist Society We are a creative project celebrating 20th century architecture & design, through publishing, events, exhibitions & creative collaborations.

One for the bus fans.Spotted at Piccadilly Gardens, sporting SELNEC Central livery.
14/08/2026

One for the bus fans.
Spotted at Piccadilly Gardens, sporting SELNEC Central livery.

once upon a time in an oxford road train stationAn exhibition by Armaghan ButtInspired by Manchester's modernist archite...
05/08/2026

once upon a time in an oxford road train station

An exhibition by Armaghan Butt

Inspired by Manchester's modernist architecture and everyday life, Armaghan combines text, digital illustration, printmaking and animation to explore memory, observation and imagination.

Private View - Thursday 6th August 6pm - 8pm : All welcome

Armaghan Butt is an artist based at Venture Arts in Manchester.

Armaghan's practice explores stream of consciousness, typing processes and modernist architecture. His six-month collaboration with The Modernist saw him work on their Architectural City Guide to Manchester, travelling specific routes across the city to create fineline drawings of his favourite buildings.

single-line draftsmanship — gives the impression of a direct yet off-kilter tracing from life. Generous areas of negative space let his modernist structures hover mid-air, with blank patches of sky and whited-out trees cutting through the concrete and slicing across the tops of buildings.

The exhibition is accompanied by a selection of prints and his book, Once Upon a Time in an Oxford Road Train Station.

This project was supported by Venture Arts project facilitator Jacenta Sellars, and curated by Sarah Boulter, curator at Venture Arts.

Armaghan exhibited for Venture Arts at Manchester Contemporary Art Fair 2025 and has been commissioned for murals around the city.

A special edition pin badge based on Armaghan's Toast Rack print is also available.

06.08.26 - 29.08.26

at the modernist
58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ
open 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday

See link in bio or the-modernist.org

Veno Building Chester Road1938
11/07/2026

Veno Building
Chester Road
1938

It's goodbye to the MMU Library at All Saints.
08/06/2026

It's goodbye to the MMU Library at All Saints.

Manchester photographs from our recent publication Quiet Light by Gunner Gu.Renold Building Express Building Cockroft Bu...
11/05/2026

Manchester photographs from our recent publication Quiet Light by Gunner Gu.

Renold Building
Express Building
Cockroft Building
Corner house
Oxford Road Station
Piccadilly Plaza

Now available as A2 £65.00 (unframed) prints from the modernist shop or online.

See link in bio.

Stretford House and Stretford Mall
10/05/2026

Stretford House and Stretford Mall

Shopping parade of the Stretford Longford/Essoldo Cinema, Edge Lane, Stretford.
25/04/2026

Shopping parade of the Stretford Longford/Essoldo Cinema, Edge Lane, Stretford.

Stretford House Chapel Lane, Stretford Cruikshank and Seward1968
20/04/2026

Stretford House
Chapel Lane, Stretford
Cruikshank and Seward
1968

Lovely new furniture display at featuring some smashing modernist chairs.Go and see, it's fab.
17/04/2026

Lovely new furniture display at featuring some smashing modernist chairs.

Go and see, it's fab.

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