Post war listed buildings

In their day, Art Deco buildings were loathed and hastily demolished, yet today, the remaining gems are restored with fondness. Should we learn from the hasty mistakes of the past and preserve Britain’s concrete monsters of the 60s and 70s? Post war listing applications are very complex to obtain but many buildings are now getting a second chance at a new life with public funding and English Heritage. These buildings were supposed to represent a futuristic vision but are now decaying in despair and disrepair.

In Listed on BBC Radio 4, Lucinda Lambton reported on the struggle of the Twentieth Century Society to preserve examples of 20th-century architecture which are now in danger of demolition. She began her investigation in Birmingham, where the city council wants to pull down the Central Library, and also looked at the Society's attempts to save a the Civic Centre in Plymouth. I’m asking you! Should we preserve the legacy of our retro concrete jungles or say goodbye to this depressing and drab era of architecture?