Elizabeth Hopkirk
@swix6.bsky.social
Buildings, heritage, art, nature | Writer, editor, cyclist, optimist. Always something interesting round the next corner...
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What a great splash in today’s @thetimes.com by @davidbyers26.bsky.social celebrating the importance of SAVE’s work safeguarding historic buildings - from castles to cotton mills, dept stores to stations - for future generations ♻️
#SAVEcampaigns #SAVE50 #reuse 🏫
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
#SAVEcampaigns #SAVE50 #reuse 🏫
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
July 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
What a great splash in today’s @thetimes.com by @davidbyers26.bsky.social celebrating the importance of SAVE’s work safeguarding historic buildings - from castles to cotton mills, dept stores to stations - for future generations ♻️
#SAVEcampaigns #SAVE50 #reuse 🏫
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
#SAVEcampaigns #SAVE50 #reuse 🏫
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
‘As it celebrates 5 decades of David & Goliath battles, against a bleak backdrop of rapid global heating, missed emissions targets… the work of this gutsy little group is more critical than ever’
Thx @ollywainwright for this great piece on @SAVEtoReuse at 50 ♻️🏢🎂
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Thx @ollywainwright for this great piece on @SAVEtoReuse at 50 ♻️🏢🎂
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
From Tate Modern to Grimsby docks: the team saving Britain’s cherished buildings from the wrecking ball
Can you imagine Liverpool without its Welsh Streets or London without Battersea Power Station? For 50 years, one small band of activists have been finding creative alternative uses for great buildings...
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
‘As it celebrates 5 decades of David & Goliath battles, against a bleak backdrop of rapid global heating, missed emissions targets… the work of this gutsy little group is more critical than ever’
Thx @ollywainwright for this great piece on @SAVEtoReuse at 50 ♻️🏢🎂
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Thx @ollywainwright for this great piece on @SAVEtoReuse at 50 ♻️🏢🎂
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Shaping up nicely. Only the second time the #SerpentinePavilion has broken out of the gallery grounds, I think?
May 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Shaping up nicely. Only the second time the #SerpentinePavilion has broken out of the gallery grounds, I think?
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🏗️We need to build a lot of homes & amenities. Can we do it without destroying what makes historic places special?🏘️🌳⛪️🌸(Spoiler: Yes!)
Excited to hear the speakers today at SAVE’s #BuildinginContext conf in #Norwich on how to build well
#heritage #development #architecture #urbanism
bit.ly/3YJWi1U
Excited to hear the speakers today at SAVE’s #BuildinginContext conf in #Norwich on how to build well
#heritage #development #architecture #urbanism
bit.ly/3YJWi1U
Building in Context: - SAVE Britain's Heritage
SAVE Britain’s Heritage campaigns to bring new life to threatened historic buildings of all types and ages We do this through the media, the planning system and where necessary the courts – in collabo...
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May 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
🏗️We need to build a lot of homes & amenities. Can we do it without destroying what makes historic places special?🏘️🌳⛪️🌸(Spoiler: Yes!)
Excited to hear the speakers today at SAVE’s #BuildinginContext conf in #Norwich on how to build well
#heritage #development #architecture #urbanism
bit.ly/3YJWi1U
Excited to hear the speakers today at SAVE’s #BuildinginContext conf in #Norwich on how to build well
#heritage #development #architecture #urbanism
bit.ly/3YJWi1U
Idyllic spot to end SAVE’s Bournemouth tour led by expert guide Hattie Miles: clifftop @Russell_Cotes gallery, built by Victorian collector Merton RC for wife Annie’s bday. Without a kitchen… because all their meals came from the 5* hotel they owned next door. Thanks to all who came today 😎
May 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Idyllic spot to end SAVE’s Bournemouth tour led by expert guide Hattie Miles: clifftop @Russell_Cotes gallery, built by Victorian collector Merton RC for wife Annie’s bday. Without a kitchen… because all their meals came from the 5* hotel they owned next door. Thanks to all who came today 😎
The thought of London without this brilliant building is as absurd as the idea of London without the Palace of Westminster. List it now!
‘This is the building which often prompts the response “I can’t believe it’s not listed”. Our message for DCMS and the heritage minister, Chris Bryant MP, is: do the right thing.’
C20 in @theguardian.com on the Southbank Centre campaign.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
C20 in @theguardian.com on the Southbank Centre campaign.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Architecture film sparks new call to list Southbank Centre
Twentieth Century Society wants London landmark to get listed status with brutalism in Oscars spotlight
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The thought of London without this brilliant building is as absurd as the idea of London without the Palace of Westminster. List it now!