Hopwood & Godwin : a life in post-independence Nigeria / Gillian Hopwood (Godwin Hopwood Kuye) & John Godwin (Godwin Hopwood Kuye)

Main entry:

Hopwood, Gillian, 1927-2025, speaker.

Title & Author:

Hopwood & Godwin : a life in post-independence Nigeria / Gillian Hopwood (Godwin Hopwood Kuye) & John Godwin (Godwin Hopwood Kuye)

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 2021

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (49 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Gillian Hopwood & John Godwin, 2021 -- John Godwin, 1953 -- Gillian Hopwood Leaving For Nigeria, 1954 --Brynmawr Rubber Factory, Gwent, Wales, 1947. Architects' Co-Partnership -- Christ Church Cathedral School, Lagos, Nigeria, 1961. Godwin & Hopwood Architects -- Alcan Aluminium's Pavilion At The Independence Exhibition, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria, 1960. Godwin & Hopwood Architects -- Bookshop House, Lagos, Nigeria, 1973. Godwin & Hopwood Architects -- Gottschalck & Co. Building, Kano, Nigeria. Godwin & Hopwood Architects -- Guiness Brewery, Lagos, Nigeria. Godwin & Hopwood Architects -- House For The Australian High Commissioner, Lagos, Nigeria. Godwin & Hopwood Architects -- Boyle Street Residential Building, Lagos, Nigeria, 1960. Godwin & Hopwood Architects -- Allen & Hanbury House, Lagos, Nigeria, 1959. Godwin & Hopwood Architects -- Highpoint House, Kaduna, Nigeria. Godwin & Hopwood
Recorded in 2021

Summary:

Husband and wife team Gillian Hopwood and John Godwin spent the majority of their career in Lagos, Nigeria where they helped to shape post-independence architecture. Their key buildings include oil company Shell's Bookshop House, a residence for Australia's High Commissioner in Nigeria, a series of schools and numerous factory buildings. In this talk, the couple discuss meeting at the AA, the chance offer of work that took them to Nigeria in the 1950s, and the start of a life abroad, breaking away from old conventions and their contribution to the country's architectural development as it emerged from British colonialism

Resources:
Pidgeon Digital Content

Subject:

Hopwood, Gillian, 1927-2025.
Godwin, John (William John Gilbert), 1928-2023.
Architecture Nigeria History 20th century

Added entries:

Godwin, John (William John Gilbert), 1928-2023, speaker.

Hopwood and Godwin

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