Nick Pope

Designer of retail concepts & commercial spaces. Love historic environments, conversions and #retrofirst

[Mr Tydfil @MrTydfil]

@AaronBastani Returned from Caen myself earlier this month thinking the same thing.

Compare Saint-Sauveur square now to what it was fifteen years ago. Check out Google street view photos from 2010. Now a superb public space.

It can be done.

[Nick Pope @LondonRemains]

@AaronBastani It feels like things are starting to change as a response to getting people back into town centres for both retail and homes although progress seems very slow.

[Nick Pope @LondonRemains]

@AaronBastani Many English town centres seem plagued by poor ideas, short-term thinking, & "innovative" solutions from teams with little sensitivity to what was built before. Local stone is dismissed as "pastiche", so standard 'precinct' materials go in - only to look dated within 12 months.

[createstreets @createstreets]

Bricks are best but…

[createstreets @createstreets]

Which do you prefer? It's so exciting to see civic architecture daring to be civic again.

Evolving Stocksbridge's old library into a new one alongside office and community space....

[Nick Pope @LondonRemains]

I love that this pub has survived as part of the larger development in Farringdon. The street is so much richer for it. Nice photos on instagram from @LundonLens

[Nick Pope @LondonRemains]

Fantastic preserved 1920s cinema interior housed inside a Mcdonalds in Grimsby town centre, Hopefully one day it could be properly restored and opened up again as a cultural space
https://t.co/o844xuSyAf

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Redesigning city streets to support human behavior isn't rocket science. But it does take a willingness to challenge the status quo assumptions about public space.

📹 Transport Infrastructure Ireland

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @Car_Free_USA]

Fun fact: The new Elizabeth Metro line in London moved more people in 2024 than Highway 401, the busiest freeway in North America.

[Samuel Hughes @SCP_Hughes]

Change in Altrincham over the last decade. I particularly liked the way that the usual ugly road markings have been replaced with inlaid masonry ones.

[Nick Pope @LondonRemains]

@howdoyousaynejc Looks like a tomb raider 1 graphics 😂

[Nick Pope @LondonRemains]

There's something seriously wrong with this countries infrastructure projects if this is what we're ending up with. Proposed vs Reality for Oxford's new train station.

[Nick Pope @LondonRemains]

@matthewhodg Thank you.. I was trying to find more information about it but couldn't find anything. Has the full new station overhaul ground to a halt do you know?

[Nick Pope @LondonRemains]

@0xjck I meant it as it’s the updated proposed design oxford actually getting 🫤😅

[SAVE Britain's Heritage @SAVEtoReuse]

"These buildings & monuments make London London. They give our city its distinctive spirit of place, distinguishing it from other great metropolises, attracting visitors & making it a desirable place to live." John Darlington, World Monuments Fund

https://t.co/R8jCEyGG2O

[SAVE Britain's Heritage @SAVEtoReuse]

👍SAVE is delighted by @HistoricEngland's new report showing how ♻ heritage can tackle housing crisis & CO2 🏭Old textile mills cd provide 42k homes! Egs like Lister Mills by @urban_splash, which SAVE advocated for when at risk of demolition, lead the way https://t.co/KEgbzGwtGv

[Nick Pope @LondonRemains]

Great seeing information like this being made more readily available to encourage the reuse of older buildings https://t.co/8O3uVPMXDH

[createstreets @createstreets]

In an age of division, how we should build in our towns and cities is actually something we agree about. Our alternative vision with @FTerryArchitect for Oxford Street features in @thetimes today as well as our poll with @DeltapollUK - 79% of the public prefer our approach....

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

I think projects like this are the future of architecture

Existing buildings retained and adapted, with additional density added through timber vertical extensions

Masterplan of the Luna block in Sodertalje, Sweden. By Alison Brookes Architecture and BAU

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Sterling Heights, MI, joins a list of other Detroit suburbs that will convert dying malls into town centers. Lakeside Mall will be redeveloped into 2,800 new housing units and a town center. Converting dead malls is an easy way to create town centers in the suburbs.