Owen Hopkins

A London-based writer, historian and curator of architecture.





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Hawksmoor at the Royal Academy

An exhibition I have curated – ‘Nicholas Hawksmoor: Architect of the Imagination’ – has opened at the Royal Academy (running until 17 June). It explores how Hawksmoor’s work has inspired architects, artists, writers and commentators from the eighteenth-century to the present day. Read more here.


Hawksmoor and the Gothic

My essay, ‘Hawksmoor and the Gothic’ has been included in a book entitled Gothic Legacies: Four Centuries of Tradition and Innovation in Art and Architecture, based on a conference at the Courtauld Institute in 2009. It was published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in May 2012.


Notes from a Small Flat blog

Read my blog at WordPress for my comments, photos and observations on architecture, art, visual culture, technology and politics. Visit the blog here.