Celia Clark

Don’t Waste Buildings! As a dedicated conservationist who’s worked to save and repurpose historic buildings in Portsmouth and Hampshire for more years than I care to remember, the launch in April 2024 of the Don't Waste Buildings (DWB) campaign, a proactive movement advocating for the reuse and retrofit of existing structures crystallised my long held belief that buildings can and should have a second – or even more new lives - after their first function disappears. As DWB says, there are...

Celia Clark was a founder member of the Portsmouth Society and is now the Society's President. Celia Clark’s contributions to...