Gillian Hopwood

Gillian Hopwood (an haife shi a cikin 1927, Rochdae UK) ya kammala karatun digiri na Makarantar Architectural Association School of Architecture, kuma memba ne na Cibiyar Sarauta ta Burtaniya.

Sha'awarta ta daukar hoto ta fara da gaske lokacin da aka ba ta kyamarar Kodak Box Brownie don bikin cikarta shekaru 8; Mahaifin Gillian shima ƙwararren mai ɗaukar hoto ne kuma ya kafa ɗaki mai duhu a gida, yana ba ta damar koyon haɓaka fim ɗinta da bugawa, tsarawa da kuma ƙara girman abubuwan da ba su dace ba. Wannan ya zama mai amfani ga horar da gine-ginen ta wanda ya haɗa da ziyartar gine-gine da rikodin rikodi yayin da ta iya sayar da wasu ayyukanta ga masu gine-ginen gine-gine, wadanda yawancin su sun kasance sanannun.

Gillian ya sadu da John Godwin a ranar farko ta aiki a AA, kuma sun yi aure a 1951. A 1954 ma'auratan sun koma Legas inda suka yi aiki a wani kamfanin gine-gine na London. A 1955 sun bude nasu aikin, Godwin da Hopwood a Onikan, Legas, wadanda suka bunkasa tsawon shekaru suna aiki a fadin tarayya da ofisoshi a Kaduna, Kano, Jos, Maiduguri da Warri. A cikin 1989 aikin ya haɗu da na Tunde Kuye da Associates kuma yana ci gaba a yau a matsayin GHK Architects.

Gillian ta kasance mai himma a kungiyar ‘yan kasuwa da kwararrun mata tun daga kafuwarta a shekarar 1963, ta kasance Honarabul Treasurer sannan kuma ta gina gidan Jarirai marasa uwa na Legas wanda aka ajiye a gine-gine a karshen Marina. Daga baya ta zama mataimakiyar shugaban kasa kuma shugabar kungiyar Soroptimist International.

Gwamnatin Najeriya ta ba Gillian lambar yabo ta Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) kuma ita da John sun zama 'yan Najeriya masu daraja. Sun yi ritaya kuma yanzu suna amfani da lokacinsu wajen rubutawa da buga littattafai: The Architecture of Demas Nwoko, Sandbank City – Lagos a 150, da A Photographer’s Odyssey – Lagos Island 1954 – 2014