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Temporary exhibition archive                      3 November 2005 - 12 February 2006   Architecture Gallery, V&A

Curator: Marcus Binney, President of SAVE Britain's Heritage                             Sponsered by the DARE Group           Supported by the Drue Heinz Trust

An exciting exhibition to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of SAVE|, a campaigning body working to save Britain's architectural heritage.
 
The birth of SAVE was sparked by the immense publicity generated by the now legendary exhibition 'The Destruction of the Country House' held at the V&A in 1974. The exhibition's Hall of Destruction was a fantasy of tumbling columns illustrating a selection of over 1,000 historic country houses demolished over the preceding century. In 1955 one house was demolished every five days. Such was the concern generated by the exhibition that from 1975 demolition of historic country houses came to a virtual halt.