How people power saved one of Wolverhampton's best-known landmarks
This time last year its days appeared to be numbered, the bulldozers waiting in the wings for its destruction.
But Wolverhampton's Brutalist School of Art building, a landmark on the city's skyline for half a century, has been preserved for future generations after people power led to it being granted Grade II listed status.
In January 2025 the Express & Star exclusively revealed Wolverhampton University's plan to demolish the nine-storey building as part of a shake-up which will also see the closure of its Telford campus.
But the plans sparked howls of outrage from locals, with almost 7,000 people signing a petition calling for the building to be preserved. The campaign paid off last year when the Department for Culture, Media and Sport granted it Grade II listed status.
The decision came after The 21st Century Society contacted Historic England asking for the building to be protected.
