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665: 642: 385: 705: 301:, awarded in 1994. The citation describes the Hopkins' work as "not only a matter of exploiting technology to build beautifully, nor simply of accommodating difficult and changing tasks in the most elegant way, but above all of capturing in stone and transmitting in bronze the finest aspirations of our age", praising their contribution to the debate about the "delicate relationship between modernity and tradition" and adding: "For Hopkins, progress is no longer a break with the past but rather an act of continuity where he deftly and intelligently integrates traditional elements such as stone and wood, with advanced and environmentally responsible technology." 374: 396: 283:, a lightweight steel structure with glass façades. Early Hopkins Architects' buildings, such as the Greene King brewery in Bury St Edmunds and the Schlumberger laboratories near Cambridge, used new materials and construction techniques. The firm challenged conventional architectural wisdom by demonstrating that lightweight steel-and-glass structures could be energy efficient and pioneered the use in Britain of permanent lightweight fabric structures, of which the Mound Stand at 685: 407: 623: 290:
From the mid-1980s the practice began to explore what they called the "updating of the traditional materials", adding to the expressive potential of traditional crafts like masonry and carpentry by combining them with contemporary engineering. The practice became recognised for its combination of
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and was widely regarded as among the greatest of contemporary British architectural figures. Michael, alongside Patty, was part of a select group of leading British architects who were regarded as the founders of the
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in 1995 for Services to Architecture. In 2011 he was awarded the AJ100 Contribution to the Profession award. He was elected a
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Research Centre, opened in 1985, was one of Hopkins' earliest buildings and shows his distinctive use of a suspended,
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ultra-modern techniques with traditional architecture, broadening their palette of materials and forms.
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in partnership with his wife, who had run her own practice. One of their first buildings was
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and Michael's three children, Sarah, Abigail and Joel, grew up in
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Hopkins’ contribution to architecture was recognised both with a
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Alumni of the Architectural Association School of Architecture
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While studying at the Architectural Institute, Hopkins met
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in 1992 and two years later he was jointly awarded the
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Macmillan Cancer Centre, London, United Kingdom (2012)
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Royal Gold Medal: 1994 Michael and Patricia Hopkins
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Archived from 1081: 943: 820: 592:Masterplan, London, United Kingdom (1993) 314:the Hopkins’ open-plan house in Hampstead 450:East Wing, London, United Kingdom (2015) 405: 394: 383: 372: 981:Flatman2023-06-19T11:06:00+01:00, Ben. 884:Architects honour husband and wife team 670:All of the Phase 1 Construction on the 464:Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium 1515: 898: 896: 1538:Alumni of Arts University Bournemouth 1332:. Wellcome Collection. Archived from 914:Royal Institute of British Architects 779: 359:for Architecture with Patty Hopkins. 338: 296:Royal Institute of British Architects 1452:"Landmarks: The Mound Stand, Lord's" 816: 814: 812: 810: 775: 773: 538:Dubai International Financial Centre 456:Headquarters, Living Planet Centre, 362: 1568:People educated at Sherborne School 1120:"Building the Living Planet Centre" 893: 486:M. A. Chidambaram "Chepauk" Stadium 294:Together, the Hopkins received the 275:In 1976 Hopkins set up what became 13: 1583:Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal 1400:. Emmanuel College. Archived from 1186:. 25 December 2018. Archived from 1019:"Rose Bowl leaves Lord's in shade" 983:"Sir Michael Hopkins dies aged 88" 586:, Cambridge, United Kingdom (1995) 230:before, aged 23, enrolling at the 201: 14: 1599: 1563:Modernist architects from England 1508:National Portrait Gallery, London 1492: 1082:Takahashi, Mana (23 March 2018). 944:MacCarthy, Fiona (19 June 2023). 821:MacCarthy, Fiona (19 June 2023). 807: 770: 389:The London 2012 Olympic Velodrome 218:. 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Royal Academy of Arts 580:University of Cambridge 558:, United Kingdom (2007) 548:Lawn Tennis Association 460:, United Kingdom (2013) 287:is a notable example. 244:Hopkins partnered with 1472:. RIBA. Archived from 1384:"Station Architecture" 692:Rose Bowl, Southampton 552:National Tennis Centre 411: 403: 392: 381: 270:high-tech architecture 256:. With Norman Foster, 1158:on 29 September 2015. 602:Lord's Cricket Ground 480:London 2012 Velodrome 430:Smith Campus Center, 409: 402:, Westminster, London 398: 387: 376: 285:Lord's Cricket Ground 167:RIBA Royal Gold Medal 1270:on 22 September 2018 1126:on 9 September 2015. 582:: Queen's Building, 514:Princeton University 442:Tokyo Midtown Hibiya 49:Michael John Hopkins 1190:on 25 December 2018 1086:. The Asahi Shimbun 1024:The Daily Telegraph 968:Architects' Journal 908:23 May 2014 at the 714:cutlery factory in 510:, Texas, USA (2010) 448:St Thomas' Hospital 391:. 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Index

CBE
RA
Poole
Sherborne School
Architectural Association
Patty Hopkins
Knight Bachelor
CBE
RA
RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Hopkins Architects
Patty
High-Tech
Richard Rogers
Norman Foster
Nicholas Grimshaw
Terry Farrell
Poole
public school
Sherborne
Bournemouth School of Art
Basil Spence
Frederick Gibberd
Architectural Association
Patty Wainwright
Norman Foster
Willis Faber headquarters
Ipswich
Richard Rogers
Terry Farrell

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