Sir Michael Hopkins
1935-2023

Sir Michael Hopkins CBE RA, RIBA Royal Gold Medal winning Architect, died peacefully on 17th June 2023 at the age of 88, surrounded by his family. He is widely regarded as ranking among the greatest of contemporary British architectural figures.

Sir Michael’s contribution to the architectural profession has been recognised both with a CBE in 1989 and a Knighthood in1995 for Services to Architecture. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1992.

In 1994, Michael Hopkins was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal for Architecture with his architectural partner and wife Patty. He also was The Prince Philip Designer of the Year in 1994.

The Principals, Hopkins Architects said:

“Michael will be sadly missed by all of us who were lucky enough to have worked with him. He was consistently rigorous in his thinking, brilliant in his analysis and fearlessly creative in his designing. To have worked with him on so many projects was an education like no other and an absolute privilege. With Michael the process was always intensely focussed and the conversation that led to the buildings always began as a voyage of discovery typically centred on establishing a sense of place, about how to make historic connections, how to put the materials together in an honest and contemporary way so that the building would appear calm and make immediate sense to the end user. Nothing was ever taken for granted. He was greatly respected both as an architect and as a person of integrity and we will all miss him enormously”.