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• Sir Michael Hopkins obituary

  19-06-2023 18:34
  
  One of Britain’s leading architects admired for the Mound stand at Lord’s, Westminster tube station and the 2012 Olympic velodromeThe architect Sir Michael Hopkins, who has died aged 88, occupied a special place in a much abused profession. The best known Hopkins buildings – the Mound stand at Lord’s cricket ground, Glyndebourne opera house, Westminster underground station, the 2012 Olympic velodrome – command not only respect but positive affection. Hopkins gave mo
  
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• Sir Michael Hopkins, Portcullis House and Mound Stand architect, dies aged 88

  19-06-2023 13:31
  
  Hopkins was part of vanguard of ‘hi-tech’ architects who dominated building design in UK and beyondSir Michael Hopkins, one of the leading British architects of his era, has died leaving behind a built legacy including Portcullis House at the Palace of Westminster, the Mound Stand at Lord’s cricket ground and the Jubilee campus at Nottingham University.His wife, Patty Hopkins, with whom he formed Hopkins Architects in 1976, said he had “died peacefully at the age of 88, s
  
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