Hopkins Architects

Hopkins Architects

Hopkins Architects Partnership LLP (formerly Michael Hopkins and Partners) is a prominent British architectural firm established in 1976 by Sir Michael and Lady Patricia Hopkins. The practice has won many awards for its work and has twice been shortlisted for the Stirling Prize, including in 2011 for the 2012 London Velodrome and in 2006 for Evelina Children's Hospital. The founders were awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects Royal Gold Medal in 1994 and Michael Hopkins was awarded the CBE and knighted for services to architecture.

The practice is known for its attention to detail, innovative approach to construction, honest expression of materials and its energy-efficient designs. Its first building outside of the UK was the headquarters for GEK in Athens in 2003, followed by Tokyo's Shin-Marunouchi Tower in 2007. In addition to its London base in Marylebone the practice has an office in Dubai as well as a presence in China. In the United States the practice recently completed the new Frick Chemistry Laboratory at Princeton University, Kroon Hall for the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University and a series of projects at Rice University including McMurtry College and Duncan College.

Current work includes a new ultra-green Living Planet Centre for WWF-UK in Woking, UK, a new central library for the University of East London, the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, a major new public hospital in La Spezia, Italy, and several projects for Bryanston School in Dorset, UK, among others.