ARCHITECT

MICHEAL
HOPKINS
BIRTH AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 Sir Michael John Hopkins was born on the 7th of May 1935 in Poole,
Dorset – England, into a working-class family.

 Sir Hopkins was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset. After which

he proceeded to study at the Bournemouth Art Architecture School
before undergoing his architectural training at the Architectural
Association in London(1962)

 He was trained in architecture during the times when people

needed to be housed following the effects of the World Wars. In
fact, most of his tutors had fought in the war and by effect passed on
their ambitions onto their students.
ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION 1962

“We were the inheritors of their ambitions for the large-scale

rebuilding of the Bomb-Damaged cities that were being zealously
cleared away to make way for a brave new world.” - Patricia
Hopkins(Spouse to Michael Hopkins)
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 Sir Michael Hopkins was trained during the post war

Syllabus era.

 Thus, the education system was more pre-occupied

1 year :
st
Studio with urban planning than with architecture.
2nd year :
Village  However, this could have been seen as a blessing in
disguise as the students had liberty of design.
3rd year: Town
4th year: Cities  The time period was one of change. New music was
5th year: Thesis being written, new fashion styles were emerging,
people were using cars more and more, and of
course, the bombed ruins were cleared to give rise to
new spaces allowing the younger generation at the
time to have liberty of imagination in design.

 Notably, Sir Norman Foster was in the jury which

*Unfortunately, Sir Michael's school portfolio was destroyed in a London Flood assessed he and his wife’s thesis.
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 In 1962, Sir Michael Hopkins married Lady

Patricia Ann Hopkins, who studied at the
Architectural Association with him.

 For their honeymoon, they took up a project

from the Society of Protection of Ancient
Buildings to restoration of a building in
Cratfield, Suffolk.

 This building is known as the Town House.

 It was located next to a church built in 1547

and was intended to house the meeting rooms
and host the early day festivities for the church
folk following the passing of an act forbidding
these festivities from happening in the
churches.
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Town House, Cratfield Site Work

 COMPLETED PROJECT.
 This house, located in Hampstead – North London,
was constructed between 1975 & 1976.

 It is said to be one of the most “Architecturally

Significant” Homes in the previous century.

 It is a steel frame house design with multiple THE HOPKINS HOUSE

window glazes.

 The structure was used as both a home and the first

office space for the company, Hopkins Architects,
which both he and his wife started together.
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HOPKINS HOUSE DESCRIPTION
 The build­ing was de­signed as a ma­chine for both liv­ing and work­ing in. 

 It was a sim­ple two-storey glass and steel box, with few per­ma­nent in­te­
rior par­ti­tions; only oc­ca­sional plas­tic pan­els for pri­vacy of the bath­rooms
and sleep­ing areas.

 The steel frame struc­ture is left clearly vis­i­ble.

 The house is reached from the street by a 'drawbridge' en­ter­ing at the

first-floor level. As such, the house ap­pears to be only one floor in height
from the street.

 It eas­ily gained plan­ning per­mis­sion be­cause the site was al­ready ex­
pected to have a much larger four-storey build­ing de­vel­oped at that spot.

 De­fy­ing con­ven­tion, there was noth­ing to phys­i­cally dis­tin­guish the

workspace from the liv­ing areas, other than the fact the fam­ily gen­er­ally
stayed on the ground floor and the work was car­ried out above.
GREENE KING DRAUGHT BEER CELLARS

 Location : Bury St. Edmunds – United

Kingdom

 Size : 2600 M2

 Client : Greene King PLC

 Architects: Hopkins Architects

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GREENE KING BEER CELLAR DESCRIPTION

 Greene King PLC intended to design a facility that

eased the production process of the beer which they
produced.

 It was designed to have 3 parts to it:

I. the first face where the empty barrels would be
offloaded and cleaned.

II. In the middle, these barrels would be filled with the

newly produced beer.

III. In the last phase, on the opposite side of the building,

the filled barrels would be offloaded and prepared for
distribution.

 The structure is raised by 1.25 metres due to the site

being prone to flooding
Location : London, UK.

V&A
MASTER
PLAN
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SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE

Year Location Size Client

1992 Cambridge, UK. 8,046 M2 Schlumberger.

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GLYNDERBOURNE
OPERA HOUSE
Year 1994
Location Sussex
Size 12000 M2
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“THIS EXQUISITELY CRAFTED BUILDING IS AN IMPRESSIVE TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT WHICH

COMBINES A SENSUOUS MATERIALITY WITH AN AUSTERE FORMALISM.”
Sir Colin Davis
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MELLER
CUTLERY
FACTORY

Location : Hathersage, Derbyshire – UK “Mellor collaborated with the architect Sir Michael
Size : 155 m2 Hopkins in evolving a design which is highly functional
Year : 1989 in a rural area of outstanding natural beauty.”
Client : David Mellor Design Ltd. ~David Mellor CBE, RDI Biography article.
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 EVELINA
CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL

2005
 EVELINA CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL
Location : London, UK.

Size : 16,500 m2

Client : Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Foundation Trust

Year : 2005

“IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE, IF HOSPITALS ARE ALLOWED SUCH

DISTINCTIONS. AND THE BUILDING ITSELF HAS BROUGHT ME
COMFORT.”
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YALE.

2009
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Location : New Haven, Connecticut - USA

Size : 6,208 m2

Client : Yale University School of Forestry and

Environmental Studies

Year : 2009

“YALE’S MOST SUSTAINABLE BUILDING TO DATE REFLECTS THE

SCHOOL’S MISSION AND THE INTELLECTUAL PASSION OF ITS
FACULTY AND STUDENTS. IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY DESIGN.”
Richard C.Levin, President Emeritus, Yale University
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GEOLOGY
PARK
INTERPRETIVE
CENTRE

2019
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INTERACTIVE CENTRE

Location : Sharja, UAE

Client : Sharja Environment and Protected Areas

Authority

Year : 2019

“SIMPLY BREATH TAKING! ORGANIC, INTEGRATED SPACES; MODERN AND

ANCIENT AT THE SAME TIME.”

~Judge’s comments, FX Design Awards 2020

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