Michael Wilford
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Michael Wilford | |
The Lowry performing and visual arts centre in Salford, England |
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Name | Michael Wilford |
Nationality | British |
Birth date | 1938 |
Birth place | Hartfield, East Sussex |
Working Life | |
Practice Name | (1971-1992) The Stirling/Wilford partnership (1993-2001) Michael Wilford and Partners |
Significant Buildings | Lowry Centre |
Significant Projects | |
Awards and Prizes | Stirling Prize (1997) |
Michael Wilford CBE (born 1938, Hartfield, East Sussex) is a British architect.
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[edit] Life
Wilford studied at the Northern Polytechnic School of Architecture, London, from 1955 to 1962, and at the Regent Street Polytechnic Planning School, London, in 1967. In 1960 he joined James Stirling's practice and in 1971 they established the Stirling/Wilford partnership.
[edit] Buildings
- The Lowry performing and visual arts centre in Salford, England
- British Embassy in Berlin
- Music School, Stuttgart, Germany
[edit] Awards and Prizes
- 1997 Stirling Prize for the Music School in Stuttgart