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The Work of Michael Hopkins and Partners 

Reviewed by Lester Paul Korzilius  
Approximately 150 words 

Published in Oculus, December 1994  

Cool, calm, and collected. The work of British architect Michael Hopkins, a former partner of Norman Foster, is accessible to, and appreciated by many americans for its clear logic, direct and straight forward planning, and Miesian approach to detailing. The monograph is well documented and photographed, with clear, though non-critical, text. Architects will particularly appreciate Hopkins two most renown buildings, the Schlumberger Research Center and the Lord's Cricket Ground, the latter a masterpiece for work of this technological genre. In these projects Hopkins has taken the use fabric membrane structures to a new architectural level. Other notable buildings include Hopkins' own Eames-like house, and Bracken House, a central London office building near St. Paul's that successfully uses the British high-tech vocabulary in a historically contextual setting. Several current in-process projects are shown, including the new Parliamentary Building and the Glyndebourne Opera House. 

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