Michael Wilford

He designed the British Embassy in Berlin.

The recorded working language is English. Employment is recorded with Harvard University, Yale University and Rice University. Works named in the authority record are The Lowry. Work by Michael Wilford is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago and Canadian Centre for Architecture. Distinctions recorded are Stirling Prize and Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

• Name — Michael Wilford • Born — 9 September 1938 • Birthplace — Surbiton, Surrey, England • Died — 10 March 2023 • Practice — Stirling/Wilford Partnership (1971–1992) Michael Wilford & Partners (1993–2001) Michael Wilford Architects, UK (2001–2023) Wilford Schupp Architekten, DE (2001–2023) • Significant Buildings — Lowry Centre • Awards — Stirling Prize (1997)

Michael James Wilford was born in Surbiton, Surrey on 9 September 1938. In 1960 Wilford joined the practice which James Stirling created in 1956. The Stirling/Wilford partnership was established in 1971 and continued until James Stirling's death in 1992. From 1993 to 2001 Michael Wilford worked in partnership under the name of Michael Wilford and Partners. In England, Michael Wilford practiced under the name of Michael Wilford architects and in Germany had established Wilford Schupp, based in Stuttgart. Wilford's work has gained international renown and includes significant public buildings such as performing art centres, art galleries, museums and libraries located around the world. These projects have won many architectural awards, the most recent including The Royal Fine Art Commission Building of the Year Award in 2001 for The Lowry performing and visual arts centre in Salford, England. Wilford taught extensively in schools of architecture including posts at Yale, Harvard, Rice, the University of Cincinnati in USA, the University of Toronto, McGill University Montreal in Canada, University of Newcastle, Australia, the Architectural Association in London, and the University of Sheffield, England. He was a visiting professor at the Liverpool School of Architecture. This was his favorite school of architecture. He had been an external examiner at many UK schools of architecture and sat on juries for numerous international architectural competitions and architectural awards. Wilford was a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Singapore Institute of Architects, Royal Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow of Royal Society of Arts, and an Honorary Member of the Bund Deutscher Architekten. In 2001 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/88) with Michael Wilford in 2009 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library. Michael Wilford died on 10 March 2023, at the age of 84.

• 2000 The Lowry performing and visual arts centre in Salford, England • 2000 British Embassy in Berlin • 1994 Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (University for Art and Music), Stuttgart, Germany

• Illustration — The Lowry performing and visual arts centre, Salford, England • Illustration — The British Embassy, Berlin.

Michael Wilford is recorded as having received Stirling Prize and Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Recognition and collections. Wilford received Stirling Prize and Commander of the Order of the British Empire.