Stephen Hodder
{{Short description|English architect}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox architect
|name = Stephen Hodder
|image = Stephen Hodder.jpg
|caption = Stephen Hodder delivering the 2014 Gresham Special Lecture
|nationality = British
|birth_date = 1956
|birth_place = Stockport, Cheshire, England
|death_date =
|death_place =
|alma_mater = Manchester School of Architecture
|practice = Hodder + Partners
|significant_buildings = Centenary Building, Salford
Wakefield Tower, Manchester
|significant_projects =
|significant_design = Corporation St. Bridge, Manchester
|awards = Stirling Prize (1996)
MBE (1998)
}}
Stephen Hodder {{post-nominals|MBE}} (born 1956{{cite web |url=https://www.ribapix.com/former-riba-president-stephen-hodder_riba105617 |title=Former RIBA President, Stephen Hodder |author= |website=ribapix.com |publisher=RIBApix |access-date=27 December 2023}}) is an English architect who won the RIBA's Stirling Prize in 1996. He is also a partner at his own practice Hodder Associates which was founded in 1992 in Manchester.{{cite web |url=http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/AboutUs/Ourstructure/RIBAProfessionalServices/ProfessionalServicesBoard/StephenHodder.aspx |title=Professional Services Board: Stephen Hodder |author= |website=architecture.com |publisher=RIBA |access-date=27 November 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117054139/http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/AboutUs/Ourstructure/RIBAProfessionalServices/ProfessionalServicesBoard/StephenHodder.aspx |archive-date=17 January 2013}} In 2012, Hodder was elected for a two-year term as the president of the RIBA (2013–2015).{{cite web |url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/archive/stephen-hodder-named-next-riba-president |title=Stephen Hodder named next RIBA president |last=Fulcher |first=Merlin |date=17 May 2012 |website=architectsjournal.co.uk |publisher=Architects' Journal |access-date=27 December 2023}}
Background
Hodder started his architectural education in 1975,{{cite news |author= |date=14 July 2009 |title=Stephen Hodder in conversation with Manchester architecture students |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jul/14/class-of-2009-stephen-hodder |work=The Guardian |access-date=23 June 2013}} graduated from Manchester University in 1982 and joined Building Design Partnership but left after a year and set his own firm up after he was offered a project by a family member. Initially named Hodder Lees Partnership, later Hodder Sanderson, the practice became Hodder Associates in 1992.{{cite news |last=Roue |first=Lucy |date=16 October 2017 |title=Meet the high-flying husband and wife architects behind Gary Neville's St Michael's turnaround |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/hodder-and-partners-st-michaels-13769778 |work=Manchester Evening News |access-date=2 March 2020}}
He joined the teaching staff at the Manchester School of Architecture. In 2011, he chaired the Professional Advisory Board at the School.
Awards
In 1991, Hodder won the Royal Fine Art Commission/Sunday Times Building of the Year Award for his design of Colne swimming pool in Lancashire in the first year that his practice opened.{{cite web |url=https://www.e-architect.com/architects/stephen-hodder |title=Stephen Hodder Architects, England |author= |date=23 March 2021 |website=e-architect.com |publisher=E-Architect |access-date=27 December 2023}}
In 1995, Hodder Associates won the Grand Prize at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition and in 1996 he was awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize for the Centenary Building, University of Salford.{{cite web |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/discover-the-ajbl-first-stirling-prize-winner-university-of-salford-by-hodder-partners-1995 |title=Discover the AJBL: First Stirling Prize-winner University of Salford by Hodder + Partners, 1995 |last=Williams |first=Fran |date=4 August 2021 |website=architectsjournal.co.uk |publisher=Architects' Journal |access-date=27 December 2023}}
Hodder was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1998 for services to architecture.
He was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Arts by Manchester Metropolitan University in 2006 in recognition of his distinguished contribution to architecture locally, nationally and internationally.{{cite web |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/?id=470 |title=Stephen Hodder awarded Honorary Degree |author= |date=12 July 2006 |website=mmu.ac.uk |publisher=Manchester Metropolitan University |access-date=27 December 2023}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.hodderandpartners.com Hodder + Partners]
- [http://www.mmu.ac.uk/graduation/honorands/2006 Manchester Metropolitan University's Honorands]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Alumni of the Manchester School of Architecture
Category:Architects from Greater Manchester
Category:People associated with the University of Salford
Category:Stirling Prize laureates
Category:People from Stockport
Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Academics of the University of Manchester
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