Michael Wilford dies, aged 84

Wilford

Wilford was best known for his three-decade working relationship with James Stirling

Michael Wilford, former business partner of James Stirling, and architect of the Lowry in Salford and the British Embassy in Berlin has died aged 84.

Born in 1938, he attended the Northern Polytechnic School of Architecture and the Regent Street Polytechnic, both in London. In 1960 he joined the practice of James Stirling and the two would go on to establish James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates in 1971.

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