WilkinsonEyre cofounder Chris Wilkinson passes away at 76

Chris Wilkinson, cofounder of international architecture firm WilkinsonEyre, passed away on December 14 at the age of 76. His death was announced in a short message released by the firm, founded in London in 1999 by Wilkinson and Jim Eyre, with whom he had already worked since the 1980s.

An architect with a background in art, Wilkinson took his first steps in the profession in the seventies with Foster Associates, Michael Hopkins Architects, and Richard Rogers, developing a vision of architecture as a meeting point between art and technology – a vision that he brought to all the firm’s projects over the years.

Spanning every sector of architecture, the portfolio of WilkinsonEyre – a multi-award-winning practice, and multiple winner of the RIBA Lubetkin Prize and the RIBA Stirling Prize – boasts projects that combine cutting-edge technology with an astute insight into both context and the human dimension.

Some of the firm’s major projects include the Guangzhou International Finance Center, the Gardens by the Bay park in Singapore, the refurbishment of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s Battersea Power Station, and the design of the temporary Basketball Arena for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

In 2021, the Lille Langebro bridge, designed with Buro Happold in Copenhagen, was among the three finalists of the RIBA International Prize.

“Our projects give us scope to fulfill our love of design and to make a worthwhile contribution to society. Each project is an opportunity to explore new ideas, and to try and build good architecture.” Chris Wilkinson

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