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Patty Hopkins and Michael Anastassiades recognised in King’s New Year Honours list

Tom Ravenscroft

Editor-in-chief

Architect Patty Hopkins and lighting designer Michael Anastassiades have been awarded OBEs in King Charles III’s New Year Honours list.

Also recognised in the list were designers Samuel Ross and Frances Mary Sorrell, along with architect Audley English and Create Streets founder Nicholas Boys Smith.

Michael Anastassiades
Patty Hopkins (top – photo by Janie Airey) and Michael Anastassiades (above) were awarded OBEs

Architect Patty Hopkins, who founded Hopkins Architects with her husband Michael Hopkins, was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), the second-highest Order of the British Empire honour.

Patty Hopkins is one of the UK’s best-known architects and was jointly awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal with Michael Hopkins in 1994.

She was one of the early pioneers of high-tech architecture with her studio responsible for numerous significant buildings including Hopkins House, Schlumberger Research Centre, Westminster Underground Station, Portcullis House and the Olympic Velodrome.

London-based lighting designer Anastassiades was also honoured with an OBE. He is the founder of his eponymous brand and studio Michael Anastassiades and was a Dezeen Awards judge in 2020.

His studio has designed lighting for numerous brands including Flos, Herman Miller, Bang & Olufsen and Cassina.

Designer Samuel Ross at Land exhibition
Samuel Ross received an MBE. Photo by Ollie Hammick

Also recognised in the New Year Honours list was Frances Sorrell, who was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), the highest Order of the British Empire award.

Sorrell co-founded design consultancy Newell and Sorrell with her husband John Sorrell along with the educational charity Sorrell Foundation.

Designer Ross, Society of Black Architects co-founder English and Create Streets founder Boys Smith were all made Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the honours list.

The King’s New Year Honours are awarded each year in December. Together with the Birthday Honours given out on the King’s official birthday in June, they make up part of the British honours system.

In last year’s list, Scottish-Ghanaian architect Lesley Lokko was awarded an OBE, while British artist Grayson Perry was awarded a CBE.

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