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{{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 College|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<br />[[17 New Wakefield Street|Wakefield Tower]], Manchester
|significant_projects  = 
|significant_design    = [[Corporation Street Bridge|Corporation St. Bridge]], Manchester
|awards        = [[Stirling Prize]] (1996)<br />MBE (1998)
}}
'''Stephen Hodder''' {{post-nominals|MBE}} (born 1956<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ribapix.com/former-riba-president-stephen-hodder_riba105617 |title=Former RIBA President, Stephen Hodder |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=ribapix.com |publisher=RIBApix |access-date=27 December 2023}}</ref>) is an [[English people|English]] architect who won the [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]]'s [[Stirling Prize]] in 1996. He is also a partner at his own practice [[Hodder Associates]] which was founded in 1992 in [[Manchester]].<ref name="RIBA PSB">{{cite web |url=http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/AboutUs/Ourstructure/RIBAProfessionalServices/ProfessionalServicesBoard/StephenHodder.aspx |title=Professional Services Board: Stephen Hodder |author=<!--Not stated--> |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}}</ref> In 2012, Hodder was elected for a two-year term as the president of the RIBA (2013–2015).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Background==
Hodder started his architectural education in 1975,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="MEN1">{{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}}</ref>

He joined the teaching staff at the [[Manchester School of Architecture]]. In 2011, he chaired the Professional Advisory Board at the School.<ref name="RIBA PSB" />

== Awards ==
In 1991, Hodder won the [[Royal Fine Art Commission]]/''[[Sunday Times]]'' Building of the Year Award for his design of [[Colne|Colne swimming pool]] in [[Lancashire]] in the first year that his practice opened.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.e-architect.com/architects/stephen-hodder |title=Stephen Hodder Architects, England |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=23 March 2021 |website=e-architect.com |publisher=E-Architect |access-date=27 December 2023}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Hodder was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)]] in 1998 for services to architecture.<ref name="RIBA PSB" />

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/?id=470 |title=Stephen Hodder awarded Honorary Degree |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=12 July 2006 |website=mmu.ac.uk |publisher=Manchester Metropolitan University |access-date=27 December 2023}}</ref>

==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:Living people]]
[[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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