Will Alsop
British architect (1947-2018)
William Allen Alsop, OBE RA (12 December 1947 – 12 May 2018) was a British architect and Professor of Architecture at University for the Creative Arts's Canterbury School of Architecture. In 2000, Alsop won the Stirling Prize, the most prestigious architecture award in the United Kingdom, for the Peckham Library in the south-east of London.
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Born | William Allen Alsop 12 December 1947 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK |
Died | 12 May 2018 | (aged 70)
Occupation | Architect |
Awards | Stirling Prize (2000); RIBA Worldwide Award (2004); Civic Trust Award (2003, 2006); RIBA Regional Award (London) (2006) |
Practice | aLL design |
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Projects | Yonkers Power Plant project; Clarke Quay Redevelopment project |
Alsop has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and was elected to the Royal Academy on 18 May 2000.
In 2013, Alsop became Professor of Architecture at the University for the Creative Arts's Canterbury School of Architecture.[1]
Alsop died on 12 May 2018 at the age of 70.[2]
References change
- ↑ "Will Alsop joins UCA Canterbury School of Architecture". University for the Creative Arts. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ British architect Will Alsop has died aged 70, archpaper.com; accessed 13 May 2018.
Other websites change
- Official website of Will Alsop
- Will Alsop at the British Council website
- Will Alsop at the "From Here to Modernity" website on Open2.net, the online learning portal from the Open University and the BBC Archived 2007-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Will Alsop at the Royal Academy of Arts website
- Radio interview of William Alsop on 4 April 2005 at the A Palaver website (available as stream) Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Interview with Will Alsop (video) Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine