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William Alsop
Will Alsop, English architect and artist, born in Northampton (1947), studied at the Architectural Association in London, worked with Cedric Price 1973-1977, with Roderick Ham in 1977 and with Jan Störmer until early 2001, when he founded Alsop architects, with offices in London, Rotterdam and Moscow.
His most important projects in these years were the Passenger & Ferry Terminal in Hamburg (1990); Barrage & Visitor Centre in Cardiff (1991), Le Grand Bleu government headquarters in Marseille (1991), the Tottenham Hale and North Greenwich Jubilee Line Underground stations in London (1991 and 1992); The Stage in Groningen (1995), the Reuters headquarters in Moscow (1996), the National Archives in Hamburg (1998).
Alsop's work and projects received wide recognition - an honorary doctorate from Leicester University and an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of British Sculptors - and awards including the RIBA National Award for the Visitor Centre in Cardiff (1991) and the RIBA Civic and Community Architecture Award for Le Grand Bleu (1997).
His professional activities were always intertwined with teaching, first as a sculpture lecturer at St. Martin's School of Art in London and later at various leading universities in Britain and abroad. Since 1997 he has taught at the Technical University and led the Hochbau institute in Vienna.
His most important projects in these years were the Passenger & Ferry Terminal in Hamburg (1990); Barrage & Visitor Centre in Cardiff (1991), Le Grand Bleu government headquarters in Marseille (1991), the Tottenham Hale and North Greenwich Jubilee Line Underground stations in London (1991 and 1992); The Stage in Groningen (1995), the Reuters headquarters in Moscow (1996), the National Archives in Hamburg (1998).
Alsop's work and projects received wide recognition - an honorary doctorate from Leicester University and an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of British Sculptors - and awards including the RIBA National Award for the Visitor Centre in Cardiff (1991) and the RIBA Civic and Community Architecture Award for Le Grand Bleu (1997).
His professional activities were always intertwined with teaching, first as a sculpture lecturer at St. Martin's School of Art in London and later at various leading universities in Britain and abroad. Since 1997 he has taught at the Technical University and led the Hochbau institute in Vienna.
