Will Alsop | |
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Born | William Allen Alsop 12 December 1947 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK |
Died | 12 May 2018 | (aged 70)
Alma mater | Architectural Association School of Architecture |
Occupation | Architect |
Awards | Stirling Prize (2000); RIBA Worldwide Award (2004); Civic Trust Award (2003, 2006); RIBA Regional Award (London) (2006) |
Practice | Alsop and Störmer; aLL Design |
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Projects | Yonkers Power Plant project; Clarke Quay Redevelopment project |
William Allen Alsop OBE RA (12 December 1947[1] – 12 May 2018) was a British architect and Professor of Architecture at University for the Creative Arts's Canterbury School of Architecture.
He was responsible for several distinctive and controversial modernist buildings which are usually distinguished by their use of bright colours and unusual avant-garde forms. In 2000, Alsop won the Stirling Prize, the most prestigious architecture award in the United Kingdom, for the Peckham Library in London.