Lifetime Achievement of the Year

“To be given a Lifetime award by the ABB LEAF organisation is serious stuff. It makes me look again at my work and realise that – since it is being taken seriously – I should reiterate again and again its espousal of the experimental, the investigatory and – sometimes- the audacious in architecture. Even at the age of 80 I regard my next building as potentially my best, my next book as my most readable and my next lecture as my naughtiest. I feel truly honoured.’’

Professor Sir Peter Cook, on receiving his award during the ABB LEAF Awards 2017.

Born

Southend-on Sea, 22/10/1936

Studied

1953 – 1958         Bournemouth College of Art

1958 – 1960         Architectural Association, London

 

Professor Sir Peter Cook RA, founder of Archigram, former Director the Institute for Contemporary Art, London (the ICA) and Bartlett School of Architecture at University Col­lege, London has been a pivotal figure within the global architectural world for over half a century. His ongoing con­tribution to architectural innovation was rec­ognised via the conferral of an honorary doctorate in April 2010 by the Lund University, Sweden. Peter’s achieve­ments with radical experimentalist group Archigram have been the subject of numerous publications and public ex­hibitions and were recognised by the Royal Institute of Brit­ish Architects in 2002, when members of the group were awarded the RIBA’s highest award, the Royal Gold Medal.

In 2007, Peter was knighted by the Queen for his servic­es to architecture. He is also a Royal Academician and a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres of the French Republic. Peter is currently a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art, London. His professor­ships include those of the Royal Academy, University College London and the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste (Staedelschule) in Frankfurt-Main, Germany.

Peter has from the very beginning made waves in architectural circles, how­ever, it is since the construction of his Art Museum in Graz, Austria (the Kunsthaus) that his work has been brought to a wider public, a process that has continued at CRAB with the completionof the much published and awarded Law School for the WU in Vienna, Architecture School for Bond University in Australia and recently completed Drawing Studio for Arts University Bournemouth. Peter has also built in Osaka, Nagoya, Berlin, Frankfurt and Madrid.

Peter’s continuing work as a lecturer of considerable renown makes him a familiar voice within cultural institutions around the world, where many have enjoyed an opportunity to hear Peter expound (among other subjects) upon his love affair with the slithering, the swarming and the spooky.

 

MAJOR Awards:

2012     Emeritus Professor, Blas Pascal University, Argentina

2010     Honorary Doctorate of Technology, Lund University, Sweden

2010     Mario Pani Award for Architecture, Mexico City

2008     Title of the Royal Academy of Arts

2008     Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art, London

2007     Knighted in Queen’s Honours’ list

2005     Graz Kunsthaus as Finalist for Mies Van Der Rohe Prize

2004     Graz Kunsthaus in Final of ‘Stirling Prize’

2003     Commandeur de l’ordre des Arts et letters of the France Republic

2002     RIBA Royal Gold Medallist (with Archigram)

            RIBA Annie Spink Award (with David Green)

            Commandeur de l’ordre des arts et des lettres (RF)

2000     1st Prize for Graz Kunsthaus Competition

1996     Jean Tschumi Prize, International Union of Architects (UIA)

1986     Los Angeles Prize of the AIA

1969     Grant awarded by Graham Foundation, Chicago

1965     ‘Young British Designers’ Sunday Times Exhibition

1962     Gas Council House Design (First Prize)

1961     Piccadilly Circus Competition (Mention)

 

Teaching:

Year Master, Unit Master, Tutor : Architectural Association 1964-1990

HbK ‘Staedelschule’ Professor of Architecture, Frankfurtt-am-Main ; 1982-1990

UCL,Bartlett Professor of Architecture; Chairman. 1990-2004

Life Professor,  HbK ‘Staedelschul;e’, Frankfurtt-am-Main

Emeritus Professor of Architecture, Bartlett UCL

Emeritus Professor Royal Academy of Arts, London

Guest professor at ESA, Paris

Guest professor at SCI-ARC, Los Angeles

Kenzo Tange Visiting Professor at Harvard University 2014

Guest professor at Lund University, Sweden (ongoing)

Guest professor at Arts University Bournemouth, Bournemouth (ongoing)

Director of  Master Class Programme, Bartlett UCL (ongoing)

 

Qualifications and awards:

AADipl, RA, RIBA, ARB, ACH, RAIA, BDA, FRCA,

Royal Academician (RA)

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

Architects Registration Board (ARB)

Architektenkammer Hessen (ACH)

Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA)

 

First Prizes and buildings:

Gas House ;

Monte Carlo Entertainments Centre;

Landstuhl Solar Houses 

Bad Deutsches Altenberg Historic Museum.

Kunsthaus Graz,

Departments of Law and Central Administration, Vienna University of Business and Economics, Austria

Abedian School of Architecture : Bond University, Queensland, Australia

 

Collaborations:

2004 –                 Gavin Robotham

1998 – 2004         Prof. Colin Founier

1976 – 1998         Prof. Christine Hawley

1963 – 1975         ARCHIGRAM GROUP 

 

SELECTED CRAB PROJECTS:

Built London Festival of Architecture CRAB Living Room

Built AIT Architektur CRAB Exhibition, Munich, Germany

Built Bartlett Peter Cook80 years, 80 ideas Exhibition

Built AIT Architektur CRAB Exhibition, Cologne, Germany

Built AIT Architektur CRAB Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany

Built  Peter Cook Retrospective Drawing Exhibition, Tchoban Foundation, Berlin, Germany

Under Construction         Convention Trade Zone, Bhubaneswar, India

Under Construction         Dream City Cricket and Tennis Pavilion, Pune, India

Under Construction         Club 360, Mumbai, India

Built Drawing Studio, Arts University Bournemouth, England 

Built  Taipei Kiosk, Taiwan 

Built    Welcoming Islands, 100% Design festival, London

Shortlisted West Kowloon Cultural District Park Development, Hong Kong

Shortlisted Joondalup Performing Arts Centre, Australia

Shortlisted  Mixed- use Office complex Shanghai Expo Site, China

Shortlisted  China National Photography Museum, Chengdu, China

Shortlisted Mixed-use Office complex Shanghai Expo Site, China

Shortlisted  Very Hong Kong 2013 Team, East Kowloon, Hong Kong

Built  Abedian School of Architecture, Queensland, Australia

Built Departments of Law and Central Administration, Vienna University of Business and Economics, Austria

TBC  Israel National Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel

Competition Green Square Library, Sydney, Austria

Competition  Campus 2015, Helsinki, Finland

2nd Prize       Gold Coast Cultural Precinct Masterplan, Australia

Built              Speculator Exhibition, Surfers Paradise, Australia

Built               Peru London Pavilion, London, UK

Competition     Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition, London

Built                Comfo Veg Exhibition, LA, USA

Competition      Earthquake Disaster Prevention Competition, Turkey

Built                 London 2012 Olympic Park Masterplan & Stadium (with Populous), London

2nd Prize          Tower of Droplets, Taichung, Taiwan

Competition       Taipei POP Music Centre competition, Taipei, Taiwan

Competition       Pylon Competition, London, UK

Competition       KPOP Competition, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

4th  Prize          Tower of Living Energy, Taichung, Taiwan

Built                  Arts University Bournemouth CRAB exhibition, UK

Competition       West End Kiosk, London, UK

Built                  Café Kick Bar, London, UK

4th  Prize           Light House, Rakverre, Finland

Competition        Elephant House Competition, Zurich, Switzerland

Competition        Pinto Masterplan, Pinto, Spain

Competition        Soak City, East London, UK

1st Prize             Eco Towers, Murcia, Spain

Competition         Wroclaw Museum, Wroclaw, Poland

2nd Prize            Skopje Footbridge, Skopje, Macedonia

2nd Prize            Civil Courts of Justice, Madrid, Spain

3rd Prize             New Street Station, Birmingham, UK

1st Prize             Verbania Theatre, Verbania, Italy

 

Best known early work:

Plug-in City  1964-66

Instant City  1969-70

Monte Carlo Entertainments Centre 1971-73

Arcadia City  1979-82

Landstuhl Solar Houses  1984

Layer City  1986

Lutzowplaz Housing, Berlin  – completed 1992

Stadelschule Kantine, Frankfurt –  completed 1995

Social Housing, Madrid, completed

 

Books:

‘Peter Cook Workbook; Wiley 2016

‘Drawing II’ ; Wiley 2014

‘Drawing’; Wiley 2008

‘Architecture-Action and Plan’ :Studio Vista- Reinhold  London/New York

‘Experimental Architecture’ :Studio Vista/St Martin’s Press  London/NY

“Archigram’ editions: in English: Studio Vista/Reinhold, Birkhauser, Princeton Architectural Press, also in Japanese, German, Chinese.

‘Spirited Architecture’:Rizzoli  New York

A+U ‘Peter Cook’monograph : A*U Tokyo

‘Peter Cook’ – six conversations’ :Academy-Wiley London/New York

‘Conversations’ Tokyo Art Randon  Tokyo

“Primer’ : Wiley-Academy  London/New York

‘The City- Seen as a Garden of Ideas’ Monacelli Press New York 

‘The Friendly Alien’ : Bognor Vienna

 

Timeline

2017           Exhibitions

                  R.A Summer Show. London  UK

                  London Festival of Architecture CRAB Living Room

                 AIT Architektur CRAB Exhibition, Munich, Germany

                 Peter Cook Retrospective Drawing Exhibition, Tchoban Foundation, Berlin, Germany

 

2016          Appointment

                  Visiting Professor, Tokyo Arts University

                  Visiting Critic, SCI-ARC Los Angeles, California

 

                  Completed Project :

                  Drawing Studio, Arts University Bournemouth

 

                  Exhibitions

                  R.A Summer Show. London  UK

                  Publication of Book : ‘Peter Cook Workbook’

 

                  Exhibitions

                  R.A Summer Show. London  UK

                 AIT Architektur CRAB Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany

                Peter Cook Academician’   ; Royal Academy, London, UK

                 AIT Architektur CRAB Exhibition, Cologne, Germany

                 ‘Peter Cook’ 80 years 80 ideas  : New Bartlett Building, UCL, London, UK

 

2015          Appointment

                  Visiting Professor, Seika University, Kyoto

                  Visiting Professor, woodbury University, California

 

                  Exhibitions

                  R.A Summer Show. London  UK

                  ‘Peter Cook Drawings’  : Espace Gallery, New Delhi

 

2014           Appointment

                  Director of CRAB Studio              

                  Guest Professor at SCI-ARC, Los Angeles 

                  Professor at Lund University, Sweden       

                  Professor at Arts University Bournemouth, England

                  Kenzo Tange visiting professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design

 

                  Completed Projects

                  Abedian School of Architecture, Queensland, Australia- ‘State Public Building of the year’    

                  / ‘Inside’ interior WAF Award winner                    

                  Departments of Law and Central Administration Buildings, Vienna, Austria- ‘RIBA European

                  Award Winner’/ WAF Exterior Colour Award winner

                  Taipei Kiosk, Taiwan

                  Welcoming Islands, 100% Design festival, London

 

                  Exhibitions

                  RA-Summer Show, London, UK

 

2013           Appointment

                  Director of CRAB Studio              

                  Guest Professor at SCI-ARC, Los Angeles 

                  Professor at Lund University, Sweden       

                  Professor at ESA, Paris

 

                  Completed Projects

                  Runner up, Gold Coast Cultural Precinct Masterplan, Australia

 

                  Exhibitions

                  RA-Summer Show, London, UK

 

2012           Appointment

                  Director of CRAB Studio              

                  Guest Professor at SCI-ARC, Los Angeles 

                  Professor at Lund University, Sweden       

                  Professor at ESA, Paris

                  Speaker for WAF, Singapore

 

                  Completed Projects

                  1^st Prize, Peru London Pavilion, London, UK

 

                  Exhibitions

                  Speculator, Surfers Paradise, Australia

                  RA-Summer Show, London, UK

                  Towards Comfo-Veg, Los Angeles, USA

                  Venice Biennale. Italy

 

2011           Appointment 

                  Director of CRAB Studio              

                  Guest Professor at SCI-ARC, Los Angeles 

                  Professor at Lund University, Sweden       

                  Professor at ESA, Paris

 

                  Completed Projects

                  Vallecas Housing, Madrid, Spain

                  Earthquake Disaster Prevention Competition, Istanbul, Turkey

                  Port of Kaohsiung Competition – Ship City, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

                  KPOP Competition, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

                  Pylon Competition, London, UK

 

                  Awards

                  4^th Prize for Taiwan Tower, Taichung, Taiwan

                  Short-listed for Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition, London, UK

 

                  Exhibitions

                  RA-Summer Show, London, UK

                  Peter  Cook – Non-Solid Exhibition, Tainan, Taiwan

 

2010           Appointment 

                  Director of CRAB Studio              

                  Design consultant to HOK International and HOK Sport Venue

 

                  Completed Projects

                  Café Kick Bar, London, UK

                  West End Kiosk, London, UK

 

                  Awards

                  Marco Pani Prize, Mexico City

                  Honourary Doctorate of Technology of Lund University

                  Second Prize for Taiwan Tower Design Competition, Taichung, Taiwan

                  First Prize for Abedian School of Architecture Competition, Brisbane, Australia

 

                  Exhibitions

                  Bournemouth Exhibition, Bournemouth, UK

 

2009           Appointment 

                  Director of CRAB Studio

                  Design consultant to HOK International and HOK Sport Venue

 

                  Completed Projects

                  Taipei POP Music Centre competition, Taipei, Taiwan

                  New Street Station Birmingham competition, Birmingham, UK

 

                  Awards

                  4^th Place, Light House, Rakverre, Finland

 

                  Exhibitions

 

2008           Appointment 

                  Director of CRAB Studio

                  Design consultant to HOK International and HOK Sport Venue

 

                  Completed Projects

                  Elephant House Competition, Zurich, Switzerland

                  Eco Tower Competition, Murcia, Spain

                  Madrid Law Courts, Madrid, Spain

                  Verbania Municipal Theatre Competition, Verbania, Italy

 

                  Awards

                  First Prize, Verbania Municipal Theatre, Verbania, Italy

                  First Prize, Department of Law and Central Administration Buildings, Vienna, Austria

                  Third Prize, New Street Station, Birmingham, UK

                  Second Prize, Skopje footbridge, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

 

                  Exhibitions

 

2007           Appointment 

                  Director of CRAB Studio

                  Design consultant to HOK International and HOK Sport Venue

                  Design Consultant to 2012 London Olympic Stadium (With HOK Sport Venue)

 

                  Completed Projects

                  Pinto Masterplan, Pinto, Spain

                  New Street Station Birmingham competition, Birmingham, UK

                  Villa Nueva, Madrid, Spain

 

                  Awards

 

                  Exhibitions

 

2006           Appointment

                  Co-founded CRABARCHI LTD. with Gavin Robotham, Professor Salvador Perez Arroyo & Juan Barrado

 

                  Completed Projects

                  Temporary Street Systems for City of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

                  Soak City, London, UK

 

                  Awards

                  German National Technology Prize

 

                  Exhibitions

                  Pre-CRAB

 

2005           Appointment 

                  Design consultant to HOK International and HOK Sport Venue

 

                  Completed Projects

 

                  Awards

                  ‘Gustav Eiffel’ Prize by the ESNA, Paris

                  Professor of Archicture of the Royal Academy of Arts, London

                  GRAZ KUNSTHAUS AS FINALIST FOR MIES VAN DER ROHE PRIZE

 

                  Exhibitions

                  Australian national Conference of Architecture, Melbourne

 

2005-2011 Design consultant to HOK International

 

2004           Appointment

                  UCL,Bartlett Professor of Architecture; Chairman

                  Design consultant to HOK International and HOK Sport Venue

                  APPOINTED COMMISSIONER FOR THE BRITISH PAVILION, VENICE  BIENNALE

 

                  Awards

 

                  Exhibitions

                  GRAZ KUNSATHAUS IN FINAL OF ‘STIRLING PRIZE’

                  Commisioner for British Pavilion, Venice Biennale / Valencia Biennale              

                  ‘ARCHIGRAM’ EXHIBITION TO TOKYO

                  ‘Peter Cook’ Exhibition, southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles

                  Exhibitor at the Venice Biennale: British, German, French, Israeli Pavilions

                  Exhibitor in Visionary Architecture Exhibition, Florence

                  Lebanese Inter-School Competition for the ‘Peter Cook Prize’

                  Organised by the Society of Engineers and Architects of Lebanon

                  Designer and Convenor of ‘Archigram’ Exhibition, Design Museum, London

 

                  Book

                  Publication of ‘The Friendly Alien’ Bognor, Vienna

 

2003           Appointment

 

                  Completed Projects                 

                  Graz Kunsthaus Opened in September, Graz, Austria

                  Lepeija Concert Hall Competition, Latvia

 

                  Awards

                  Commissioner for Architectural Education, Vienna

 

                  Exhibitions

                  Exhibits at the Rotterdam Biennale

                  Exhibits at the Valencia Biennale

                  EXHIBITS AT THE SAO PAULO BIENNALE

                  EXHIBITION AT THE ‘AEDES WEST’ GALLERY, BERLIN

                  MAJOR EXIBIT AT THE TAIPEi MODERN ART MUSEUM

                  Exhibits at the Sao Paulo Biennale

                  Exhibition at the ‘Aedes West’ Gallery, Berlin

                  Major Exhibition at the Taipei Modern Art Museum

 

                  Book

                  ‘The City Seen As a Garden of Ideas’ published by Monacelli Press, New York

 

2002-2003  Construction of Graz Kunsthaus

 

2002           Appointment

                  UCL,Bartlett Professor of Architecture; Chairman

 

                  Completed Projects

 

                  Awards

                  RIBA Royal Gold Medal as member of ‘Archigram’

                  The Annie Spink Prize of the RIBA

                  COMMANDEUR DE L’ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES (FRANCE), VENICE BIENNALE

 

                  Exhibitions

                  MAJOR EXHIBIT AT THE VENICE BIENNALE

                  MAJOR EXHIBIT AT THE MOSCOW ARCHITECTURE FAIR

                  MAJOR EXHBIT AT THE CHICAGO MODERN ART MUSEUM

 

                  Appointment

                  Year Master, Unit Master, Tutor : Architectural Association

                  HbK ‘Staedelschule’ Professor of Architecture, Frankfurtt-am-Main