Will Alsop 1947 –2018

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Will Alsop
Will Alsop in his Battersea office aLL Design
Born	William Allen Alsop 12 December 1947 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Died	12 May 2018 (aged 70)
Occupation	Architect
Awards	Stirling Prize (2000); RIBAWorldwide Award (2004); Civic Trust Award (2003, 2006); RIBA Regional Award (London) (2006)
Practice	aLL design
Buildings	Peckham Library, Peckham, London (2000) Sharp Centre for Design, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto (2004) Blizard Building, Whitechapel, London (2006) Gao Yang cruise terminal and mixed development Shanghai Hotel du Department Marseilles Palestra London North Greenwich underground station London Goldsmiths College London
Projects	Yonkers Power Plant project; Clarke Quay Redevelopment project

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.

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 the south-east of London.

Contents

• 1Biography
• 2Architectural style
• 3Major architectural projects
• 4Academic appointments and honorary positions
• 5Exhibitions
• 6Personal life
• 7Notes
• 8References
• 9Further reading
  • 9.1Articles
  • 9.2Books
• 10External links

Royal Academy of Arts

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“There is a tendency, particularly in the British, to dismiss something because it looks fun: if it’s fun it can’t be serious. There’s nothing more serious than fun.” - Will Alsop RA, who was born #OnThisDay in 1947.