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Will Alsop:
"We're flying prominent UK Architect, Will Alsop, to this side of the world for a lecture tour";
Talk: NZ Architecture Forums, Christchurch, Auckland; 09-30-2015.

Event: Prof. Will Alsop Lectures
30-Sep-2015, 04:37 PM
Update: The Auckland event is now free! We've partnered with Auckland Council who are co-promoting this event as a Auckland Conversations event - register free here:

http://aucklandcouncil.uq.co.nz/events/1...sgjS0vx8Ag


We're flying prominent UK Architect, Will Alsop, to this side of the world for a lecture tour in Christchurch, Auckland, and Sydney and we'd love to see you there.

It's rare that we get international Architects of this reputation in New Zealand and we're delighted to give you the chance to attend Will's two-hour lecture featuring unique insights and experiences covering his remarkable career to date.

You can find out more and register here.

BTW - we've made this event pay-what-you-like (min. $15 inc. GST), 20 NZRAB CPD points apply too!



If you're not familiar with Will, here's some more info to whet your intellectual appetite:

Prof. Will Alsop OBE RA is a prominent architect and artist who established aLL Design in 2011. He has been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize for Peckham Library, London and the first RIBA World Award for The Sharp Centre for Design (OCAD), Toronto, amongst numerous other prestigious accolades for a multitude of projects. His work encompasses all sectors of architecture including urban design and planning. His studio practice also incorporates painting and product design.

His core values are innovation, expression and originality with an emphasis on enjoyment. He currently works on a vast array of projects 'from teaspoon to city' and everything in between, including numerous international workshops and lectures. His interaction with and involvement of people both within and outside the arts has led to design that challenges architectural norms.

His practice is founded principally to 'make life better' - the philosophy extends from the design of individual buildings to embrace broader principles of urbanism and city development and he uses painting, writing and 'playing' to further understanding of design. He sits on the architectural advisory boards for Wandsworth and Kensington & Chelsea Councils. He is visiting Professor of TU Vienna and Professor of Architecture at Canterbury School of Architecture, UCA.

Will has specialised in large-scale master plans and regeneration projects for boroughs and districts in Almere, Rotterdam, Groningen, Berlin, Manchester, Middlesbrough, and Barnsley, for which he won the 2003 Architects' Journal Award for Architecture. He is currently designing part of the regeneration of Kew Gate district for the London Borough of Hounslow; developing schemes for Vauxhall's regeneration and working internationally in China, Canada and Europe.

Alsop's iconic designs such as the Glenwood Power Plant in Yonkers, New York; the Sharp Centre for Design for the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto and the HQ of the French government in Marseilles have established him as a visionary in the field of architecture.