![]() His first building in the UK, a new drawing studio at the Arts University Bournemouth was opened by Zaha Hadid in March 2016. Ĭook was awarded a knighthood in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours List, for services to architecture. ![]() In 2013 he completed the Vienna University of Economics and Business's new law faculty and Australia's newest school of architecture, the Abedian School of Architecture at Bond University on the Gold Coast. He practiced from 2007 to 2019 with Gavin Robotham at CRAB (Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau Ltd). However it was construction of his arts building in 2003, the Kunsthaus Graz (aka 'The Friendly Alien') in Graz, Austria (with Colin Fournier), that brought his work to a wider public. Cook's professorships include those of the Royal Academy, University College, London and the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste ( Städelschule) in Frankfurt-Main, Germany.Ĭook has built in Osaka, Nagoya, Berlin and Madrid. He is a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art, London. ![]() He continues to curate, organise and exhibit around the world: in Seoul, LA, Cyprus, the Centre Georges Pompidou, Design Museum, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, as well as in castles, sheds and garages. Career Ĭook was a director of London's Institute of Contemporary Arts (1970-1972) and chair of architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London (1990–2006), and has been director of Art Net in London and curator of the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. He then entered the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, graduating in 1960. His achievements with Archigram were recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2004, when the group was awarded the Royal Gold Medal.Ĭook was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex and studied architecture at Bournemouth College of Art from 1953–58. He is also a Royal Academician and a Commandeur de l' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic. He was a founder of Archigram, and was knighted in 2007 by the Queen for his services to architecture and teaching. The whole situation seems ultra petty and it's hard not to see why Brinkley found it mortifying.Sir Peter Cook RA (born 22 October 1936) is an English architect, lecturer and writer on architectural subjects. Apparently, Brinkley had an emergency and offered Cook another chance to collect the passport, but the architect didn't want to make the extra 10-minute journey to the actor's home. Peter is literally dragging her to court."Īccording to Jacobs, the "Parks and Recreation" actor even let a lot of transgressions from her ex-husband slide, and while Cook insisted that Brinkley flat-out declined to hand over the passport, the model's lawyer painted a different picture. She absolutely did not want to go to court. "She's really upset and embarrassed that this is going back to court. A representative for Brinkley, Amy Jacobs, told People that court is the last place the model wanted to be. Another court battle rapidly ensued, which left the "Vegas Vacation" star feeling embarrassed. According to People, in 2009, Cook claimed that his ex-wife had seized their son's passport, barring him from a school field trip to Egypt.
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