Will Alsop : biography
Will (William) Allen Alsop, OBE RA (born 12 December 1947) is a British architect based in London. He is responsible for several distinctive and controversial modernist buildings, most in the United Kingdom. Alsop’s buildings are usually distinguished by their use of bright colour and unusual forms. While Alsop has won praise from some critics and fans of avant-garde architecture, he has also faced criticism from fellow architects and some segments of the general public.
Personal life
Alsop and his wife live between an Edwardian mansion flat in London and a converted stable block in Norfolk. They have three adult children.
Alsop tries to relax as much as possible on weekends and also takes a month off in the summer to go painting in Majorca with his friend Bruce McLean. Alsop enjoys smoking and drinking. He is, according to an April 2007 article in The Observer, "obviously not a man familiar with gyms".
He has a twin sister who still lives in Northampton.
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Major architectural projects
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Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre Cardiff, Wales Completed 1991 |
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Hamburg Ferry Terminal Hamburg, Germany Completed 1993 (with :de:Jan Störmer, Hamburg) |
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Hôtel du Département des Bouches-du-Rhône (Le Grand Bleu) Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France Completed 1994 |
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North Greenwich Tube Station Greenwich, London, England Completed 1999 |
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Peckham Library Peckham, London, England Completed 2000 |
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Muzinq Almere (nox), Doorworld and MediaMarkt Almere, Netherlands Completed 2002 |
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Sharp Centre for Design, Ontario College of Art & Design Toronto, Canada Completed 2004 |
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Fawood Children’s Centre Harlesden, North London, England Completed in 2004 |
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Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross, London, England Completed 2005 |
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Blizard Building, Barts and The London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry Whitechapel, London, England Completed March 2005 |
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Alsop Toronto Sales Centre for Westside Lofts (1151 Queen Street West) Toronto, Canada Completed 2006 |
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Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London, England Completed 2006 |
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Clarke Quay, Singapore Completed 2006 |
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The Public, West Bromwich West Bromwich, West Midlands, England Part completed 2008 |
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Stratford Docklands Light Railway Station Stratford, London, England Commissioned in 2003, completed in 2007 |
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Yonkers Power Plant project Glenwood Waterfront, Yonkers, New York, United States Completion expected in 2008 |
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Salford, Greater Manchester, England Completion due 2009 |
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King West Village, Toronto, Canada Estimated completion date unknown |
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New Islington Manchester, England Completed 2010 |
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1151 Queen Street West – 8 storey condo lofts (135 units) Toronto, Canada Estimated to be Spring 2012 |