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Around the B-World in 8 Hours 鈥� with Sir Peter Cook
24 June 2020
A new online series featuring Sir Peter Cook connecting The Bartlett to friends around the world.
Hosted by听Max Dewdney听and featuring听Sir Peter Cook, founder of Archigram and former Chair of The Bartlett School of Architecture, this series connects our school community to leaders in architecture around the world.听These events have been developed out of an exclusive听series of talks for听Architecture BSc听Year 1 (2019-20) students.
All are welcome to attend.
Schedule
15 May
10:00 (BST): Peter Cook Goes East 鈥撎齅elbourne, Australia
Peter talks to Professor Martyn Hook (Dean of Architecture and Urban Design at听听University, Partner of Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects) and Dr Fleur Watson (Curator of RMIT Design Hub Gallery, Melbourne and Past Editor of听鈥楳onument鈥� magazine).
18:00 (BST): Peter Cook Goes West 鈥撎齃os听Angeles, USA
Peter talks to Thomas Mayne (SCI-Arch, Principle of Morphosis,听Winner of the 2005 Pritzker Prize and the 2013 AIA Gold Medal).
29 May
10:00 (BST): Peter Cook Goes East 鈥撎鼿angzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Peter talks to听Wang Shu听(Dean of the School of Architecture of the听听,听,听Award听2010, Kenzo Tange Visiting Professor at the Harvard Design School, RIBA International Fellowship)听and听, (Co-founder听of Amateur Architecture Studio,听Award听2010,听visiting professor听at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and past Lecturer in听Landscape Architecture听at the Harvard Graduate School of Design).
18:00 (BST): Peter Cook Goes West 鈥撎齃os Angeles, USA
Peter talks to Neil Denari, FAIA, (Principal of听,听winner of the听AIA-LA Gold Medal 2011,听听at 果冻影院A,听past Director of SCI-Arc 1997-2002).听
12 June
10:00 (BST): Peter Cook Goes East 鈥撎齌okyo, Japan
Peter talks to Sou Fujimoto,听leading Japanese architect and author of听(2008). Sou听won听first prize at the听2014 International Competition for the Second Folly of Montpellier, France ("L'Arbre Blanc"). In 2019, he was selected as the Master Architect for Tsuda University Kodaira Campus Master Plan development. His significant听works include the听听(2010) and the听.
18:00 (BST): Peter Cook Goes West 鈥撎齆ew York, USA
Peter talks to Elizabeth Diller,听Partner at听听and Professor of Architectural Design at听. DS+R's significant work in New York听includes the High Line, the Lincoln Center, The Shed and the expansion of the Museum of Modern Art. She is currently听leading the design of the听听and the V&A East Collection and Research Centre in London.听
26 June听
10:00 (BST): Peter Cook Goes East 鈥撎鼿angzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Peter talks to听Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu in Hangzhou, China. Wang Shu is听Dean of the and Kenzo Tange Visiting Professor at the Harvard Design School. He previously received the听, and holds a听RIBA International Fellowship.听Lu Wenyu is co-founder of and is听a Visiting Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She also听received a Schelling Architecture Award in 2010听and holds听a听RIBA International Fellowship.
This talk has been pre-recorded and will be streamed at 10:00 on听Friday 26 June.听
18:00 (BST): Peter Cook Goes West 鈥� Chicago, USA
Peter talks to听Jeanne Gang in Chicago. Jeanne is the founder and leader of , an architecture and urban design practice with offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Paris. She is currently a Professor in Practice at the, and she has also served as the John Portman Design Critic in Architecture and a visiting critic at the GSD. Jeanne lectures frequently throughout the world and in 2016, she presented at the .
This talk will be live-streamed at 18:00听on Friday 26 June.