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==Career== Cook 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 continues to curate, organise and exhibit around the world: in Seoul, LA, Cyprus, the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]], [[Design Museum]], [[Louisiana Museum of Modern Art]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ribaj.com/culture/peter-cook-city-landscapes-louisiana-museum-of-modern-art|title= Radical visions: Peter Cook exhibition covers his long and influential career|work=riba journal|date= 4 February 2022}}</ref> as well as in castles, sheds and garages. He is a Senior Fellow of the [[Royal College of Art]], London. Cook's professorships include those of the [[Royal Academy]], University College, London and the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste ([[Städelschule]]) in [[Frankfurt]]-Main, Germany. Cook has built in Osaka, Nagoya, Berlin and Madrid. 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. He practiced from 2007 to 2019 with Gavin Robotham at CRAB (Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau Ltd). In 2013 he completed the [[Vienna University of Economics and Business]]'s new law faculty <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/crab-studio-designs-new-buildings-for-the-vienna-university-of-economics-and-business|title= CRAB Studio designs new buildings for the Vienna University of Economics and Business |work=Wallpaper|date= 9 January 2014 }}</ref> and Australia's newest school of architecture, the Abedian School of Architecture at [[Bond University]] on the Gold Coast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2014/04/23/school-of-architecture-bond-university-australia-crab-studio-peter-cook-gavin-robotham |title= CRAB Studio creates cave-like meeting rooms at Bond University architecture faculty |work=Deezen|date= 23 April 2014 }}</ref> Cook was awarded a knighthood in Elizabeth II's [[2007 Birthday Honours|2007 Birthday Honours List]], for services to architecture.<ref name="UCL bio"/> His first building in the UK, a new drawing studio at the [[Arts University Bournemouth]] was opened by [[Zaha Hadid]] in March 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Alexander|first1=Hawkins|title=Zaha Hadid to open Arts University Bournemouth drawing studio designed by Sir Peter Cook|url=http://www.itsnicethat.com/news/arts-university-bournemouth-drawing-studio-sir-peter-cooke-030316|website=It's Nice That|access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref> He also built the innovation studio at the [[Arts University Bournemouth]], which was opened by [[Odile Decq]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/peter-cook-celebrates-85th-birthday-by-unveiling-second-building-at-alma-mater/5114382.article/|title= Peter Cook celebrates 85th birthday by unveiling second building at alma mater| website=BD Online }}</ref> Cook currently practices with Erlend Blakstad Haffner and Branko Belaćević at CHAP (Cook Haffner Architecture Platform Ltd).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chap.id/|title=Cook Haffner Architecture Platform, Home|work=chap.id}}</ref> CHAP has offices in London, Belgrade and Oslo.
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