Editing Will Alsop

{{Short description|British architect (1947–2018)}}
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{{Infobox architect
| name                  = Will Alsop
| image                 = Will Alsop.jpg
| caption               = Alsop in his Battersea office at All Design
| birth_name            = William Allen Alsop
| birth_date            = {{Birth date|1947|12|12|df=y}}
| birth_place           = [[Northampton]], Northamptonshire, England, UK
| death_date            = {{death date and age|2018|05|12|1947|12|12|df=y}}
| death_place           = 
| practice              = Alsop and Störmer; aLL Design
| significant_buildings = {{hlist|[[Hôtel du département des Bouches-du-Rhône]]|[[Peckham Library]], [[Peckham]]|Sharp Centre for Design, [[Ontario College of Art & Design]], Toronto (2004)|[[Blizard Building]], [[Whitechapel]]|Gao Yang cruise terminal development, Shanghai|Palestra London|[[North Greenwich tube station]]|Goldsmiths College London}}
| significant_projects  = Yonkers Power Plant project; [[Clarke Quay]] Redevelopment project
| awards                = [[Stirling Prize]] (2000); [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] Worldwide Award (2004); [[Civic Trust Awards|Civic Trust]] Award (2003, 2006); RIBA Regional Award (London) (2006)
| alma_mater            = [[Architectural Association School of Architecture]]
}}

'''William Allen Alsop''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE|RA}} (12 December 1947<ref name="The New York Times 2018">{{cite web | title=Will Alsop, Architectural Provocateur, Is Dead at 70 | website=The New York Times | date=20 May 2018 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/obituaries/will-alsop-architectural-provocateur-is-dead-at-70.html | access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref> – 12 May 2018) was a British architect and Professor of Architecture at [[University for the Creative Arts]]'s [[Canterbury School of Architecture]].

He was responsible for several distinctive and controversial [[Modern architecture|modernist]] buildings which are usually distinguished by their use of bright colours and unusual ''[[avant-garde]]'' forms. In 2000, Alsop won the [[Stirling Prize]], the most prestigious architecture award in the United Kingdom, for the [[Peckham Library]] in London.

==Biography==
Alsop always wanted to be an architect, even before he really knew what architects did; when he was six years old, he designed a house for his mother to live in – its most striking specification was that it had to be built in New Zealand. When he was 16 his father, an accountant, died, and being bored with school, at the private Eaglehurst College<ref>https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/world-famous-northampton-architect-will-alsop-dies-aged-70-1030995</ref> he left to work for an architect, doing his A-levels at evening classes.<ref name="Observer: Will Alsop">{{cite news|last=Barber|first=Lyn|title=Firm foundations: Will Alsop: The interview|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/architecture/story/0,,2052305,00.html|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|date=8 April 2007}}</ref>
[[File:Chips - by Will Alsop - geograph.org.uk - 1552092.jpg|thumb|Will Alsop's apartment block at New Islington, Manchester (2009), is situated alongside the Ashton Canal, and the facades feature the names of local waterways. 9 storeys high, the building has been said to look like three potato chips on top of each other.]]
He was greatly influenced by his drawing tutor, [[Henry Bird (artist)|Henry Bird]] while at foundation course at [[University of Northampton|Northampton Art School]].<ref name="Alsop"/> He recalled how he was taught to draw by him.<blockquote> He gave me a brick, told me to draw it and promptly left the room. I proceeded to draw it with all its shadows. On his return he went into a rage and chastised me for destroying the vision with shading, shouting: 'What is wrong with a simple line?' He insisted that I redo the drawing with line only so that I could begin to see the brick and its proportions. I drew that brick for two three hour sessions per week, line only, for three months. Eventually, he admitted that I had mastered the brick and I was allowed to progress onto the tin can.<ref name="Alsop">Alsop W. (28 June 2001). Drawing on the experiences of life help create better work. [[Architects' Journal]]</ref></blockquote>

Alsop then studied at the [[Architectural Association School of Architecture]] where at 23 he entered the competition to design the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]] in Paris and came second to the eventual winners, [[Richard Rogers]] & [[Renzo Piano]].<ref name="Observer: Will Alsop"/> He worked briefly for [[Maxwell Fry]] and Jane Drew, a couple who had been instrumental in introducing [[Modern architecture|modernism]] to Britain in the 1930s, then joined [[Cedric Price]] for four years.<ref name="RA">{{cite web|title=Will Alsop RA|url=http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/academicians/architects/will-alsop-ra,130,AR.html|publisher=[[Royal Academy|Royal Academy of Arts]]|access-date=29 April 2007}}</ref>

After a short period with Roderick Ham, in 1981 Alsop set up a practice, Alsop & Lyall, with his classmate John Lyall in [[Hammersmith]]. Jan Störmer later joined the practice and a decade later, in 1991, the practice was renamed Alsop & Störmer after Lyall's departure.<ref name="RA"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Will Alsop|url=http://www.open2.net/modernity/4_11.htm|publisher=Open2.net|access-date=29 April 2007|archive-date=18 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318115100/http://www.open2.net/modernity/4_11.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2002|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture|publisher=Routledge|location=London, UK| editor1-first=Peter|editor1-last=Childs|editor2-first=Mike|editor2-last=Storry|title=Alsop, Will|page=19}}</ref>

Alsop's first major commission was a swimming pool for [[Sheringham]] in Norfolk in 1984, followed by a visitor centre for [[Cardiff Bay]]. Thereafter he worked on a number of projects in Germany, including the [[Hamburg]] Ferry Terminal. In 1992, Alsop came first, against competitor [[Norman Foster (architect)|Norman Foster]], in the competition to design the [[Hôtel du département des Bouches-du-Rhône]] (the [[Departments of France|county government office]] of [[Bouches-du-Rhône]]) in Marseille, France. The building, now considered a major work of late 20th century architecture and a Marseille landmark,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.departement13.fr/actualites/detail/article/lhotel-du-departement/ | title=L'Hôtel du Département | publisher=Département des Bouches-du-Rhône | date=16 Sep 2016 | access-date=2 July 2020}}</ref> nicknamed ''Le Grand Bleu'',<ref name="Observer: Will Alsop"/> was designed by Alsop and Störmer, and developed its visual identity through the design process in collaboration with the architectural artist [[Brian Clarke]],<ref name="Alsop Le Grand Bleu">{{cite book |last1=Alsop |first1=William |last2=Spens |first2=Michael |title=Le Grand Bleu, Marseilles: Hôtel du Département des Bouches-du-Rhône |date=1994 |publisher=Academy Editions |location=London |isbn=1854903578}}</ref> with the completed building externally clad in [[International Klein Blue|Yves Klein blue]] glass, with one elevation formed of a 1,200 m<sup>2</sup> artwork by Clarke screenprinted in ceramic glaze onto the facade.<ref name="Architectural Artist">{{cite book | title=Brian Clarke: Architectural Artist | publisher=Academy Editions | author=Powell, Kenneth | year=1994 | page=13 | isbn=1-85490-343-8 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pearman |first1=Hugh |title=The Big Blue|work=The Sunday Times: The Culture |publisher=The Sunday Times |date=13 February 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Spens |first1=Michael |title=From out of the big blue yonder: a British architect has given Marseilles a heroic palace for local democracy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/architecture-from-out-of-the-big-blue-yonder-a-british-architect-has-given-marseilles-a-heroic-1415087.html |access-date=17 December 2019 |work=Independent |date=20 July 1994}}</ref> Alsop and Störmer divided into separate practices in 2000, with Alsop renaming the practice Alsop Architects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03055181|title=ALSOP LIMITED – Overview (free company information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref>

Alsop admitted to never being very good at handling finances, and his practice went through several difficult periods, including the cancellation in June 2004 of plans to build a "[[Fourth Grace]]" to be built on [[Liverpool]]'s [[Pier Head]] waterfront. Since 2001–2002, three historical buildings at the [[Pier Head]] in Liverpool have been known as the "Three Graces": they are the [[Royal Liver Building]] (1908–11) by [[Walter Aubrey Thomas]], the [[Cunard Building]] (1914–16) by Willinck & Thicknesse with Arthur J. Davis, and the [[Port of Liverpool Building]] (1903–07) by Briggs & Wolstenholme with Hobbs & Thornely – the so-called "Cloud Building" – officially because of rising costs and unrealistic design.<ref>See {{cite news|last=Weaver|first=Matt|title=Delays dog Mersey's Grace|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/cityofculture2008/story/0,,1090527,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=21 November 2003}}
{{cite news|last=Ward|first=David|title=Liverpool scraps plans for Cloud: Spiralling cost and design change end ambitious waterfront project|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/cityofculture2008/story/0,,1265310,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=20 July 2004}}
{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Helen|title=Fall from Grace angers architect with waterfront vision|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1269479,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=24 July 2004}}</ref>

In early 2006, Alsop sold his practice to a design conglomerate called the SMC Group to concentrate on architecture.<ref>{{cite news|last=Glancey|first=Jonathan|title=Risk-taking architect bailed out after projects founder|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,11711,1338702,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=29 October 2004}}</ref>

After leaving ARCHIAL (formerly Alsop Architects, then SMC Alsop), he joined [[RMJM]]'s London Headquarters as International Principal on 1 October 2009. The office's name was "Will Alsop at RMJM". Alsop's latest practice was called All Design and had practices in London and Chongqing.<ref name="all-worldwide.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.all-worldwide.com|title=aLL Design|publisher=all-worldwide.com|access-date=29 May 2015}}</ref> Alsop's London office was located in Battersea.

Alsop was a tutor of sculpture at [[Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design]] in London for several years, and held many other academic posts, among others at the [[Vienna University of Technology]], [[University of London|Universities of London]] and [[Leibniz University of Hannover|Hannover]], and actively promoted the artistic contribution to [[built environment]]s.

In 2013, Alsop became Professor of Architecture at the [[University for the Creative Arts]]'s Canterbury School of Architecture.<ref name="UCA Canterbury School of Architecture">{{cite web|title=Will Alsop joins UCA Canterbury School of Architecture|url=http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2013/june/will-alsop-appointed#.VfvkjbR8O-I|publisher=[[University for the Creative Arts]]|access-date=18 September 2015|archive-date=22 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422233239/http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2013/june/will-alsop-appointed#.VfvkjbR8O-I|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Alsop was made an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE), and was elected to the [[Royal Academy]] on 18 May 2000.<ref name="RA"/>

==Architectural style==
[[File:The Public north.JPG|thumb|left|[[The Public, West Bromwich|THEPUBLIC]], [[West Bromwich]]. The design has been likened to a massive fish tank or a [[Holstein (cattle)|Friesian cow]].]]

Alsop's architectural heroes were [[Le Corbusier]], [[Sir John Soane]], [[John Vanbrugh]] and [[Mies van der Rohe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archi.ru/en/8542/will-alsop-interview-and-text-by-vladimir-belogolovskiy|title = Will Alsop. Interview and text by Vladimir Belogolovskiy}}</ref> His ''[[avant-garde]]'', [[Modern architecture|modernist]] buildings are usually distinguished by their vibrant use of bright colour and unusual forms. Before Alsop begins to work on a new project, he uses painting to clear his mind, think freely and create an uncontaminated design approach. <blockquote> "One of the reasons for painting is that you are not really in control of what you are doing – and that interests me a lot. Instead of having a specific starting point, which perhaps, in architectural terms, would lead through to a series of logical thoughts working towards a designed building, you can start anywhere."<ref name="Porter,Tom">{{cite book|last=Porter|first=Tom|title=Will Alsop – The Noise|location=New York|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2011|isbn=978-0-415-54961-5}}</ref></blockquote> 
For him, the act of painting together with working closely with the client and the local community are necessary ingredients in urban design and architecture.<ref name="Porter,Tom"/>

In 2004, Alsop published a book entitled ''Supercity'' which elicited much debate. It was the subject of a [[Channel 4]] television documentary and an exhibition at the [[Urbis]] museum in [[Manchester]]. This book described his vision of a "Supercity" – a futuristic [[conurbation]] – stretching along the [[M62 Motorway|M62]] corridor from [[Liverpool]] to [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]. It included a discussion of how the increasing interconnectivity of the cities along this corridor is changing the concepts of a "city", and how they can be developed to merge the idea of the rural and urban. It also included a number of architectural ideas of possible buildings and communities in this city. Although there was some political support for his ideas, with ''[[The Times]]'' claiming that former British [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] [[John Prescott]] was a supporter,<ref>{{cite news|last=Leake|first=Jonathan|author2=Steven Shukor|title=Prescott's northern Supercity could make London shrivel|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1001609,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725160507/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1001609,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 July 2008|work=[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]|date=15 February 2004}}</ref> the Supercity has its critics.

Alsop featured significantly in [[Iain Sinclair]]'s book ''Ghost Milk'' (2011), especially the chapter "In the belly of the architect". The book is a critique – written using the literary technique of [[psychogeography]] – of the capital used to drive through vanity planning projects such as the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London Olympics]], and Alsop's unbuilt planning projects in the north of England, such as Supercity, are seen as typical of these, where the architect fantasizes about how architectural design solves social and economic problems.<ref>Iain Sinclair, ''Ghost Milk – Calling time on the grand project''. London, Penguin, 2011; {{ISBN|978-0-141-03964-0}}.</ref>

Alsop's architectural talents may be the subject of controversy  built up an international reputation and a degree of celebrity and professional recognition, described by the ''Observer'' as "number three in the hierarchy of [[British architecture#Twentieth century architecture|British architects]] after Lords [[Richard Rogers|Rogers]] and [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Foster]]".<ref name="Observer: Will Alsop"/>

Notwithstanding this, like fellow avantgardist Dame [[Zaha Hadid]], he actualised relatively few buildings from his designs. Alsop estimated that only about 10% of his designs have been built, something he stated did not worry him because of the enjoyment he derived in designing buildings even without a particular commission or competition in mind. In a 2007 interview, Alsop stated "It's like tennis – you have to keep doing it all the time, whether you have a client or not. I believe that absolutely. You can speculate in your sketchbook – you're allowed to think about anything, with or without a client."<ref name="Observer: Will Alsop"/>

In April 2007, ''[[The Observer]]'' commented that Alsop's approach to architecture could broadly be defined by his statement: "I like people. I hope it shows."<ref name="Observer: Will Alsop"/>

==Major architectural projects==
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|[[File:Cardiff Bay visitor centre - geograph.org.uk - 832145.jpg|200px]]
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'''[[Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre (The Tube)|Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre]]'''<br />
[[Cardiff]], Wales<br />
Completed 1991, demolished 2010.
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* [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] (RIBA) Regional Award for Architecture (1991).
* RIBA National Award for Architecture (1992)
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|[[File:Hamburg.Altona.Fährterminal.wmt.jpg|200px]]
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'''Hamburg Ferry Terminal'''<br />
[[Hamburg-Altona]], Germany<br />
Completed 1993 (''with [[:de:Jan Störmer]], Hamburg'')
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|[[File:Marseille - Hôtel du Département (15830289594).jpg|200px]]
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'''[[Hôtel du département des Bouches-du-Rhône]] (''Le Grand Bleu'')'''<br />
[[Marseille]], Bouches-du-Rhône, France<br />
Completed 1994 (''with [[Brian Clarke]]'')
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*[[Stirling Prize]] nominee (1997)
*RIBA Worldwide Projects Award (1997)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Le Grand Bleu|url=https://all.design/willalsop/legrandbleu|access-date=9 July 2021|website=aLL Design}}</ref>
*RIBA Civic & Community Architecture Award (1995)
*Palmarés Award for Architecture (1995)
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|[[File:Northgreenwich.jpg|200px]]
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'''[[North Greenwich tube station]]'''<br />
[[Greenwich]], London, England<br />
Completed 1999
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*Stirling Prize nominee (1999)
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|[[File:DSCN4087.JPG|200px]]
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'''[[Peckham Library]]'''<br />
[[Peckham]], London, England<br />
Completed 2000
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*Stirling Prize (2000)
*[[Civic Trust Awards|Civic Trust]] Award (2003)
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|[[File:Medienhafen Düsseldorf 9.jpg|200px]]
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'''{{ill|Colorium|de}}'''<br />
Düsseldorf, Germany<br />
Completed 2001
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|[[File:Apollo Hotel Almere-stad.jpg|200px]]
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'''Urban Entertainment Center''' Mixed-use complex with a hotel, shops and a casino<br />
[[Almere]], Netherlands<br />
Completed 2003<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004 |title=URBAN ENTERTAINMENT CENTER ALMERE |url=http://www.architectureguide.nl/project/list_projects_of_city/cit_id/12/prj_id/1428 |website=}}</ref>  
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|[[File:Toronto - ON - Ontario College of Art & Design.jpg|200px]]
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'''Sharp Centre for Design, [[Ontario College of Art & Design]]'''<br />
[[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada<br />
Completed 2004
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*RIBA Worldwide Award (2004)<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jun/17/regeneration.arts |title=Award for 'high art on grotty street' |date=17 June 2004 |first=Charlotte |last=Higgins |access-date=June 17, 2014}}</ref>
*City of Toronto Urban Design Award (2006)<ref>{{cite news|title=Will Alsop Unveils Renderings for Waterfront Project in New York|url=http://www.canadianarchitect.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=67421&issue=04052007|publisher=Canadian Architect|date=5 April 2007}}</ref>
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'''Fawood Children's Centre'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Fawood Children<nowiki>['s]</nowiki> Centre, London, United Kingdom : Alsop Design's Stirling Entry|url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=146|publisher=World Architecture News.com|date=14 October 2005|access-date=29 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Glancey|first=Jonathan|title=Run away to the circus|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1372542,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=13 December 2004}}</ref><br />
[[Harlesden, North London]], England<br />
Completed in 2004
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*Stirling Prize nominee (2005)
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|[[File:Pimlott Building1.jpg|200px]]
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'''[[Ben Pimlott]] Building, [[Goldsmiths, University of London]]'''<br />
[[New Cross]], London, England<br />
Completed 2005
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|[[File:QMUL-Blizard-building.jpg|200px]]
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'''[[Blizard Building]], [[Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry]]'''<br />
[[Whitechapel]], London, England<br />
Completed March 2005
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*Civic Trust Award (2006)
*RIBA Regional Award (London) (2006)
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'''Alsop Toronto Sales Centre'''<br /> for Westside Lofts (1151 Queen Street West)
[[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada<br />
Completed 2006
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|[[File:LondonDevelopmentAgency Entry (Medium).JPG|200px]]
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'''Palestra, 197'''<br />
[[Blackfriars Road]], [[Southwark]], London, England<br />
Completed 2006
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* RIBA Regional Award (London) (2007)
*''[[Private Eye (magazine)|Private Eye]]'' magazine [[Hugh Casson|Sir Hugh Casson]] Award for the Worst New Building (2006)
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|[[File:Clarke Quay 23.JPG|200px]]
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'''Quay Redevelopment project'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Clarke Quay Redevelopment, Clarke Quay, Singapore: Alsop's Asian success|url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=467|publisher=World Architecture News.com|date=10 August 2006|access-date=29 April 2007}}</ref><br />
[[Clarke Quay]], Singapore<br />
Completed 2006
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|[[File:The Public Building.jpg|200px]]
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'''[[The Public, West Bromwich]]'''<br />
[[West Bromwich]], West Midlands, England<br />
Part completed 2008
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*''[[Private Eye (magazine)|Private Eye]]'' magazine Sir Hugh Casson Award for the Worst New Building (2008)<ref>{{cite journal|title=Nooks and Corners|journal=[[Private Eye]]|date=26 December 2008|issue=1226|publisher=Pressdram Ltd.|page=12}}</ref>
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'''Stratford [[Docklands Light Railway]] Station'''<ref>{{cite web|title=DLR Station, Stratford, London, United Kingdom: Work starts on Olympic infrastructure|url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=167|publisher=World Architecture News.com|date=7 November 2005|access-date=29 April 2007}}</ref><br />
[[Stratford, London]], England<br />
Commissioned in 2003, completed in 2007
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'''Yonkers Power Plant project'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Yonkers Regeneration, New York, United States: New plans revealed|url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=984|publisher=World Architecture News.com|date=4 April 2007|access-date=29 April 2007}}</ref><br />
Glenwood Waterfront, [[Yonkers, New York]], United States<br />
Completion expected in 2008
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'''KingTowns'''<ref>{{cite news|last=Browne|first=Kelvin|title=Will Alsop's new condominium is distinctly him: Is there danger in designing similar buildings?|url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/specials/posthomes/story.html?id=ee3976e8-a9e7-4cf6-9848-06a901938dfb|work=[[National Post]]|date=14 October 2006|access-date=17 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911144819/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/specials/posthomes/story.html?id=ee3976e8-a9e7-4cf6-9848-06a901938dfb|archive-date=11 September 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
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King West Village, [[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada<br />
Estimated completion date unknown
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|[[File:Chips2.jpg|200px]]
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'''[[New Islington]]'''<br />
[[Manchester]], England<br />
Completed 2009
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'''Westside Gallery Lofts'''<br /> 1151 Queen Street West – 8-storey condo lofts (135 units)
[[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada<br />
Completed 2012
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'''Raffles City'''<br /> Apartment Hotel
[[Beijing]], China<br />
Completed 2009
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* 2008 Cityscape Asia Awards, Best Future Mixed-Use Development''<ref name="all-worldwide.com"/>
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[[File:International Cruise Terminal of Shanghai.jpg|thumb]]
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'''Gao Yang'''<br /> International Cruise Terminal
[[Shanghai]], China<br />
Completed 2009/2010
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|'''Testbed1'''<br /> Cultural Centre
Battersea, London<br />
Completed 2009
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==Academic appointments and honorary positions==
Alsop was an ongoing professor of architecture at the [[Vienna University of Technology]] and received many honorary doctorates such as the honorary [[Doctor of Civil Law|Doctorate of Civil Law]] (DCL) by the [[University of East Anglia]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Honorary UEA law degrees awarded|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6619391.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=3 May 2007}}
{{cite web|title=UEA Congregation 2007| url=http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/services/units/mac/comm/media/press/2007/june/UEA%2BCongregation%2B2007|publisher=[[University of East Anglia]]|date=26 June 2007|access-date=23 January 2008}}</ref> and honorary doctorates at [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]] and [[OCAD University]].

* 1997-Ongoing Professor, Technical University of Vienna
* 1997 Professor, The London Institute
* 1990 Visiting Professor, University of Hanover
* 1988 Unit Master, Architectural Association
* 1986 Visiting Professor, Bremen Academy of Art & Music
* 1984 Visiting Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute Design
* 1984 Visiting Professor, New South Wales Institute of Technology
* 1982 The Davis Professor, Tulane University, New Orleans 
* 1977 Visiting Professor, San Francisco Institute of Art 
* 1977 Visiting Professor, Ball State University, Indiana
* 1973 Tutor in Sculpture, St Martin's School of Art <ref>{{cite book|title=Alsop & Stoermer: selected and current works.|location=Australia|publisher=Images Publishing|year=1999|isbn=1-86470-001-7}}</ref>

==Exhibitions==
Alsop was known to be constantly drawing and painting either for his architectural work or for his own sake.<ref name="Porter,Tom"/> His paintings and sketches have been exhibited alongside his architectural projects in dedicated exhibitions at [[Sir John Soane's Museum]], Milton Keynes Gallery, [[Cube Gallery]] in Manchester, and the British Pavilion at the [[Venice Biennale]], among other venues.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Alsop|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/hy/william_alsop.pdf|publisher=[[British Council]]|access-date=29 April 2007}}</ref>

Alsop was a patron of the charity {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20210616180221/https://www.nightingaleproject.org/ The Nightingale Project]}}, which uses the arts to enhance the environment in hospitals, and has exhibited his paintings in a London hospital under the auspices of this charity.<ref>{{YouTube|baTm67ESEOE}}</ref> Alsop also conducted a series of workshops with psychiatric patients at London's St Charles, Chelsea and Westminster hospitals, creating large communal artworks.<ref name="Porter,Tom"/> He has been chair of the board of Trustees of [[The Architecture Foundation]].

Major Exhibitions:
* 2011 – Proper Behaviour in the Park, Royal Academy of Arts, London
* 2007 – Towards..., Chelsea Space, London
* 2007 – Future City, The Barbican, London
* 2007 – Cultural Fog, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto
* 2007 – Bathing Beauties, The Hub:National Centre for Craft & Design, Lincolnshire
* 2007 – Creative Prisons, Touring exhibition
* 2005 – Supercities, Urbis, Manchester
* 2005 – Groundswell; MoMA, New York City
* 2004 – Middlehaven Masterplan, Venice Biennale
* 2002 – Malagarba Works, Will Alsop & Bruce McLean: Milton Keynes Gallery
* 2002 – All Barnsley Might Dream, Venice Biennale
* 2002 – Beauty, Joy & the Real, Sir John Soane Museum, London
* 2001 – Not Architecture, Aedes East Gallery, Berlin
* 2000 – Venice Biennale, British Pavilion
* 2000 – National Institute of Architecture (NAI), Rotterdam
* 1998 – Alsop Paintings & Architecture, Architekturgalerie, Stuttgart
* 1997 – River of Dreams, Mayor Gallery, London
* 1995 – Exhibition of Paintings, The Mayor Gallery, London
* 1992 – Selected Projects Exhibition, Aedes Gallery, Berlin
* 1992 – Arc en Rêve, Hôtel du Département, Marseilles, Bordeaux
* 1987 – Bridge/Beam/Floor/Roof, The Architecture Centre, Bremen
* 1985 – Paris Biennale Exhibition
* 1974 – Group Exhibition: Fruit Market, Edinburgh<ref>{{cite web|title=William Alsop|url=http://www.artandspacegallery.com/william_alsop/william_alsop.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140626111313/http://www.artandspacegallery.com/william_alsop/william_alsop.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 June 2014|publisher=Art & Space Gallery|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Alsop and his wife lived between an [[Edwardian Baroque architecture|Edwardian]] mansion flat in London and a converted stable block in Norfolk. They have three adult children.<ref name="Observer: Will Alsop"/>

He had a twin sister, Elizabeth,<ref name="Observer: Will Alsop" /> who still lives in [[Northampton]].

Alsop would try to relax as much as possible on weekends and also took a month off in the summer to go painting in [[Menorca]] with his friend [[Bruce McLean]]. Alsop enjoyed smoking and drinking. He was, according to an April 2007 article in ''[[The Observer]]'', "obviously not a man familiar with gyms".<ref name="Observer: Will Alsop" />

Alsop died in London after a short illness on 12 May 2018 at the age of 70.<ref>[https://archpaper.com/2018/05/will-aslop-death/ British architect Will Alsop has died aged 70], archpaper.com; accessed 13 May 2018.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/13/british-architect-will-alsop-dies-aged-70-after-short-illness|title=British architect Will Alsop dies aged 70 after short illness|last=Topping|first=Alexandra|date=2018-05-13|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite news|last=Barber|first=Lyn|title=Firm foundations: Will Alsop: The interview|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/architecture/story/0,,2052305,00.html|work=[[The Observer]]|date=8 April 2007}}
*{{cite web|title=Will Alsop|url=http://www.open2.net/modernity/4_11.htm|publisher=Open2.net|access-date=29 April 2007|archive-date=18 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318115100/http://www.open2.net/modernity/4_11.htm|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite web|title=Will Alsop RA|url=http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/academicians/architects/will-alsop-ra,130,AR.html|publisher=[[Royal Academy|Royal Academy of Arts]]|access-date=29 April 2007}}
*{{cite web|title=William Alsop|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/hy/william_alsop.pdf|publisher=[[British Council]]|access-date=29 April 2007}}

==Further reading==
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===Articles===
*{{cite web|title=Follow the flow &#91;about Rotterdam Centraal&#93;|url=http://www.classic.archined.nl/news/0104/alsop.html|publisher=ArchiNed|date=10 April 2001|language=nl|access-date=14 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201234147/http://www.classic.archined.nl/news/0104/alsop.html|archive-date=1 February 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
* [[Gerhard Bissell|Bissell, Gerhard]], [https://www.degruyter.com/view/AKL/_40481317?dbf_0=akl-name&dbq_0=%22Alsop%2C+Will%22&dbt_0=name&o_0=AND&result=1&rskey=LeGr9n "Alsop, Will"], in: ''[[Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon]] (Artists of the World)'', Suppl. I, [[K. G. Saur Verlag|Saur]], [[Munich]] 2005, p.&nbsp;252 (in German). 
*{{cite news|last=Brockes|first=Emma|title=Well built|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1102133,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=8 December 2003}}
*{{cite news|last=Glancey|first=Jonathan|title=The Ali G of urban planning: With his bombastic, cartoon-like designs, media darling wants to make cities playful|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/feature/0,,1269469,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=24 July 2004}}
*{{Cite news|last=Orlandoni|first=Alessandra|title=Interview with Will Alsop|periodical=The Plan|volume=007|pages=109–114|date=September 2004|url=http://www.theplan.it}}
*{{cite news|title='Super City of North' is unveiled|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4187409.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=24 January 2005}}
*{{cite news|last=Arendt|first=Paul|title=Prisoners to design own jail|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1512625,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 June 2005}}
*{{cite news|title=Buildings that lift the spirit: CNN talks to architectural luminary Will Alsop about modern architecture's expanding horizons|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/12/visionary.alsop/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=5 July 2005}}
*{{cite news|last=Mays|first=John Bentley|title=The next step in remaking Queen West: Activists, architects and developers need to start a conversation|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060317.TORMAYS17/TPStory/?query=conversation|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=17 March 2006|access-date=18 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408140547/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060317.TORMAYS17/TPStory/?query=conversation|archive-date=8 April 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
*{{cite news|last=Muir|first=Hugh|author2=Will Hurst|title=Rebel architect tipped as London design tsar|url=http://society.guardian.co.uk/communities/story/0,,1842185,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=11 August 2006}}
*{{Cite news|last=Orlandoni|first=Alessandra|title=Queen Mary University, Blizard Building, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, London, UK: Alsop Design|periodical=The Plan|volume=016|pages=66–87|date=October 2006|url=http://www.theplan.it}}
*{{Cite news|last=Orlandoni|first=Alessandra|title=THE pUBLIC, West Bromwich, UK|periodical=The Plan|volume=033|pages=092–106|date=April 2009|url=http://www.theplan.it/magazine/the-plan-033-04-2009-/the-public}}
*{{Cite news|last=Orlandoni|first=Alessandra|title=Che cosa vi fa felici?|periodical=D CASA|date=February 2007 |url=http://dweb.repubblica.it/dcasa/2007/02/24/dattualit/dattualit/029opispc53729.html}}
*{{Cite news|last=Orlandoni|first=Alessandra|title=Across The Universe-Will Alsop|periodical=PresS/Tletter|date=May 2008|url=http://en.presstletter.com/2015/03/across-the-universe_will-alsop-by-alessandra-orlandoni-2}}
*{{cite news|last=Hanman|first=Natalie|title=Portrait of the artist: Will Alsop, architect: 'I've learned never to trust anyone with big feet and a small head'|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1930000,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=24 October 2006}}
*{{cite news|last=Howard|first=Tony|title=Bravo to 'Bravia' bravado|url=http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/223/223828_bravo_to_bravia_bravado.html|work=Salford Advertiser|date=22 February 2007}}
*{{cite news|last=Hughes|first=C.J.|title=Alsop makes U.S. debut in Yonkers|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/070403alsop.asp|work=[[Architectural Record]]|date=3 April 2007}}
*{{cite news|last=Lockhart|title=Bonkers in Yonkers|url=http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/04/05/bonkers_in_yonkers.php|publisher=Curbed|date=5 April 2007|access-date=17 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928094428/http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/04/05/bonkers_in_yonkers.php|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
*{{cite web|title=Work of Will Alsop: Architect of the imagination|url=http://society.guardian.co.uk/gall/0,9730,1045504,00.html|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=17 April 2007}}
*{{Cite news|last=Alsop|first=William|title=16 buildings by non-architects|periodical=L'Arca: La rivista internazionale di architettura, design e comunicazione visiva|volume=255|date= February 2010}}

===Books===
*{{cite book|last=Alsop|first=Will|title=Architecture Projects Drawings: By the Studio of Will Alsop, Cliff Barnett, John Lyall|location=London|publisher=[[Architectural Association School of Architecture|Architectural Association]]|year=1984|isbn=0-904503-51-8}}
*{{cite book|last=Powell|first=Kenneth|title=Will Alsop: Book 1|location=London|publisher=Laurence King|year=2001|isbn=1-85669-238-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/willalsop0000powe}}
*{{cite book|last=Powell|first=Kenneth|author2=with additional text by Will Alsop|title=Will Alsop: 1990–2000|location=London|publisher=Laurence King|year=2002|isbn=1-85669-279-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/willalsop0000powe}}
*{{cite book|last=Alsop|first=Will|title=Supercity|location=Manchester|publisher=[[Urbis]]|year=2004|isbn=0-9547801-2-4}}

==External links==
*[http://www.all-worldwide.com Official website of Will Alsop]
*{{Art UK bio}}
*[http://www.britishcouncil.org/hy/william_alsop.pdf Will Alsop at the British Council website]
*[http://www.open2.net/modernity/4_11.htm Will Alsop at the "From Here to Modernity" website on Open2.net, the online learning portal from the Open University and the BBC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318115100/http://www.open2.net/modernity/4_11.htm |date=18 March 2007 }}
*[http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/academicians/architects/will-alsop-ra,130,AR.html Will Alsop at the Royal Academy of Arts website]
*[http://www.apalaver.com/detail.php?id=84 Radio interview of William Alsop on 4 April 2005 at the A Palaver website (available as stream)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110524113751/http://www.gleeds.tv/index.cfm?video=240 Interview with Will Alsop (video)]

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