PennDesign Hosts Sir Peter Cook for Lecture and Workshop

PennDesign is pleased to host Sir Peter Cook for the EwingCole Lecture and a three-day studio workshop for 500-level Graduate Architecture students.

Sir Peter Cook is the founder of Archigram and the Cook-Robotham Architecture Bureau (CRAB) Studio, and former Chair of The Bartlett School of Architecture. A Graduate of the Bournemouth College of Art and the Architectural Association in London, he has been a pivotal figure within the architectural world for 50 years.

His EwingCole lecture, titled "Dreams - Realities - Explorations," will be on Wednesday, September 5 at 6:30pm in Meyerson Hall. It is open to the public and will be followed by a brief reception. The EwingCole Lecture Fund was established in June 2002 to support the annual EwingCole Lecture, which provides PennDesign with the opportunity to invite distinguished architects to campus.

The same week he will be leading a studio workshop for 500-level students, overseen by Associate Professor Andrew Saunders. The workshop will provide first-year students with a one-of-a-kind learning and mentorship opportunity during their first weeks on campus.

He will also meet with Associate Professor Annette Fierro's seminar, Archigram and Its Legacy: London, A Techtopia, which focuses on the studio he founded.

Sir Peter Cook was awarded the Royal Gold Medal of the RIBA in 2004. In 2007 he received a Knighthood for his services to architecture and in 2011 he was granted an honorary Doctorate of Technology by the University of Lund. He is also a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of France and a member of the Royal Academy of Arts.