Biography
Short Biography on Will. Will was born on December 12,
1947 in Northampton, East Midlands, and England. He was in charge
and responsible for many tasks that have to deal with controversial modemist
buildings, most of them in the United Kingdom. Alsops buildings are
usually noticed and picked out to be his by his vibrant use of bright
color and unusual forms. Alsop always wanted to be an architect ever
since he was little. When he was only years old he designed a house for
his mother to live in. He said it had to be built in New Zealand. When
he was 16 his father died. Alsop began to be bored in school so he left
school and went to work with and architect. In 2004, Alsop published
a book entitled Supercity,
which elicited much debate.
Alsop has a wife and 3 children who are all adults now.
Alsops other Architectural achievements include, Cardiff
bay Visitor Center, Hamburg Ferry Terminal, North Greenwich Tube Station,
Peckham Library, Sharp Centre for Design, Fawood Children’s Centre,
Ben Pilmlott Building, Bizard Building, Alsop Toronto Sales Centre, Palestra
197, The Public West Bromwich, Stratford Docklands Light Railway Station,
Yonkers Power Plant Project, Adelphi Street, Salford, Clarke Quay Redevelopment
project, KingTowns, New Islington, Westside Lofts. |