About:

After studying architecture at the Bournemouth College of Art, Peter Cook transferred to the Architectural Association in London, from which he graduated in 1960. He taught at the AA later in his career and became Chairman of the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, University College London. Best known perhaps as a founding member of Archigram in the 1960s, Cook also served as Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London from 1970 to 1972. He was Bernard Tschumi’s partner for the overall planning and design of the Parc de la Villette in Paris. In 2000, Peter Cook and Colin Fournier won the international competition for the Kunsthaus Graz and established “Spacelab Cook-Fournier GmbH” in Graz. In 2002 he received RIBA's Gold medal (The Royal Institute of British Architects) together with the other five founding members of Archigram. This group influenced the way that architects looked at their relationship to pop culture and technology. Cook is hailed as a teacher and writer as well as a practitioner. His voluminous writings have focused on architectural theory.

Books:

Cook, Peter. Archigram.  Princeton Architectura Press, 1999.   NA680 .A68 1999.

__________. Architecture: action and plan. Rheinhold, 1967. (Available through Inter Library Loan) .

__________. The city, seen as a garden of ideas. Monacelli, 2003.   NA9095 .C66 2003.

__________. Experimental architecture. Universe, 1970. (Available through Inter Library Loan)

__________. New spirit in architecture. Rizzoli, 1991. NA680 .C65 1991

___________.Peter Cook : six conversations. .  St. Martin's, 1993.  NA997.C66 A4 1993.

Chadwick, Michael.  Back to School:Architectural Education - the Information and the Argument.  Wiley, 2004.  On order.
________________________________________________________________________ Books listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.

Articles: (Selected from 1921- 2006)                 

"The Oslo architecture scene is now a mere shadow " in Architectural Review, September, 2006, v.220, n.1315, p.24. (one of a regular series of essays by Cook appearing in this journal).

"[Design cities]" in Architectural Review, August, 2006 v.220, n.1314, p.30.

"Vallecas housing, Madrid: Peter Cook" in A10:new European architecture, 2006 Jan.-Feb., n.7, p.17.

"Peter Cook & Christine Hawley: [architectural education]" in Architectural design, 2004 Sept.-Oct., v.74, n.5, p.6-12.

"Yikes! Peter Cook's and Colin Fournier's perkily animistic Kunsthaus in Graz recasts the identity of the museum and recalls a legendary design movement" in Architectural Record, 2004 Jan., v.192, n.1, p.92-[99]./font>

"Hippy cheek: Kunsthaus, Graz" in RIBA Journal, 2003 Dec., v.110, n.12, p.24-[30],32.

"Peter Cook and Colin Fournier: Kunsthaus at Graz, Graz, Austria 2000-." in A & U: architecture & urbanism, , 2002 Apr., n.4(379), p.13.

"Ron Arad nel cuore dell'establishment = Arad at the heart of the establishment ."  by Peter Cook.   in Domus, 2000 Sept., n.829, p.24-25.

"Scholastic sunflower."  by Peter Cook.  in Architectural review, 1996 June, v.199, n.1192, p.36-42.

"Peter Cook and Christine Hawley." in Architectural design, 1995 May-June, v.65, n.5-6, p.16-27.

"Michael Rotondi, Peter Cook: an architectural design interview " in Architectural Design, 1994 May-June, v.64, n.5-6, p.VIII-XI. .

"The Ark." by Peter Cook. in Architectural Design, 1992 Jan-Feb., v.62, n.1-2, p.[90]-96.                  _______________________________________________________________________ Articles listed above are available in the CCNY Architecture Library unless otherwise noted.
 

Web Sites:

designboom.com   www.designboom.com/eng/interview/cook.html
A 2002 interview with Peter Cook.

Design Museum   www.designmuseum.org/design/archigram
Text and images on Archigram's work from 1961-1974.

Royal Academy of Arts   www.royalacademy.org.uk/architecture/interviews/peter-cook-ra-and-the-friendly-alien,211,AR.html
Another interview with Peter Cook.