Spacelab Cook-Fournier

Peter Cook was born in 1936 in London. Lives and works in London. Chairman of the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, University College London. His numerous publications include the following major titles: “The power of contemporary architecture”, “Experimental architecture”, “The primer”, “Six conversations”, “Architecture, action and plan”, “New spirit in architecture”. Became known through his conceptual projects, including “Plug-in city” and “Instant city”. Built the social housing scheme of Lützowplatz in Berlin and the cantine of the Staedelschule in Frankfurt together with Prof. Christine Hawley. Won the international competition for the Pfaffenberg museum in Austria (not built) also with Christine Hawley. Received in 2002 the Gold medal of the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) together with the other five founding members of the Archigram group, W Chalk, D Crompton, D Greene, R Herron and M Webb.
Colin Fournier was born in 1944 in London. Currently lives and works in London. Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, University College London, Director of the Master of Science course in Urban Design and Director of Diploma Unit 18. He was Bernard Tschumi’s partner for the overall planning and design of the Parc de la Villette in Paris. Based on a winning competition entry, he designed the public spaces of the Bundesamt für Statistik in Neuchatel, Switzerland, within the administrative complex designed by Bauart Architekten, Bern. For several years, he was planning director of the Ralph M Parsons company in Pasadena, California; in this capacity, he planned several new town projects, in particular the Master Plan for Yanbu, on the west coast of Saudi Arabia, with a population of 200,000 inhabitants and a total yearly construction budget of over 2 billion US Dollars. In 2000, Peter Cook and Colin Fournier won the international competition for the Kunsthaus Graz and established “Spacelab Cook-Fournier GmbH” in Graz.