Five architecture and design events in August from Dezeen Events Guide
Chart Art Fair and the Peter Cook: Cities exhibition are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this August. More
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The Line architects explain Saudi mega city in Discovery Channel documentary
Architects including Thom Mayne, Peter Cook and Reinier de Graaf have explained the thinking behind planned megacity The Line in a recently released 45-minute documentary. More
The Line height "is a bit stupid" says Peter Cook
British architect Peter Cook, who is working on the controversial The Line mega city in Saudi Arabia, has reportedly questioned whether the project will be realised according to plan. More
Watch a live talk with Ma Yansong, Peter Cook and Drawing Architecture Studio
Dezeen is teaming up with Chinese studio MAD to host a live talk about the future of Beijing with the firm's founder Ma Yansong, architect Peter Cook and the founders of Drawing Architecture Studio. More
"There is a practical side to Archigram, it's not just funny drawings," says Dennis Crompton
In the final instalment of our exclusive Archigram video series for VDF, architect Dennis Crompton explains that the avant-garde architecture group didn't just want to create conceptual projects and almost realised a building in Monte Carlo. More
Archigram's Instant City concept enables "a village to become a kind of city for a week" says Peter Cook
Architect Peter Cook explains Archigram's concept for a temporary city that can be set up overnight in the third instalment of our exclusive video series with the radical architecture group for VDF. More
Archigram's Plug-In City shows that "pre-fabrication doesn't have to be boring" says Peter Cook
Architects Peter Cook and Dennis Crompton discuss Archigram's influential concept for an elevated city of capsule homes in the second instalment of our exclusive video series with the radical architecture group for VDF. More
"At first, almost nobody took any notice of Archigram" says Peter Cook in exclusive Dezeen interview
In the first of a series of video interviews with former members of Archigram for VDF, architect Peter Cook recounts how the influential avant-garde architecture group rose to prominence in the 1960s. More
Guests "enter into an Archigram world" at Design Trust gala in Hong Kong
In this Dezeen movie, architects Peter Cook and Dennis Crompton explain how they drew from the Archigram archive to create the concept for the 2019 Design Trust gala in Hong Kong. More
Archigram to "look at the future of the built environment" with Hong Kong installation
Founding Archigram members Peter Cook and Dennis Crompton will create a digital installation exploring the future of cities at the Design Trust's 2019 gala in Hong Kong. More
M+ museum acquires Archigram archive for £1.8 million
The soon-to-open M+ museum in Hong Kong has bought the entire archive of influential British architecture collective Archigram, despite attempts to block the overseas sale. More
The Tulip by Foster + Partners is "not spooky enough" says Peter Cook
Architects need be more "nutty" in their designs according to architect Peter Cook, who claims that there isn't enough drama in the new London tower proposed by Foster + Partners. More
Bournemouth's bright blue drawing studio is Peter Cook's first building in the UK
Archigram founder Peter Cook has completed his first project in the UK, a vibrant blue drawing studio with a tilted oculus for his former school, the Arts University Bournemouth (+ slideshow). More
British architecture is experiencing a "dull period" says Peter Cook
Lack of experimentation and a culture of narrow-mindedness in schools has led to a dull period in British architecture, according to Archigram founder Peter Cook. More
Peter Cook pans "awful" redevelopment of King's Cross
World Architecture Festival 2015: architect Peter Cook has attacked the redevelopment of King's Cross in London, describing the huge regeneration scheme as "boring, unbelievable, really dour". More
Abedian School of Architecture by CRAB Studio was "designed from the inside out"
Inside Festival 2014: architect Gavin Robotham of CRAB Studio explains how the new architecture faculty building at Bond University was designed around the school's curriculum (+ movie). More
CRAB Studio creates cave-like meeting rooms at Bond University architecture faculty
Curving concrete walls frame secluded meeting rooms along the central thoroughfare of this architecture faculty building at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, by Peter Cook's architecture firm CRAB Studio (+ slideshow). More
The Tower of Droplets by Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham
This algae-producing tower designed by Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham of London studio CRAB came second in the recent Taiwan Tower Conceptual International Competition. More