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Will Alsop, English architect and artist, was born at Northampton (1947), studied at the Architectural Association in London, worked with Cedric Price, Roderick Ham and Jan Störmer until early 2001, when he founded Alsop Architects. His most significant projects were the Passenger & Ferry Terminal in Hamburg; Barrage & Visitor Centre in Cardiff; Le Grand Bleu Government Headquarters in Marseilles; the Tottenham Hale and North Greenwich Jubilee Line Stations in London, the Reuters headquarters in Moscow; the State Archives in Hamburg. Alsop’s projects have received wide recognition. His professional work has always been integrated with teaching. He died on 12 May 2018.

In 1998, after his graduation in Architecture at the University of Florence, he moved to London. He joined Alsop Architects in 1999, getting involved with a wide range of projects, from architecture, product and furniture design to masterplanning. Subsequently he begun working under the direct supervision of Will Alsop and with the artist Bruce McLean in Valencia, Spain, as project and site architect of the installations for the 2nd Valencia contemporary Art Biennale, comprising more than 800 sqm of art installations and exhibitions. Furthermore, I have helped developing the Alsop range of products and furniture, most notably for Alessi.