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“Screw you; it can be built.” Meet British architect Sir Peter Cook who talks about the possible benefits of drawing by hand and explains why he disagrees with critics calling his architectural ideas utopian.
“By the critics and the regular people saying it’s utopian, you put it into a pigeonhole that says: ‘Oh, those sorts of architects are utopian, but we are normal architects.’ So, the delight I get out of doing buildings is to say: Screw you, it can be built.”
Peter Cook (b. 1936) grew up in the city of Lester in the latter part of the second world war. The town had a lot of cultural activities, and he accompanied his mother, a frustrated artist, to galleries, operas, and symphony concerts from a very young age. Around the age of eleven, he started reading books about architecture and was already fascinated by the modern by then. When he began studying architecture at art school, he was both intrigued and challenged by the practice of drawing.
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In this 30-minute video by Dutch Profiles, MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas talks at length about his life, his thoughts on architecture and the world, and the work of the company he has led for almost 30 years alongside Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries. What was the first thing he designed as a child? What advice does he give to his students to set them up for success? What is the most important quality of an MVRDV project? What is his impression of his adopted city of Rotterdam? From the experiences that first made him want to become an architect at the age of six, to the opening of his most recent project, the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, in November last year, the profile opens a window into the mind of the “M” in “MVRDV”.
Built during a time of economic expansion in the economic boom of the 1980s and closed in 2004, Kiyotomo sushi bar is one of the few remaining intact interiors conceived by Japanese designer Kuramata Shiro. Part of the vanguard of post-1960s Japanese design, Kuramata designed hundreds of furniture objects and interior spaces during his lifetime; this space stands out for its playful accents, subtle craftsmanship, and precise attention to detail.
In this video, curators, conservators, and craftsmen recall the challenges and surprises of acquiring, dismantling, and relocating an entire building from Tokyo to Hong Kong.
リチャード・ロジャースが生前最後に行った講演「Autobiography of an Architect」の動画です。2018年11月にArchitects not Architecture主催で行われたもので、建築ではなく自身について語られる内容です。
Richard Rogers (1933-2021) made one of his last public appearances when he participated in our event in Hamburg in November 2018. Our thoughts are with his family and closest friends for such a huge loss. He has left, but his legacy will live on forever.
