Will Alsop dies aged 70

By Elizabeth Hopkirk2018-05-14T06:14:00

Tributes pour in for Stirling Prize winner

Will Alsop has died aged 70 after a short illness.

Voices from across the profession and beyond it have been paying tribute to the maverick architect whose work was characterised by bold use of unconventional shapes and colour.

Alsop won the Stirling Prize in 2000 for Peckham Library but was as well known for what went unrealised as for his built work.

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