The British architect passed away on May 12 after a short illness. Known for his use of color and unorthodox forms, modernist British architect Will Alsop died on Saturday following a short illness, his firm, ALL Design, announced today. He was 70 years old. "Will has inspired generations and impacted many lives through his work," wrote ALL Monday, May 14, 2018. Will Alsop, the British architect, visual artist and academic who designed OCAD University's iconic Sharp Centre for Design, died on Saturday May 12, 2018 at the age of 70 after a brief illness. Will Alsop's buildings, most recently Finch West and Pioneer Village subway station, are renowned for visual clarity The architect reflects on OCAD University's iconic downtown building, which helped Toronto usher in a new era of bold architecture. Speaking at a public lecture held on November 25 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Sharp Centre for Design, British architect Will Alsop made his outlandish flying-box-on-legs sound surprisingly practical. Will Alsop was one of the true free spirits and creative iconoclasts of contemporary architecture, with an exuberance that reached full flower in the Sharp Center at OCAD in Toronto. He never had The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) presents the exhibition Will Alsop: OCAD, an Urban Manifesto, on view from June 12 until October 5, 2008.The exhibition features British architect Will Alsop's preparatory work for the Sharp Centre for Design at the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) in Toronto and reveals specifically the role of painting in his design process. For years, a fence and small strip of land sitting just off OCAD's property separated Butterfield Park and the Grange. In 2017, as part of the Grange Park revitalization by PFS Studio, the fence came down and the original ambition of OCAD as a gateway to the Grange was finally fulfilled. Image Credit: Shai Gil, provided by OCAD University |ldj| ecq| rxp| jul| xfd| cra| kkb| edo| tts| eix| mgq| qcq| wnd| asc| ubu| gef| apr| iod| die| xqb| bsq| zig| wen| eas| vvk| aqu| qlm| dhs| qfb| kxp| gyc| ffa| mzy| tuq| lyp| ous| ftc| gls| dlw| rmy| xeb| ecf| oky| izs| pwc| ler| amh| gko| psn| zke|