Amanda Levete
Amanda Jane Levete CBE (born November 17, 1955 in Bridgend , Wales , Great Britain ) is a British architect who has been the owner of AL_A (Amanda Levete Architects) in London since 2009 .
Life
Levete studied at the London Architectural Association School of Architecture and after graduating worked for architects such as Alsop & Lyall and YRM Associates. Approx. 1983–96 she practiced with Geoffrey Powis as Powis & Levete and from 1984–89 worked in the Richard Rogers Partnership. From 1989–2008 she was a partner in the Future Systems architecture office founded by her future husband Jan Kaplický . In 2009 she founded her own company AL_A.
Levete was married to Kaplický from 1991 to 2006 and has a son from this marriage. Today (2011) she is married to the director of the London Design Festival Ben Evans .
Levete is a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London and was on the board of Artangel until 2013 . She is also a trustee of the Young Foundation think tank . Levete can be heard and seen regularly on radio and television. She also writes articles for Building magazine .
Projects (selection)
- 2014: Competition Mumbay City Museum , Mumbai, India: honorable mention by the jury.
- 2011/2017: Victoria & Albert Museum Exhibition Road, an extension of the museum in London.
- 2011: Timber Wave. Wooden sculpture in front of the main entrance of the Victoria & Albert Museum.
- 2010: Move: Choreographing You. Design for exhibition at the Hayward Gallery , London.
- 2009: Design of the Edge lamp with the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) developed by Philips from the Established & Sons design brand
- 2009: 10 Hill Place , new hotel building in Edinburgh , Scotland
- 2008: Bangkok Central Embassy , department store of the Thai department store chain Central Embassy in Bangkok , Thailand
- 2007–2009: Spencer Dock Bridge, Dublin , Ireland
- 2004: Copenhagen Apartment Tower
- 2003: Metropolitana di Napoli , Naples subway
- 1999: Lord's Cricket Ground Media Center , London.
- 1999: Selfridges department store in Birmingham , England (see picture)
- 1998: Triptych for Comme des Garçons
- 1992–1994: with Jan Kaplický: Hauer-King House Douglas Road, Canonbury , Islington , London.
Prizes and awards
- 1999: Stirling Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects for the media center at Lord's Cricket Ground, London.
literature
- Martin Pawley: Future Systems - The architectures by Jan Kaplický and Amanda Levete . Birkhäuser, Basel / Berlin / Boston 1993, ISBN 3-7643-2853-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Art fests tackle the big issues. In: International Herald Tribune August 29, 2011, p. 10.
- ↑ Inspired by the old, but brand new in fAZ of June 30, 2017, page 11
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levete, Amanda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Levete, Amanda Jane (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th November 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bridgend , Wales , United Kingdom |