Peter Hodgkinson (born 18 October 1940 in

Worcester, England Worcester ( ) is a cathedral city in Worcestershire, England, of which it is the county town. It is south-west of Birmingham, north of Gloucester and north-east of Hereford. The population was 103,872 in the 2021 census. The River Severn f ...

) is a British architect. His entire career since 1966 has been at

Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura (RBTA) is an architecture firm that was founded in 1963 by Ricardo Bofill, initially as Taller de Arquitectura (). It is headquartered in Sant Just Desvern near Barcelona, in a former cement factory known a ...

, of which he was a senior partner until 2020. Within the collective structure of the ''Taller'' under

Ricardo Bofill Ricardo Bofill Leví (; 5 December 1939 – 14 January 2022) was a Spanish architect from Barcelona. He founded Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura in 1963 and developed it into a leading international architectural and urban design practice. ...

's continued leadership, he has been a leader in the design of many iconic buildings, such as

Walden 7 Walden 7 is an apartment building designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura and located in Sant Just Desvern near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It was built in 1975. Name The name of the building is inspired by B. F. Skinner's novel, ...

Sant Just Desvern ; ) is a town near Barcelona, in the ''comarca'' of the Baix Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain. Sant Just Desvern is located in the 2,078317º of longitude and 41,381611º of latitude. It is situated at 122 m (average) above sea level. The maxim ...

and both terminals of

Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport (Catalan language, Catalan: ''Aeroport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat'', Spanish language, Spanish: ''Aeropuerto Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat''), and also known as Barcelona-El Prat Airp ...

Life

Born in England, Hodgkinson received his degree from the

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(AA) in

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. While in London he was close to members of

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and

Archigram Archigram was an avant-garde British architectural group whose unbuilt projects and media-savvy provocations "spawned the most influential architectural movement of the 1960's," according to Princeton Architectural Press study ''Archigram'' (19 ...

, and had experience of working with

Ron Herron Ronald James Herron () was an English architect and teacher. He is perhaps best known for his work with the seminal experimental architecture collective Archigram, which was formed in London in the early 1960s. Herron was the creator of one of ...

, one of his professors at AA. He graduated in 1966. Peter Harden, an architect who worked at the time on models of

vernacular architecture Vernacular architecture (also folk architecture) is building done outside any academic tradition, and without professional guidance. It is not a particular architectural movement or style but rather a broad category, encompassing a wide range a ...

Cadaqués Cadaqués (; ) is a town in the Alt Empordà ''comarca'', in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is on a bay in the middle of the Cap de Creus peninsula, near Cap de Creus cape, on the Costa Brava of the Mediterranean. It is a two-and-a- ...

, introduced him to both

and . He decided to move to Barcelona and join the ''Taller''. Between 1972 and 1982, he has been a professor of projects in the fifth year of the '.

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