Amanda Levete
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| Amanda Levete | |
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| Born | 1955 Bridgend |
| Nationality | British |
| Awards | RIBA Stirling Prize |
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| Practice | Amanda Levete Architects |
| Buildings | Lord's Media Centre |
Amanda Levete (born 17 November 1955, Bridgend) is a Welsh architect, principal of Amanda Levette Architects (known as AL_A). Formerly married to Jan Kaplický with whom she had a son, for 20 they were co-partners at Future Systems.
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[edit] Career
Levete trained at the Architectural Association and worked for Richard Rogers before joining Future Systems as a partner in 1989.
Levette was credited with the ability to make Future Systems' organic, conceptual designs marketable.[1] One of the most innovative practices of its time, Future Systems completed buildings including Selfridges department store in Birmingham and the, Lord's Media Centre which won the coveted Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize.
Levete formed AL_A in 2009, following the death of Kaplicky.
She is visiting professor at the Royal College of Art and a trustee of Artangel. She has been on the Board of Trustees of The Architecture Foundation. Levete is a regular TV and radio broadcaster and she writes a column for Building magazine.
[edit] Personal life
Levete was expelled from school at the age of 16 for sunbathing naked. However, she successfully obtained an A-level in Art and Art History.[2]
She met Czech architect Josef Kaplicky in the 1980s, they married in 1991 and divorced in 2006.[1] Together they had one son. Levete is currently married to Ben Evans, director of the London Design Festival.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Grice, E. My greatest regret is that I didn't make peace with him in life Daily Telegraph, 11 March 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ a b Jeffries, S. The Saturday interview: architect Amanda Levete The Guardian, 9 April 2011
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