Pete Silver & Will McLean

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Pete Silver
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Dr Will McLean

Pete Silver & Will McLean are two British architectural practitioners, educators, writers, and technical theorists who work together as a duo. They have taught at the Architectural Association, The Bartlett (University College London), and The University of Westminster's School of Architecture and the Built environment, thus gaining a privileged position in the contemporary London architectural scene.

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Will McLean is a Doctor of Philosophy and artist Bruce McLean [1] 's son. He trained at the Architectural Association under Will Alsop OBE RA and Professor John Frazer. McLean has worked on a series of projects with Bruce McLean, most notably Dalry Primary School in North Ayrshire completed in 2007 (www.primaryspace.net), and with US architect and artist Adam Kalkin, [2] working on such projects as 'Quik Build' container housing. He has had a regular feature, covering technical innovations, in Architectural Design magazine - McLean's Nuggets, and was an Editor of Construction History - the International Journal of the Construction History Society. Pete Silver worked for Solon Housing Association in South London with architects such as Patrick Keiller, Edward Cullinan and Walter Segal. He trained at the Architectural Association under Professors John Frazer and Gordon Pask, and became a researcher in the Land Use Research Unit at King's College London, gaining a unique insight into Professor Alice Coleman's ground-breaking, if controversial work on post-war housing regeneration. Silver was for many years a director of the Chartered Practice Architects (CPA) Ltd. and holds a UK patent - GB2594037 - for a novel type of lightweight, structural diagrid.

Collaborative career

In 2001, Silver and McLean joined the School of Architecture and the Built environment at the University of Westminster where they jointly head the Technical Studies Department, and co-curate a highly successful public lecture series.

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Silver McLean publications

They have co-authored five architecture books:

Bibliography

Periodicals

Hosted Lectures

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The Technical Studies Lectures, hosted by the University of Westminster, offers a platform for the dissemination of ideas from such speakers as those in the following, non-exhaustive list (archived at https://www.youtube.com/@WillMcLeanTechnicalStudies/videos and at https://technicalstudies.tumblr.com/):

Former students include:

Book launch for Environmental Design Sourcebook, recorded at the University of Westminster: see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZhJdlH0KTI

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References

  1. Bruce McLean has been engaging with architecture for over twenty years through an ongoing collaboration with Will Alsop on such buildings as the proposed 151 City Road, London: http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=866
  2. http://www.architectureandhygiene.com (free download)
  3. Bavister is an architect and founding member of Audialsense. Please refer to http://www.audialsense.com/tate.html, and Bavister, ‘Mapping the Invisible Landscape: An Exercise in Spatially Choreographed Sound’, in AD: Protoarchitecture: Analogue and Digital Hybrids, (London: Wiley, July 2008)
  4. Interactive Designer. Please refer to Interactive architecture, Onedotzero, and http://www.jasonbruges.com/
  5. Founder of London architectural practice (HûT). Please refer to http://hutarchitecture.com
  6. Interactive designer. Please refer to http://www.haque.co.uk/, Interactive architecture, and Singapore Biennale
  7. Interactive Designer and researcher. Please refer to http://www.chrisleung.org/