Neil Spiller

Biografia di Neil Spiller

Neil Spiller è redattore di AD (Architectural Design, John Wiley & Sons Londra), e in precedenza è stato Hawksmoor Chair of Architecture and Landscape e Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor presso l'Università di Greenwich, Londra, nonché preside della School of Architecture, Design and Construction e titolare del corso di Architecture and Digital Theory. In precedenza è stato Vice-Dean e Graduate Director of Design presso the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

 

Neil è stato Guest Editor di otto numeri monografici di AD tra cui ricordiamo: Architects in Cyberspace I and II (1995, 1998), Protocell Architecture (2011) e Drawing Architecture (2013). Tra I libri pubblicati da Neil ricordiamo: Cyberreader: Critical Writings of the Digital Era (2002), Lost Architectures (2002) e Digital Dreams (1998). Ha anche pubblicato libri con Thames and Hudson, in veste di autore - Visionary Architecture-Blueprints of the Modern Imagination (2006), Digital Architecture Now (2008) – e come co-curatore - Educating Architects (2014) e singolo autore - Architecture and Surrealism (2016) . La sua più pubblicazione recente è How to Thrive in Architecture School- A Student Guide for the RIBA (2020).

 

Il suo lavoro di progettazione architettonica è stato pubblicato ed esposto in numerose mostre in tutto il mondo. È un architetto visionario di fama internazionale. Neil è anche conosciuto come il direttore fondatore del gruppo AVATAR (Advanced Virtual and Technological Architectural Research). Questo gruppo conduce ricerche sulle tecnologie avanzate e sulla rappresentazione architettonica, ma soprattutto sull'impatto delle nuove tecnologie - come la virtualità e le biotecnologie - sulla progettazione del XXI secolo. Neil è anche riconosciuto a livello internazionale per il suo contributo critico al mutamento del paradigma architettonico, alla ricerca e alla sperimentazione, nonché per la sua attività didattica.

 

sito web: www.neilspiller.com

 

 

Neil Spiller Biography

Neil Spiller is Editor of AD, previously he was Hawksmoor Chair of Architecture and Landscape and Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Greenwich, London, prior to this he was Dean of the School of Architecture, Design and Construction and Professor of Architecture and Digital Theory. Before this he was Vice-Dean and Graduate Director of Design at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

 

Neil has been Guest Editor of eight editions of AD including the highly successful Architects in Cyberspace I and II (1995, 1998), Protocell Architecture (2011) and Drawing Architecture (2013). Neil’s books also include Cyberreader: Critical Writings of the Digital Era (2002), Lost Architectures (2002) and Digital Dreams (1998). He has also published books with Thames and Hudson, as author of Visionary Architecture-Blueprints of the Modern Imagination (2006), Digital Architecture Now (2008) and as co editor of Educating Architects (2014) and as author of Architecture and Surrealism (2016) . He is also the author of How to Thrive in Architecture School- A Student Guide for the RIBA (2020).

 

His architectural design work has been published and exhibited on many occasions worldwide. He is an internationally renowned visionary architect. Neil is also known as the founding director of the AVATAR (Advanced Virtual and Technological Architectural Research) Group. This group conducts research into advanced technologies and into architectural representation but more importantly into the impact of advanced technologies such as virtuality and biotechnology on 21st century design. Neil is also recognised internationally for his paradigm shifting contribution to architectural discourse, research / experiment and teaching.

 

web site: www.neilspiller.com