peter cook has received a knighthood for services to architecture in queen elizabeth II’s birthday honours announced on saturday.

the archigram member, academic and designer of the 2012 olympic stadium said the award ‘offers a symbol of hope to the young…it gives hope to all those people not just doing boring buildings or making money. it will offer symbolic help to people doing interesting things.’ read more via the BLDG BLOG

see the designboom interview with peter cook