Piers Gough

Architect

1946 –

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Who is Piers Gough?

Piers Gough, is an architect in the practice CZWG. His younger brothers are the composer Orlando Gough and Jamie Gough, the University of Sheffield's senior lecturer in Town and Regional Planning.

Gough grew up in Hove and went to Uppingham School, Rutland. He studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and qualified in 1971. He co-founded the practice Campbell Zogolovitch Wilkinson and Gough, in 1975.

While working on his own house in east London in the 1970s, he fell through the floor and damaged his spine. The drop was only 10 feet but he was hospitalised for six months and now walks with the aid of a stick.

He made his name with his work in the redevelopment of the London Docklands, including Cascades Apartment Tower on the Isle of Dogs. His work includes:1988: Janet Street-Porter's house, central London; 1991: Crown Street regeneration, Glasgow; 1993: Westbourne Grove public lavatories, west London; 1994: Brindley Place Cafe, Birmingham; 2000: Green Bridge, Mile End Park, east London.

Gough was appointed a CBE for services to architecture in the 1998 Queen’s Birthday Honours List and was elected a Royal Academician in 2002.

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Born
Apr 24, 1946
Brighton
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Education
  • Architectural Association School of Architecture

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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