Serious Fun: The Arty–tecture of Will Alsop

Samantha Hardingham is an independent designer, writer, curator, and scholar in the field of experimental architectural practice. Publications include several editions of London: a guide to recent architecture that launched the innovative ellipsis guide book series in 1994, and, on the work of architect Cedric Price (1934-2003), the most notable being a ten-year research project that became the two-volume Cedric Price Works 1954 - 2003: a forward minded-retrospective (AA/CCA, 2016). Samantha studied and later led a design unit at the Architectural Association for ten years, and was the school's Interim Director 2017-18. She is associate creative director of Theseus Agency and combines writing, teaching and design practice with a particular interest in experiential event-spaces.