About Mark Cousins

Mark Cousins is Director of General Studies at the Architectural Association.

Articles by Mark Cousins

Paul Hirst and the London Consortium

Paul Hirst was a vital influence on a number of institutions, but his polymathic range is perhaps best embodied in the London Consortium. This collaborative educational enterprise connects architecture, film, planning and politics in a dynamic, fertile, intellectual community. Mark Cousins, a co-founder, reflects on the exemplary qualities – as educator, strategist, political thinker with a ‘militancy of temperament’ – which Paul Hirst brought to this unique project.

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