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Article: A popular medallist: the awarding of the Royal Gold Medal to Edward Cullinan was marked by two days of celebrations at the RIBA in London last month.(view)
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- The Architectural Review
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- March 1, 2008
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The evident affection in which Ted Cullinan is held by architects of all ages was the atmospheric backdrop to the celebratory Gold Medal Dinner, and the following evening's formal lecture marking the award. The president of the RIBA, Sunand Prasad, took obvious pleasure in presenting the medal to his former employer and mentor, and the diaspora of Cullinan staff regathered to remind us of the extraordinary range of talents that have worked for the practice.
Now 76, Cullinan recalled at the dinner that his hero, Voysey, had been 80 when he received the medal. While his lecture reminded us of the revolutionary effect of Cubism on twentieth-century visual culture, ...