Background
Gough grew up in Hove and went to Uppingham School, Rutland.
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Piers Gough
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He studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and qualified in 1971.
Career
He co-founded the practice Campbell Zogolovitch Wilkinson and Gough, (now CZWG), 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 (1988).
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 Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to architecture in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours List and was elected a Royal Academician in 2002.
