Institution of Structural Engineers 2020 Gold Medal, Dr Mike Cook, Global Engineering Award Prize News
Institution of Structural Engineers 2020 Gold Medal
28 Feb 2020
Institution of Structural Engineers 2020 Gold Medallist
Dr Mike Cook:

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Institution of Structural Engineers names Dr Mike Cook 2020 Gold Medallist
Dr Mike Cook FIStructE has been named the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) 2020 Gold Medallist. The award recognises his infectious enthusiasm and curiosity for structural engineering and his passion and leadership in responding to the challenges of climate change.
Dr Cook, a former Vice President of IStructE, is a leading building engineer who played a key role in the development of the consultancy practice BuroHappold Engineering since 1976, where he was the Senior Partner from 2011 to 2017. Dresden Railway Station building, Germany:

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He has greatly enhanced the reputation of the profession through his work in teaching (most notably as Adjunct Professor of Creative Design at Imperial College since 2008) and with professional bodies (most notably the IStructE and RAEng).
During his career Mike has also made a significant contribution to the design of many innovative structures around the world, including Resident Engineer for the Tsim Sha Tsui Cultural Centre (Hong Kong), the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court at The British Museum (London), the Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian American A...