Peter Bishop, Esq

Career: devpt planner: Westminster 1976-78, Newham 1978-80; head of res London Borough of Islington 1980-83, head of planning Tower Hamlets 1984-87 (schemes incl Spitalfields and Canary Wharf), dir of property and planning Haringey 1987-97; dir of environment: London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 1997-2001 (i/c White City and Imperial Wharf devpts), London Borough of Camden 2001-06 (devpts incl Kings Cross); dir Design for London 2007-11, dep chief exec London Devpt Agency 2009-11, dir Allies and Morrison architects 2011-; prof of urban devpt Bartlett Sch of Architecture and Planning UCL 2012-; visiting prof of architecture Nottingham Trent Univ 2008-; memb London Advsy Ctee English Heritage 2007-, chair Nat Assoc of Architecture Centres 2010; hon doctorate Univ of Kingston 2011; hon fell UCL 2008; FRSA 2007, hon fell RIBA 2009

Books and Publications: The Bishop Review: the future of design in the built environment (2011), The Temporary City (jtly, 2012)