MBI Al Jaber Foundation News & Press: 20/08/2009

Trustee Professor Peter Jones to speak at UCL

MBI Al Jaber Foundation Trustee Professor Peter Jones, FRSE, has been invited to give a lecture at UCL entitled "OVE ARUP: Engineer or Philosopher? Or: what really happened at Sydney Opera House" on the 2nd of December 2009.

Peter Jones is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and former Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh. He is the first researcher to have had full access to the vast private Arup archives, and is the author of the first biography of Ove Arup. In July 2009 UCL signed an agreement with global firm Ove Arup to boost collaboration and training in a number of fields including design, engineering and sustainable development.   

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