A practising architect, former building contractor and housing researcher, Pete Silver taught at the AA and the Bartlett before coming to the University of Westminster to teach technology and be joint co-ordinator of technical studies across the School. He has been teaching for over 25 years and has had work published in the fields of computer-controlled tools and equipment, fabrication processes and architectural technology. He has a patent pending on a new structural typology.
PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS
1990 Student work, BD Interactive - Building Design Magazine, 1000th Edition (August), P.16
1992 The Phenomenon of Street Violence in Modern Industrial Societies and Methods of Policing - Ditchley Conference Report No.D92/12 (32-25 October)
1995 Computer Controlled Tools and Equipment, Evolutionary Architecture, J. Frazer, Themes VII - Architectural Association London - Pgs. 44, 45, ISBN 1-870890-477
1995 Responsive Architecture, Artifice Magazine, Issue 5 - Stephen Gage and Pete Silver
1997 Non-Linear Dynamical Systems, A.D. Magazine, Architectural Design Profile No 123 - Pete Silver and Peter Fluck, Pgs. 27, 28, ISBN 1-85490-258-X
2001 Applications of Cybernetic Systems in Architectural Contexts, Kybernetes, Volume 30, Number 7/8 - MCB University Press, Silver et al, ISSN 0368 492-X
2003 Building Design Magazine (November 14) – book review P.21
2004 Building Design Magazine (January 9) – book review P.14
2006 Fabrication: The Designer's Guide - Architectural Press, with W. McLean et al., ISBN 0-7506-6558-0
2008 Introduction to Architectural Technology - Lawrence King Publishing, with W. McLean, ISBN 978-1-85669-566-4 (2013, 2nd. ed.; 2021, 3rd ed.)
2014 Structural Engineering for Architects – A Handbook - Lawrence King Publishing, with W. McLean and P. Evans, ISBN-10:1780670559
2015 Air Structures - Laurence King Publishing (Form + Technique), with W. McLean, ASIN B0168Q9GIQ
2019 Technical Skills for Students of Architecture - AMPS-Proceedings 17-2, Education, Design and Practice – Understanding Skills in a Complex World, with W. McLean
2021 Environmental Design Sourcebook: Innovative Ideas for a Sustainable Built Environment - RIBA Publishing, with W. McLean, ISBN: 9781859469606