Neil Pinder has taught in a number of inner-city schools for over 25 years, working with London Open House for much of that time. He is a trustee of Blue Print (formerly the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust) for the past 15 years and currently Head of Product Design and Architecture at Graveney School in south London, where he introduced Architecture to the curriculum, winning various Open House competitions and being honoured as "Open House Teacher of the Year". One of his initiatives, Celebrating Architecture, which he started up to recognise the work of young talented Non-Traditional and Traditional students at Graveney School, for which he received national recognition. He has been a guest speaker at RIBA events encouraging teachers to deliver architecture in the classroom; he is an Arkwright interviewer for a prestigious engineering scholarship at Imperial College and Cambridge University; organised and coordinated a Brutalist photography exhibition in collaboration with the London Festival of Architecture and led architectural workshops at the RCA in collaboration with the Architectural Foundation which is supported by the Mayor of London. Last summer during the pandemic, he developed and implemented a successful initiative called GLAM  GUCCI, LOUIS VUITTON ARCHITECTURE & ME. More recently he has been awarded the NLA Hidden Hero award and A ‘Lifetime Award’ by Sound Advice.

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