Peter Louis Cocke [commonly known as Peter Cocke] was born in Hampstead, London, England on 29 June 1917 studied at the Architectural Association School in London in the late 1930s. In 1939 he was one of the eleven founding partners of Architects’ Co-Partnership (ACP) [in 1951 renamed Architects’ Co-Partnership (ACP)], an architectural co-operative all of whom had attended the AA School. After receiving his diploma from the AA, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1939.
Following the outbreak of World War Two in September 1939, ACP was dissolved but was re-formed in 1946 with eight of the original partners, including Cocke. He was a member of ACP until at least the late 1950s.
His address was given as 19 Haward Court, Honeybourne Road, London in 1939; and 2 Bacons Lane, London in 1985. He died on 18 August 1985
A biographical file on Peter Louis Cocke is available on request at the Royal Institute of British Architects Library, London
Cox, Anthony. Architects Co-Partnership: the first 50 years. Potters Bar:, Hertfordshire Architects Co-Partnership, 1989
Powers, Alan. ‘Chapter 8. Architects’ Co-Partnersip’ in in British Design: Tradition and Modernity after 1948, edited by Ghislaine Wood. London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 113-126
‘Architects’ Co-Partnership’. Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects vol. 74, 1967 pp. 229-238
‘Obituary: Peter Cocke’ RIBA Journal vol. 92, no. 10, October 1985 p. 113.