Sunand Prasad chairs Charles Correa events at the RIBA
The RIBA’s new landmark exhibition and ‘Out of India’ season of talks and events
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AJ100 Awards Shortlists Announced
Penoyre & Prasad have been shortlisted for three awards in this year’s AJ100 list.
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RIBA Awards Shortlists Announced
The Sir Ludwig Guttmann Health & Wellbeing Centre, Penoyre & Prasad’s landmark civic building on the 2012 Olympics Athletes’ Village site, has been shortlisted
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Green Sky Thinking: Crouch Hill Park – Designing for Zero Carbon
Following the success of our 2012 Green Sky Thinking event, this year we will be on site to talk about our carbon-negative development for Islington Council
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UCL Academy Officially Opened by Lord Andrew Adonis
Yesterday UCL Academy was officially opened by Lord Andrew Adonis, the former education minister.
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Webcam at Guy’s Tower
Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust have installed a webcam on site at Guy’s Tower showing the essential refurbishment work being carried out.
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Lessons from Brazil: Venice Takeaway Debate
Sunand Prasad will be part of the discussion, chaired by Oliver Wainright of The Guardian, on 19th March.
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Planning Approval for University of Kent
Our proposals for the new £12m extension and £10.5m refurbishment of the Templeman Library at the University of Kent have been granted planning approval this week.
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Sunand Prasad lectures at The Bartlett’s Urban Design course
On 15th March 2013, Sunand Prasad will give a lecture to The Bartlett’s MArch Urban Design students.
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White City Tops Out
Completion of the external structure at Cranston House, White City took place this week.
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Ecobuild: ‘Is BIM the saviour of sustainable design?’
Sunand Prasad has been invited to participate in the session titled ‘Is BIM the saviour of sustainable design?’ at Ecobuild on 5th March this year.
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The Smarter Cities event
Sunand Prasad will be one of five keynote speakers at ‘The Smarter Cities: How Technology is Shaping the Cities of the Future’ event this year.
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Sunand Prasad at The Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Awards
Sunand Prasad will be part of the panel discussing ‘Overcoming the challenge of public procurement’,
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P&P at the Bartlett School of Architecture
Rafael Marks, Associate, speaks about Ashmount Primary School and Community Park
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P&P at Lincoln School of Architecture
On 5th February 2013 Ana Matic, Associate, talks about her experiences gained whilst working on her recently completed projects
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UCL Academy opens
The landmark UCL Academy opened its doors to students for the first time yesterday.
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A new Code for Sustainable Homes assessor
We are delighted to announce that Chris Lomas is now a qualified Code for Sustainable Homes assessor.
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Riverside Secondary Special School Opens
Riverside Secondary Special School was officially opened
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Middle Row Mixed Use Development Planning Success
Planning approval has been granted for Middle Row
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RIBA & HEDQF Event: Academic Workspace – Walking the Talk
The RIBA and Higher Education Design Quality Forum will be hosting ‘Academic Workspace – Walking the Talk’ at Penoyre & Prasad’s offices on 29th November.
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Vince Cable opens Whitton Health and Social Care Centre
Business Secretary and Twickenham MP, Vince Cable officially opened Penoyre & Prasad’s latest LIFT Health centre, Whitton Health and Social Care Centre, describing it as “an elegant and attractive building”.
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Ruskin Grand Opening
Saturday 27th October saw the grand opening of the new Ruskin College on its Old Headington site with Peggy Seeger topping the bill, in a £17m development programme designed to make its facilities fit for the 21st century.
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IHEEM Annual Conference 2012
Mark Rowe, Partner at Penoyre & Prasad attended this years IHEEM Annual Conference ‘Repositioning estates at the heart of healthcare’.
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Greg Penoyre, workshop leader at Education Investment MENA, Dubai
Senior Partner, Greg Penoyre ran ‘Workshop A – Building, upgrading and maintaining world class learning environments to engage students and improve results’, at this years Education Investment conference in Dubai.
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Gillian Horn speaks at the Design Commission for Wales
In three consecutive seminars, titled ‘Moving’, ‘Living’ and ‘Learning’ throughout September 2012 the Design Commission for Wales and its partners will examine the context and challenge for all these areas.
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Arctic Balloons reach Texas
Sunand Prasad’s ‘Greenhouse Gas’ work during his Cape Farewell voyage to Disko Bay in Greenland was re-installed at the Ballroom art gallery in Marfa, Texas as part of an exhibition called Carbon 13.
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Phase 1 of Ajman Academy completes
Phase 1 of Penoyre & Prasad’s first education project in the Gulf has completed in less than 10 months.
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Planning for Portsmouth
Planning approval has been granted for the New Theatre Royal (NTR) development project at Portsmouth, a unique collaboration between the theatre and the city’s University.
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Athletes’ Health Centre handed over to NHS with new name
As it is handed over from London 2012 to the NHS, the building which served as the athletes health centre for the duration of the games will be given a new name.
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Green Sky Thinking: Is Decentralised Energy the Way Forward for London?
Green Sky Thinking, the London-wide programme highlighting new thinking and practice in design for sustainability took place again this September.
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Sunand Prasad judges at The Sunday Times British Homes Awards
The Sunday Times British Homes Awards invited entries from home builders, developers, housing associations, architects and interior designers within the eleven categories.
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Mark Rowe, Partner, presents Penoyre & Prasad’s Athletes Health Centre
Unless they are sponsors, architects’ ability up until now to shout about their involvement with the Games has been severely curtailed by contracts and the Olympics Act. The Defintely-Not-the-Olympics Pecha Kucha allows them free rein to show how the delivery … More
07/2012
Laying the foundations for better access
A foundation stone was laid at Ruskin College in Oxford last Friday by the grandson of former Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan.
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Athletes’ Health Centre will play ‘vital role’ says Lord Coe
As the Olympics draw closer, Lord Coe has spoken of the ‘vital role’ that the Athletes’ Health Centre, designed by Penoyre & Prasad, will play in helping competitors achieve their best over the summer
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Research in Commercial Practice
Greg Penoyre speaks at The University of Sheffield’s School of Architecture symposium,
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The 8th Design & Health World Congress and Exhibition Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
John Cole and Sunand Prasad present a joint paper ‘Integrating Community Health and Social Care by Design in Belfast’. The congress will connect researchers and practitioners from all over the world, providing a chance for delegates to engage with the … More
06/2012
Penoyre & Prasad are delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Rowe as a Partner
Mark joined Penoyre & Prasad in 2003 and became an Associate in 2005. He has led major projects such as the UCL Academy and Athletes’ Village Health Centre.
06/2012
Penoyre & Prasad attend BFE UK Conference
Partners Greg Penoyre and Gillian Horn speaking on the value of good design and innovation at this year’s BFE UK Conference – The UK’s only dedicated event for the design and construction of educational spaces from planning through to the … More
05/2012
Middle East Association Conference
Rafael Marks, Associate, speaks at the ‘Building the Knowledge Economy: Education and Training’ conference,
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Penoyre & Prasad School Sets New Record for Sustainability
Penoyre & Prasad’s Crouch Hill Community Park scheme has won a BREEAM award for its innovative approach to community energy distribution and approach to energy efficiency. Ashmount School, the new-build part of the development, has achieved an interim BREEAM Outstanding … More
03/2012
Article 25: New Architecture of Aid
On Wednesday 29th February 2012, we hosted Article 25′s ‘The New Architecture of Aid’ event, the third event in their Development and Disaster Relief in the 21st Century series.
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Minster School ‘Outstanding’
Penoyre & Prasad’s design for Minster School in Nottingham, has been identified by Ofsted inspectors as contributing to its recent ‘Outstanding’ status. Quotes from the school’s Ofsted report last November mentioned in particular, the design of the school campus which … More
02/2012
Athletes’ Village Health Centre
Penoyre & Prasad’s Athletes’ Village Health Centre creates a ‘landmark civic building’ on the 2012 Olympics site. It will deliver outstanding healthcare services and provide significant legacy community and health facilities for the Borough of Newham. The building comprises state-of-the-art … More
02/2012
UCL Tops Out
Completion of the external structure of the new University College London (UCL) Academy in Camden took place this month. Due to complete in September 2012, the UCL Academy will be a new mixed school, taking pupils from 11-18 years old. … More
01/2012
Penoyre & Prasad lends a hand to Kick 4 Life
Kick 4 Life is a charity delivering a range of projects focused on tackling HIV through sports-based health education, voluntary testing, life-skills development and support into education and employment. Its work is focused in Lesotho which has the third highest … More
12/2011
Article 25′s 10 x 10 Auction
On the evening of December 1st, Article 25′s ’10×10 – Drawing the City’ event raised over £82,000 by auctioning the works of 100 prominent architects, artists and designers. Sunand Prasad, a Trustee of Article 25 sketched 4 views titled “The … More
12/2011
Gillian Horn speaks at NLA conference
Partner Gillian Horn speaks at the NLA’s conference ‘Meeting London’s School Building Needs in the Aftermath of the James Review’.
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Penoyre & Prasad: Unleashing London
London has been one of the greatest cities in the world for almost half a millennium, with a talented, diverse and energetic population.
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Curtain Up at Portsmouth
Penoyre & Prasad’s scheme for the New Theatre Royal at Portsmouth has just received planning permission. The scheme, a unique collaboration between The University of Portsmouth and the New Theatre Royal, will create a new cultural hub in the town … More
11/2011
Big Rich Drawing Mix
As part of this year’s annual month-long Big Draw festival, Penoyre & Prasad hosted a free family drawing extravaganza at Rich Mix in Bethnal Green, using a range of materials and techniques including 3D glasses, drawing machines and viewfinders. Around … More
10/2011
Retro-Fit for Purpose
Penoyre & Prasad held an event in September as part of Open City’s ‘Green Sky Thinking’ programme. The retrofit of non-domestic properties to meet the UK’s carbon reduction commitment appears dauntingly complex with properties of different ages, size, construction, and … More
09/2011
Article 25: RIBA Knowledge Community for Development & Disaster Relief
On 9th August 2011 Penoyre & Prasad hosted Article 25 and the RIBA’s ‘Knowledge Community for Development and Disaster Relief’ event.
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New term for Belfairs
Penoyre & Prasad’s latest school, Belfairs in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex welcomed pupils back to school this week. The project comprises a 1300 place high school plus a small adult education centre. Arranged around three learning hubs, each with a central open … More
08/2011
Open City 2011
As part of this year’s open city being held on 17 – 18 September, Penoyre & Prasad will once again be hosting Open Practice, followed by tours of one of our best known buildings The Richard Desmond Children’s Eye Hospital. … More
08/2011
The RIBA have launched ‘Good Design – it all adds up’, a report that demonstrates the value of good design.
Gillian Horn, Partner at Penoyre & Prasad attended the launch and presented Wren Academy, an education case study in the report, along with Rob Hannan, Development Officer for clients London Diocesan Board for Schools. To download a copy of the report, … More
07/2011
Sunand Prasad has succeeded MAKE-founder Ken Shuttleworth as president of the Architects Benevolent Society (ABS)
Sunand has been appointed to the role with a mandate to raise the society’s profile among practising architects and to boost cooperation with the RIBA. His term of office will last for two years. The ABS provides support to architects, … More
07/2011
Penoyre & Prasad: Who Do You Think You Are?
Identity used to be simply defined by where you came from, what you did, or what you made. Now as the crowd gets bigger, standing out amongst it gets harder.
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Guy’s Tower
Penoyre & Prasad’s scheme to reclad Guy’s Tower received unanimous planning approval last week from Southwark’s Planning committee. The scheme will reclad one of the world’s tallest hospital towers to address deterioration of the existing façade and tackle energy and … More
06/2011
Quick on the Draw
We’ve got the drawing itch at P&P. Last week’s workshop saw ropes overtake the studio space. Our in-house drawing agitators tasked us with drawing the spaces in between the ropes. They supplied us with coloured paper and chalk and took … More
06/2011
BREEAM Outstanding for Crouch Hill Community Park project
Penoyre & Prasad’s design for Crouch Hill Community Park has received a BREEAM Outstanding rating. Once complete and operational, the scheme will have added the UK’s first zero carbon school to the neighbourhood while removing 90 tonnes of carbon dioxide … More
04/2011
Wren Academy
Is design a worthwhile investment when it comes to education budgets? Can good design add value to the experience of pupils and teachers in our schools. Can it improve outcomes? Against the continuing debate, fuelled by controversial headlines, the visual … More
02/2011
Retrofit for the Future
Penoyre & Prasad are working on one of 87 exemplar projects in the Retrofit for the Future programme sponsored by the government’s Technology Strategy Board.
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Belfairs set fair for completion
This new 1,300 place school for Southend Borough Council is due for completion in September 2011. A new school building will replace existing 1950s buildings no longer fit for purpose and will include facilities to support the school’s specialism in … More
12/2010
Michael Gove opens Penoyre & Prasad’s Woodside High School
The first phase of Woodside High School Inclusive Learning Campus in Haringey was opened today by Secretary of Education Michael Gove. When complete this inclusive learning campus will co-locate 1080 mainstream pupils and 120 special school pupils. A pragmatic and … More
12/2010
New ‘clothes’ for Guy’s Tower
As part of this year’s Big Draw, Penoyre & Prasad’s Suzi Winstanley led a workshop with children from local Snowfields Primary School to design a ‘new suit of clothes for Guy’s Tower‘. The practice is currently working on a project … More
10/2010
Read Sunand Prasad’s recent blog from an RIBA/UKTI Trade Mission to the Shanghai Expo
Blog 1 On the way from the airport the elevated road flies some 30 metres above ground over the Shanghai Expo site. A fine early introduction on Sunday to the extravaganza. Also a definite danger to traffic when the very … More
07/2010
Planning Permission Granted for New Family Homes on the Isle of Dogs
Penoyre & Prasad’s competition winning design for Hammond House - a new six storey residential building on the Isle of Dogs – has just received planning permission from London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The Hammond House redevelopment for East Thames Group … More
07/2010
Wren Academy
Staff and students have now moved into Wren Academy, a dynamic new learning environment for over 900 11 to 16 year olds. Built on a restricted site in Finchley, the design creates a unique campus with a distinctive character and … More
07/2010
BCSE Award Win for P&P
Penoyre & Prasad LLP were delighted to win an Inspiring Design: Schools Award for the innovative Pears Centre for National Autism Education at the third annual BCSE Awards 2010 this month. The National Centre for Autism Education was developed over … More
07/2010
Mottistone Grove Opens
Mottistone Grove in Sutton, formerly Homelands, has now opened. Mottistone Grove in Sutton provides a new home for severely disabled adults, following the closure of Orchard Hill long stay hospital. For the first time the residents have their own flat, … More
07/2010
Croydon & Kingston Students Visit P&P
Journalist Veronica Simpson reports on a school visit to Penoyre & Prasad in June. In June the P&P office hosted a visit from seven secondary school pupils from Croydon and Kingston, who were taking part in the Sorrell Foundation’s latest … More
07/2010
Flexible Heart of Hounslow
Heart of Hounslow has recently been reconfigured to address the evolving needs of the polyclinic. A diagnostic imaging suite has been created out of an relatively underused open plan office space, and demonstrates the building’s responsive and highly adaptive nature. … More
07/2010
Penoyre & Prasad: The Value Proposition
We can all conceptualise long term value, but within our budget conscious and short-termist culture, it remains difficult to turn a long term view into practical and implementable steps that will return that value.
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Civic Trust recognition for Merchants’ Academy
The Merchants’ Academy, Bristol received a commendation in the 2010 Civic Trust Awards. The project, which features extensive external areas for use by the wider community and which also won an RIBA award in 2009, was described by the Judges … More
03/2010
Local Hospital Win
Penoyre & Prasad has been chosen by NHS East and North Hertfordshire to work on the development of a new local general hospital on the QEII Hospital site in Welwyn Garden City.
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WAN award to support Moorfields research
Penoyre & Prasad were thrilled to receive the WAN award for Healthcare Building of the Year 2009 for Moorfields.
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First review for CABE’s Eco Town panel
CABE’s newly set up Eco Town Design review panel
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Carbon-negative exemplar gets planning permission
Planning permission has just been granted for Penoyre & Prasad’s scheme to turn an unkempt piece of Metropolitan Open Land in North London into an exemplar carbon-negative development. A new school and nursery, plus refurbished youth centre will all be … More
12/2009
Copenhagen Summit December 2009
COP15 is critical for securing an international treaty to limit global warming. Continuing the work of the RIBA on climate change, Sunand Prasad will participate in events at Copenhagen designed to campaign on behalf of the built environment profession for … More
12/2009
Competition win
Penoyre & Prasad have won a limited competition to design two new primary schools for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The Primary Capital Programme project will provide an inspirational environment for teaching, learning and community cohesion for two … More
11/2009
Minster School wins 2009 RIBA Sorrell Foundation Schools Award
The Minster School in Southwell, Nottinghamshire by Penoyre & Prasad has won the 2009 RIBA Sorrell Foundation Schools Award. Now in its third year, the award was created to help raise the standard of school design and is given to … More
10/2009
Penoyre & Prasad: Co-Creation
What is Co-Creation and how will it enable us to rise to the challenges of the rapidly changing context for making and maintaining the built environment?
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Penoyre & Prasad celebrates its 21st anniversary
Penoyre & Prasad celebrated its 21st anniversary this week, by hosting a unique event around the theme of Co-Creation. Speakers including David Buckland, John Sorrell and Lucy Musgrave who helped explore the potential of this powerful tool to transform practice … More
09/2009
Competition win for P&P Part 1 student
Penoyre & Prasad’s Part 1 colleague, Priscilla Fernandes was announced as the overall winner in a competition organised
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Crawley Library award win
Crawley Library designed by Penoyre & Prasad was announced as overall winner of the West Sussex Design and Sustainability awards 2009. West Sussex County Council Cabinet Member for Environment and Economy Deborah Urquhart said: “We received a record number of … More
07/2009
Small projects award for Romanian charity project
Congratulations to the charity Voluntary Design & Build (vD&B), who recently won “Best Community Building” at this years AJ Small Project Awards for their Tarlungeni Children’s Centre in Romania. Penoyre and Prasad’s Jamie Wakeford, is a trustee of the charity … More
06/2009
Sunand Prasad to sit on Mayor’s design panel
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced his new Design Advisory Panel which will advise him on delivering design excellence across the capital’s built environment bringing together a range of expertise including architecture, planning and property development. Its members are … More
11/2008
Sunand Prasad named one of Britain’s Top 100 environmentalists
Sunand Prasad was ranked 26th in the Independent on Sunday’s recently published list of the nation’s top 100 environmentalists. Sunand, who spent the first 12 years of his life in Mahatma Gandhi’s self-sufficient ashram in Sevagram, India, was the only … More
10/2008
Penoyre and Prasad win landmark health project
Guy’s & Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has confirmed the appointment of Penoyre & Prasad in partnership with Arup to carry out a feasibility study for the external facade remodelling of the 34-storey Guy’s Tower. The team will address issues associated … More