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In November 2019, Penoyre & Prasad joined with global architecture and design practice, Perkins&Will. The merger, rooted in our firms’ shared environmental and social concerns, goals and design philosophies, has benefitted both practices while enhancing design services for our clients worldwide. More

In March, Matt Wynn will be taking part in the 7-day cycle ride from London to Cannes in the South of France; circa 1438km/900miles. The event is being hosted by Club Peloton, and will raise money towards four charities: More

From everyone at Penoyre & Prasad, we would like to extend our best wishes for the festive season and for a wonderful new year! More

Oriel is the winner of two World Architecture Festival Awards - the Future Project - Health category, which showcases the most inspiring new architectural concepts, and the WAFX Special Prize, which celebrates international proposals that embrace cutting-edge design approaches to address major world issues ranging from tackling the climate emergency to building community resilience. More

Our leadership in sustainable design has once again been recognised, with UCL Pearl announced as the Environmental Sustainability Prize winner at this year's New London Architecture Awards. This accolade recognises the most sustainable projects in London. More

Ashmount Primary School is part of a wider scheme that turned a neglected part of north London into an exemplar carbon-negative development, including a nursery, primary school, youth centre and ecologically restored community park. A range More

UCL PEARL received the Net-Zero Award at the Building Awards ceremony on 1st November 2022. More

New London Architecture (NLA) are launching ‘Innovation Districts: Designing Inclusive Places’, their new research report, at a free breakfast talk on Friday 21st October. The report provides an update on a sector that is driving the evolution of innovation districts models across London, the Golden Triangle and the wider UK towards inclusive places for innovation and follows NLA’s ‘Knowledge Networks: London and the Ox-Cam Arc’, published in 2020. More

PEARL, the Person-Environment-Activity-Research-Laboratory, was officially opened on Tuesday 18th October 2022. "This is the most amazing research facility I've ever had the opportunity to visit. A flagship for creative trans-disciplinary research at UCL. Hats off to Professor Nick Tyler for having the vision and the persistence to make Pearl come into existence!" - Prof Hugo Spiers, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience UCL, Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation More

UCL Pearl has been honoured by the Fast Company, as part of its 2022 Innovation by Design Awards in the ‘Spaces and Places’ category. More

The London Open House Festival–a celebration of London’s architecture, neighbourhoods and housing–runs from Thursday 8th to Wednesday 21st September, and includes two of Penoyre & Prasad’s award-winning buildings; UCL Pearl and 373 Euston Road - Birkbeck, University of London. More

UCL PEARL has been shortlisted in the 'Net Zero Project of the Year' category in this year's Building Awards. PEARL–the Person Environment Activity Research Laboratory–is a first-of-its-kind research laboratory in which to create life-sized environments such as a railway station, high street, or town square, under controlled conditions, so as to examine how people interact with their urban environment and each other. More

Penoyre & Prasad Principal, Mark Rowe, will join the 'Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Location: Beyond the Legacy' event on Thursday 28th July 2022, a special event to celebrate the Park, 10 years on from the London Olympic Games, in association with London Legacy Development Corporation. More

Penoyre & Prasad has been selected as a finalist in the Higher Education Architect of the Year category at the Building Design Architect of the Year Awards 2022. More

World Architecture Festival Finalists Oriel and UCL PEARL have both been selected as finalists in this year’s World Architecture Festival Awards in the ‘Future Project – Health’ and ‘Higher Education & Research’ categories respectively. More

Oriel was awarded a High Commendation in the ‘Future Healthcare Design’ category at last night’s European Healthcare Design Awards ceremony. Oriel, designed by AECOM, Penoyre & Prasad and White Arkitekter, is a joint initiative between Moorfields Eye Hospital, UCL Institute More

Sunand Prasad, Chair of the UKGBC Board of Trustees, along with 28 prominent business leaders, has written to the Chancellor to prioritise support for domestic energy efficiency and home retrofit in the Spring Statement. More

Rafael Marks will present the Bobby Moore Academy Primary School at NLA's next 'Powered by PechaKucha' event on Tuesday 15th February. More

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has appointed Perkins&Will, led by Penoyre & Prasad with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, to deliver two state-of-the-art hospitals integrated into a single building on the Leeds General Infirmary site. More

Designing inclusive and sustainable cities is one of the most relevant challenges that architects and urban planners are called to address this century. More

From everyone at Penoyre & Prasad, we would like to extend our best wishes for the festive season and for a happy and healthy 2022. More