Kate Edmondson at the Solid Wood Solutions Conference
Kate Edmondson will present a case study highlighting the practice's work at the recently completed Ark Brunel Primary Academy at the Solid Wood Solutions Conference on Wednesday. More
Swiss Cottage SEN School Highly Commended
Swiss Cottage SEN School was highly commended at last night's Camden Design Awards. More
Housing Design Award success
We are pleased to announce that Middle Row Mixed-Use Scheme was a winner in the 'Projects Award' category at yesterday's Housing Design Award ceremony. More
UCL Academy Officially Opened by Lord Andrew Adonis
Yesterday UCL Academy was officially opened by Lord Andrew Adonis, the former education minister. More
Lessons from Brazil: Venice Takeaway Debate
Sunand Prasad will be part of the discussion, chaired by Oliver Wainright of The Guardian, on 19th March. More
UCL Academy opens
The landmark UCL Academy opened its doors to students for the first time yesterday. More
Riverside Secondary Special School Opens
Riverside Secondary Special School was officially opened More
Middle Row Mixed Use Development Planning Success
Planning approval has been granted for Middle Row More
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. More
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
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 More
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 More
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 More
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 More
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
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 More
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 More
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 More
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 More
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 More
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
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 More