Double-win for Oriel at the World Architecture Festival Awards

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

World Architecture Festival Finalists

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

UKGBC write letter to Chancellor

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

Leeds Hospitals of the Future

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

Thoughts from COP26: 2

Sunand Prasad is in Glasgow this week for COP26, and will be sharing his thoughts from the conference throughout the week. More

Thoughts from COP26: 1

Sunand Prasad is in Glasgow this week for COP26, and will be sharing his thoughts from the conference throughout the week. More

Bobby Moore Academy wins RIBA Award

We’re delighted that the Bobby Moore Secondary Academy has won an RIBA London East Award. The 6FE secondary school for 1,140 pupils is located on a very restricted site next to the Olympic Stadium in the More

Success at planning committee for Oriel

Camden Council has made a resolution to grant planning permission for a new facility that will bring patient-centred eye care, cutting-edge research and exemplary education all under one roof in the heart of the Knowledge Quarter, an internationally renowned hub More

Property Week: Taking the road to COP26

As one of the UK Green Building Council's 10 built environment climate ambassadors, Property Week asked Sunand Prasad 'What do you think the main priorities should be for businesses ahead of COP26?’ for their Taking the road to COP26 Insight article. More

Future Healthcare Design

"Most architects get into healthcare almost by accident. Social and public sector projects were never given the kind of care and attention in teaching. So architects have to learn by doing - a significant hurdle not helped by the fact that hospitals are one of the most complex building types to design." More

Design for a Circular Economy – Primer

The Mayor of London has set out his vision of London transitioning to a circular economy in the draft London Plan and his Environment Strategy. The ‘Designing for Circularity Primer’ has been written to help support organisations in the built More