Penoyre & Prasad Explained

Penoyre & Prasad LLP
City:London
Founded:1988
Significant Buildings:Richard Desmond Children's Eye Centre
Awards:Healthcare Building of the Year 2009

Penoyre & Prasad is an architectural practice based in London. It was established in 1988[1] by Sunand Prasad and Greg Penoyre. The practice has an interest in low energy and sustainability. In 2007 Sunand Prasad became president of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[2]

The practice has designed many public buildings, with the Richard Desmond Children's Eye Centre at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital winning the World Architecture News Healthcare Building of the Year 2009.[3] The 2006 Ashburton Learning Village in Croydon includes many sustainable design features.[4]

The work of the practice was published in a 2007 book titled: Transformations: the architecture of Penoyre & Prasad.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.newlondonarchitecture.org/organisation.php?id=43&name=penoyre_prasad_llp New London Architecture
  2. http://www.rtpi.org.uk/item/1094/23/5/3 Royal Town Planning Institute press release 2 August 2007
  3. http://www.arup.com/News/2009-07%20July/02-07-09-Richard_Desmonds_Childrens_Eye_Centre_Named_Healthcare_Building_Of_The_Year.aspx Arup press release 2 July 2009
  4. Architecture Today 172, October 2006