EPR Architects
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EPR Architects is a London based architectural practice that originally started business under the names of its founders Elsom Pack & Roberts. It is well known for modern commercial projects.
Cecil Elsom CBE
(17 January 1912 – 3 April 2006) founded the practice in London in 1947 with William Pack and Alan Roberts. According to Elsom's obituary in The Times: "[He was an] Architect who appreciated classical design and restoration but also provided London with admirable postwar buildings." Projects such as the international style
Eastbourne Terrace office scheme became the trademark style in the practice's early years.
The practice changed its name to EPR Partnership in the eighties, and then EPR Architects in 1988. The company is based in Millbank
, London, previously being based in Pimlico
. The practice was listed in Building Design
s 2010 World Architecture 100 Guide at position 58 in the category of Firms Ranked by Creative Staff. The company sponsors the New London Architecture centre.
Cecil Elsom CBE
CBE
CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
(17 January 1912 – 3 April 2006) founded the practice in London in 1947 with William Pack and Alan Roberts. According to Elsom's obituary in The Times: "[He was an] Architect who appreciated classical design and restoration but also provided London with admirable postwar buildings." Projects such as the international style
International style (architecture)
The International style is a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, the formative decades of Modern architecture. The term originated from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, The International Style...
Eastbourne Terrace office scheme became the trademark style in the practice's early years.
The practice changed its name to EPR Partnership in the eighties, and then EPR Architects in 1988. The company is based in Millbank
Millbank
Millbank is an area of central London in the City of Westminster. Millbank is located by the River Thames, east of Pimlico and south of Westminster...
, London, previously being based in Pimlico
Pimlico
Pimlico is a small area of central London in the City of Westminster. Like Belgravia, to which it was built as a southern extension, Pimlico is known for its grand garden squares and impressive Regency architecture....
. The practice was listed in Building Design
Building Design
Building Design is one of the leading architectural magazines in the United Kingdom.According to ABC , the magazine's circulation for the year ending June 2008 was 22,848. The publishing company is UBM Built Environment, a division of United Business Media, which also publishes Building and...
s 2010 World Architecture 100 Guide at position 58 in the category of Firms Ranked by Creative Staff. The company sponsors the New London Architecture centre.
Notable projects
- 65 Buckingham Gate, London (1979)
- 199 Bishopsgate, ABN AMRO (now RBS), London
- Army & Navy (now House of FraserHouse of FraserHouse of Fraser is a British department store group with over 60 stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was established in Glasgow, Scotland in 1849 as Arthur and Fraser. By 1891 it was known as Fraser & Sons. The company grew steadily during the early 20th century, but after the Second...
), Victoria Street, London (1977) - Cardinal PlaceCardinal PlaceCardinal Place is a retail and office development in London, near Victoria Station and opposite Westminster Cathedral. The site consists of three buildings covering over a million square feet on Victoria Street next door to Portland House, and was designed by EPR Architects and built by Robert...
(offices and shopping centre), London (2006) - Eastbourne Terrace, Paddington, London (1958) At the time of opening, the 18-storey building was one of the highest in Britain.
- Eland HouseEland HouseEland House is an office building in Westminster, London occupied by the Department for Communities and Local Government. It was designed by EPR Architects and built by Mowlem for Land Securities, and although finally completed in 1998, staff of the former Department of the Environment had moved in...
(government office building), Victoria, London (1995) - Greenwich Millennium VillageGreenwich Millennium VillageThe Greenwich Millennium Village is an innovative mixed-tenure modern housing estate on an urban village model located on the Greenwich Peninsula in Greenwich in south-east London, and part of the Millennium Communities Programme under English Partnerships...
(now Maurer Court), Greenwich, London - Hammersmith BroadwayHammersmith BroadwayHammersmith Broadway is a street which serves as a major transport node and shopping centre located in west London. It is home to the Piccadilly and District lines' Hammersmith station, as well as Hammersmith bus station. It is located on Hammersmith Road, in the London Borough of Hammersmith &...
(offices, retail and transport interchange), London - London Weekend Television Centre (now The London StudiosThe London StudiosThe London Studios is a television studio complex which is owned by London Weekend Television and has been home to the London Weekend ITV provider since 1972...
), London (1972) - Qube (mixed use), London (2008)
- Victoria Street (offices and retail, Ashdown House), London (1975)
Awards
- Eternit prize 1976 (Victoria Street offices and retail)
- Carbuncle CupCarbuncle CupThe Carbuncle Cup is an architecture prize, given annually by the magazine Building Design to "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months". The award was based on an idea created by the Scottish architecture magazine Prospect, which has run the Carbuncle Awards since...
2008 (Radisson SAS Hotel, Jersey) - ElmbridgeElmbridgeElmbridge is a local government district and borough in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Esher. The district has only one civil parish, which is Claygate...
Design and Conservation Awards 2007 (The Heart, Walton-on-Thames)