The delivery of the Lewisham Gateway project in South London has taken a major step forward following a planning committee meeting which gave unanimous approval for Phase One of the scheme.

Muse Developments is delivering Lewisham Gateway in partnership with the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, London Borough of Lewisham, Transport for London…

The Department for Communities and Local Government formally released the legislation setting out the relaxation in permitted development rights from office to residential use on 9th May. The changes will come into force at the end of May and are set to last for three years.

Whilst a high number of local authorities across the country applied…

PRP has produced a practice brochure this year as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. The brochure highlights key projects from across the practice and reflects the truly multidisciplinary nature of PRP. Projects range from Rubicon Court, which was the first completed residential phase in Kings Cross to the regeneration of the iconic Maiden Lane…

PRP Manchester working with Seddon Construction for Trafford Housing Trust (THT) has just completed a £7.5m sustainable refurbishment of three multi storey tower blocks in Old Trafford, kickstarting the new Old Trafford Masterplan.

THT commissioned PRP to redevelop the tower blocks. The Trust had a vision to refurbish the towers as a catalyst…

PRP is marking its fiftieth year in practice with an exhibition at the NLA, Building Centre. This exhibition celebrates 50 years of PRP and will run from 25 April to 27 May. It charts the growth of the practice from its first project, The Ryde in Hatfield in 1963, through to the current day, as one of the UK's leading multidisciplinary practices.…

Chairman of the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), Robert Napier, has announced the new appointments to its specialist Vulnerable and Older People Advisory Group (VOPAG).

Among the new appointments is president of the Local Government…

PRP as part of the consortium, Solutions for North Tyneside, has been named as preferred bidder to deliver North Tyneside's 'Quality Homes for Older People' PFI project. The consortium which is lead by Equitix, Miller Construction and Keepmoat, covers 26 sites in the North Tyneside area including 16 remodelled existing schemes and 10 new build Extra…

Berkeley Homes has recently submitted a detailed planning application for Blocks C and D of the Over Station Development (OSD) at its Royal Arsenal Riverside development. The overall OSD scheme is positioned over the proposed Woolwich Crossrail station and will provide 592 apartments over six blocks of varying heights, tenure and use.  Delivery of…

Earlier this year, UK-GBC, along with PRP Architects, launched the Rising Star Award, which honours a member of the built environment community based in the UK who has driven change and innovation around sustainability. In a ceremony as part of our 6th…

PRP will be present throughout Ecobuild this week and will be speaking at the following seminar sessions so hopefully we'll see you there.

We are also announcing the winner of the Rising Star…

The winner of the inaugural Rising Star Award will be announced at Ecobuild during UKGBC's 6th Birthday members' reception.  The award will be presented by Andrew Mellor, PRP and Mark Fretwell during a ceremony which takes place in the UK-GBC Village (stand N730) on Wednesday 6 March, at 5pm.

PRP and UKGBC…

WGBC to launch the Business Case for Green Buildings Report in partnership with PRP at Ecobuild this year.

See below for details:

Wednesday March 6th 2013 | EcoBuild Arena, South Hall

13.30 – 14.15 | IS THERE A CASE FOR GREEN BUILDINGS?
Join us for the first look at the World Green…

Long Lane a key section of the Great Kneighton development on the southern fringe of Cambridge has this week received planning approval. The proposal covers 5.4 hectares and will provide 273 homes.

Working in collaboration for developer Homes by Skanska, PRP and C.F. Møller Architects have designed a contemporary masterplan which retains…

Eric Pickles has yesterday (24th January 2013) formally announced planning measures which will ensure empty and under-used offices can be swiftly converted into much needed housing to make the most use out of previously developed land.

A consultation on relaxing change of use rules for commercial properties to residential was initially held…

In memory of Mel Starrs, who believed passionately in creating a better built environment, UKGBC and PRP have created this unique award for an outstanding innovator in the building industry who has acted as a catalyst for change in relation to sustainability and environmental performance.

The Rising Star Award, in its inaugural year in 2013,…

A planning application has been submitted to Camden Council for the regeneration of the iconic Maiden Lane estate, which will provide an additional 265 new homes for the London Borough of Camden. The new homes have been sensitively designed by PRP Architects to blend with the renowned estate, with a high quality approach to architectural design and…

A cross-party group of MPs and peers highlight in a report published today (Wednesday 21 November) shows how design can to create movement in the housing market, improve the health and wellbeing of older people and create new housing options for younger people and families.

The report is a result of a five month inquiry into the progress…

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has launched a £3 million research project which will lead to a comprehensive behavioural study involving householders focused on heat and energy consumption in the UK.

The study – which will involve thousands of householders - is part of the ETI's £100 million Smart Systems and Heat (SSH) technology…

PRP's St. Mary's and St. Peter's Primary School in Teddington has been recently completed this summer and has been accepted to be part of the London Open House event.

The school was expanded from 2 Forms of Entry to 3 Forms of Entry. Our project provides 7 additional classrooms and enhanced pupil and staff facilities as well as a new main…

PRP Architects, London Borough of Brent and L&Q have recently completed the first stage of their £600 million, 48 hectare regeneration masterplan scheme in South Kilburn, Brent.

The complex, named Watling Place, features 113 affordable, 20 shared ownership and 20 private sale homes including 24 family maisonettes and 7 family apartments.…

Out of respect for Mel's family we have delayed releasing a message from PRP.

With great sadness we inform you that Mel Starrs sadly collapsed at home last weekend on a perfectly normal Saturday morning.  All at PRP send our condolences to her family and friends and are deeply shocked by her passing.

Mel Starrs was devoted to environmental…

Wednesday night was a great success for PRP Architects as its Myatts Field North regeneration scheme in Camberwell won 'Best Project' at the Housing Design Awards and Pilgrim Gardens in Evington was awarded the HAPPI Project Award, the second successive win for PRP in these categories.

Myatts Field is owned by Lambeth Borough Council and…

The Greggs Wood Estate in Sherwood, Tunbridge Wells has just received full planning permission for redevelopment by Tunbridge Wells Council.

The new development has been designed by PRP for Town and Country Housing Group and the application forms part of the wider Sherwood neighbourhood to the north east of Tunbridge Wells. The estate is…

PRP will be attending Ecobuild 2012, with many of our senior staff holding seminars on topics from BIM to high rise refurbishment. For a full list of details please see below:

Wednesday 21 March

10.30-12.00 Greenwatt Way: lessons learnt from delivering a zero carbon community

• Andy…

PRP will be at MIPIM this year and hosting various networking events, so do get in touch if you would like to meet any of the following:

• Andy von Bradsky, Chairman, PRP
• Andrew Mellor, Partner, PRP
• Michael Graham, Director, PRP

Michael Graham will also be speaking on the London…

"We welcome that the Coalition recognises the role housing supply can play in stimulating the economy and the package of measures announced in the Housing Strategy and confirmed today should go some way towards achieving that.

"The New Build Indemnity scheme is a positive step to increasing the likelihood of securing mortgage finance for…

The regeneration of the Haggerston West and Kingsland Estates took a significant step forward last week, as Hackney Borough Council granted planning approval for Phase 2 of the development. Housing association L&Q have now secured all the planning approval necessary to progress with their ambitious plans for the area.

The Haggerston West…

Greg Barker, the Energy and Climate Change Minister visited the Rampton Drift retrofit project in Cambridgshire last Monday 31 October as the project has become a pilot for how the Green Deal will be rolled out next year.  The project which has just been completed by PRP architects, with Wilmott Dixon as contractors, for South Cambridgeshire District…

Click here to view ITV news coverage of Greg Barker visiting PRP’s Green Deal pilot retrofit project for South Cambs council on Monday 31 October 2011.

A short film on Trees, PRP’s Extra Care scheme in Highgate, which has been compiled by the Housing Design Awards team.

Following its international launch by the Zero Carbon Hub in South Africa in September 2011, the latest edition of the Zero Carbon Compendium has now gone live on its own dedicated website, designed by PRP Graphics: www.lowcarbonhomesworldwide.com . It is excellent for a quick understanding of…

Work has now commenced on the £1.9 million extension of the Beatrix Potter school, which has been designed by PRP Architects for the London Borough of Wandsworth. The new Junior wing will comprise six new classrooms and features a new resource centre and ICT suite and programmed for occupation by early 2012.

Beatrix Potter Primary School…

Last Tuesday 6 September, PRP received full planning approval from Lambeth Borough Council for a new landmark community facility and park in Myatt's Field North, which will be one of the largest new parks in London outside the Olympics. The site is owned by Lambeth Borough Council and is being developed as part of a PFI consortium with Regenter and…

PRP host a lively panel discussion with industry professionals. A debate on ‘Greening our Cities’ in association with Open City’s ‘Green Sky Thinking’.

For full details of this event please download the invite.

Planning permission was granted by Leicester City Council last Tuesday, 30 August, for an assisted living scheme containing 31 assisted living flats, designed by PRP for Pilgrim Homes.

The new complex will share the site of Pilgrim Homes' existing care home in Evington, although it will be an entirely separate entity. The name, 'Pilgrim Gardens'…

PRP was awarded three Housing Design Awards last Thursday, 14 July at Portcullis House in the Houses of Parliament. Twelve awards were given altogether and PRP achieved the highest number of any one practice. PRP did exceptionally well in the HAPPI category, sweeping the board and winning first place in both the Completed and Project award categories.

As localism becomes a reality, over 100 leading property professionals, local authority representatives and government officials gathered last week in Cambridge, a renowned planning hot spot, to discuss how this new system will translate on the ground.

The event, sponsored by leading developer and contractor Hill and international architectural…

PRP Architects has completed the overall design for a former Victorian pottery works in Stoke-on-Trent, to form a new demonstration and learning facility, the 'Centre of Refurbishment Excellence' (CoRE).

CoRE will provide an integrated facility to bring together the UK's talent, training and technologies to demonstrate best practice in sustainable…

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Associate Director at PRP, Stephen McGrath, is holding an exhibition of his artworks 'Corpus' at The Gallery, 54 Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London, W1J 7QX from 4 to 10 April 2011. It which will display 25 new artworks including a series of prints, canvasses and watercolours.

The artworks are meditations on the ways in which the human body…

Work is about to commence on the redevelopment of the first phase of Wornington Green, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's largest regeneration scheme for decades. Designed by PRP Architects this scheme will preserve the rich architectural history of this area (over 14 acres) and reinstate historic links between the Portobello Road and…

Further to the successful planning approval of the Myatts Field North regeneration masterplan, PRP has now submitted for detailed planning approval plans for the new landmark community facility and park, which will be one of the largest new parks in London outside the Olympics.

The site is owned by Lambeth Borough Council and is being developed…

PRP International has recently relocated to new offices in the famous Red October building, which was a former chocolate factory, and is located on an island in the Moscow River in the heart of the City's historic centre. This move allows the accommodation of its expanding team, which is now close to 20 strong with a newly appointed Director, Raymond…

Building work has now been completed on four energy-efficient prototype homes, which aim to dramatically reduce bills for heating and hot water. Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) teamed up with architects PRP and contractor City Building to build the prototypes, known as 'The Glasgow House', which feature high standards of insulation, coupled with…

One of the UK's largest zero carbon developments has just been unveiled in Slough, Berkshire. Greenwatt Way, a groundbreaking project from energy provider SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) was designed by PRP Architects, built by Bramall Construction and engineered by AECOM.

The development uses the latest construction methods and technologies…

Leading architectural practice PRP has completed the central masterplan of one of China's largest Cities, Chongqing. Chongqing covers an area larger than Hong Kong and is the key industrial city in Western China.

The 'Two Rivers/ Four Shore' masterplan covers the Yuzhong peninsula, which is an area over 12 km², including the central…

A pioneering £3 million project is now underway to design a supply chain solution to improve the energy efficiency of the vast majority of the 26 million UK homes which will still be in use by 2050.

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), a public private partnership tasked with developing 'mass scale' technologies that will help the UK…

The Extra Care Housing in the Kidbrooke regeneration has won Best HAPPI Project Scheme at the Housing Design Awards 2010. Designed by PRP Architects, the Extra Care Housing forms part of the regeneration of Kidbrooke being undertaken by Berkeley Homes (Urban Renaissance) in partnership with Greenwich Council, the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA)…

Leading architectural practice PRP, has designed an innovative whole house retrofit solution at 98 Willow Road in Dartford, as part of the Technology Strategy Board's (TSB) Retrofit for the Future Competition. The project which was completed this week, was in conjunction with Dartford Borough Council and Connaught Partnerships Ltd (who undertook…

Leading architectural practice PRP, has designed a whole house retrofit solution at 31 Byron Square in Cambridge. The project which was completed this week, was in conjunction with Cambridge City Council, which owns the property and contractor Hill Partnerships. The completed three-bedroom, semi detached property has undergone a complete low carbon…

31 Byron Square is a 'Retrofit for the Future' competition winner. PRP has undertaken a 'whole house retrofit' on this occupied house in Cambridge.

There is now a blog http://blog.hillpartnerships.co.uk/byronsquare/ which has regular updates on the progress and…

Leading architectural practice, PRP, hope the newly formed coalition Government will lead to a balanced approach to the housing agenda across the UK, as the construction industry is vital to the UK economy.

In particular PRP urges the Government to consider the following:

• The construction industry is one…

PRP's proposals for Extra Care Housing on the Ferrier Estate, which form part of phase two of the regeneration programme being built by Berkeley Homes, have now received planning permission with the support of CABE and the HCA. The project sets an important precedent in placing attractive housing for older people at the heart of an urban regeneration…

PRP Graphics, the graphic design and visualization team at leading architects PRP, has launched its stand alone graphic design offer with the creation of a new identity and suite of logos for Galvin Restaurants.

Galvin is launching a new flagship restaurant in a converted Grade II listed chapel in Spitalfields London and in the adjoining…

PRP Landscape's ground breaking design, which won the BRE Innovation Park Sustainable Landscape competition in March, was revealed at INSITE09 – BRE's four day showcase of low carbon and sustainable buildings – on Monday 1 June.

The winning design incorporates the latest in sustainable design and the key features include:

• A…

Leading architectural practice, PRP, has revealed the next steps for Clapham Park, which will see the development of a further 120 homes comprising 54 affordable and 66 private sale units. The development, which will incorporate a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant which will eventually provide heat and power for over 70 per cent of the new homes…

PRP, one of the UK's leading architectural practices, in collaboration with Quintain, has won the prestigious Best Waste Initiative Award at this year's Sustainable Housing Awards, which took place in London's Hilton Hotel on Friday 23rd October.

The Award was presented to PRP and Quintain for their work in designing and developing Forum…

NHBC Foundation, Zero Carbon Hub and PRP have launched the first worldwide comparison of low carbon housing. The report provides the first ever global snapshot of individual countries' progress towards achieving lower energy emissions and zero carbon targets in housing.

The Zero Carbon Compendium: a record of who's doing what in housing worldwide…

Date: 10-13 March 2009
Venue: Cannes, France

PRP is exhibiting at MIPIM 2009. Come and visit us and our team on the London Stand, RSV.01-F.

PRP delegates include:

• Andy von Bradsky, Chairman
• Andrew Mellor, Group Director
• Michelle Rosello, Marketing Manager

We…

PRP participated in "the world's biggest event dedicated to sustainable design, construction and the built environment."

Wednesday 4 March

Seminar stream: Refurbishing Britain
Greg Slater, Associate Director will be presenting: "Profiting from Sustainable Refurbishment" at 15h30 – 17h30

Thursday…

Today's current economic crisis provides an ideal opportunity to re-evaluate and identify new and better procurement methods essential for restarting the UK's struggling house building market in the UK – a key conclusion drawn by PRP, URBED and Design for Homes at the launch of their research paper, Beyond Eco-towns, Applying the Lessons from Europe.

The…

PRP unveils concepts from its 'A HOME 4 LIFE' design competition as architects are challenged to apply inclusive and sustainable design principles to all new housing.

25 September 2008: Space standards will become a central issue if architects are to comply with Government policy, which aims to extend 'inclusive' and 'sustainable' design…

NEW RESEARCH REVEALS SUCCESSFUL EUROPEAN MODELS HOLD THE KEY TO UK ECO-TOWN DEVELOPMENT

• Research group identifies 4 overriding principles to facilitate success of eco-towns
• European exemplar schemes all demonstrate 6 critical success factors under broad themes relating to connectivity, community, climate…

• A new coalition – The Existing Homes Alliance – sets out the action required to put the UK housing stock on the road to deep cuts in carbon emissions and energy bills.
• Up to half a million homes must be refurbished every year, starting now, if we are to cut UK carbon emissions by the necessary 80 per cent by 2050.

The…

Thursday, 29 May 2008: PRP has submitted an application for detailed planning consent for what will be the first 100% affordable housing scheme in the Highgate area for Hill Homes and One Housing Group.

The development, known as Trees, takes its name from the many mature and protected trees which are present on the site. It will provide 40…

Grove Village, the UK's first housing PFI project, won PFI Project of the Year at yesterday evening's Building Awards event. The project transformed the council estate in Ardwick into a sustainable, mixed-tenure urban village.