EPR Architects is a London-based architectural practice that originally started business under the names of its founders Elsom Pack & Roberts. It is known for commercial, residential and hotel projects.
Cecil Elsom CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(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'': "
e was anArchitect 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
Pimlico () is an area of Central London in the City of Westminster, built as a southern extension to neighbouring Belgravia. It is known for its garden squares and distinctive Regency architecture. Pimlico is demarcated to the north by London V ...
. The practice was listed in AJ100 for 2013 at position 17 out of the top 100 architectural practices. The company sponsors the New London Architecture centre and
UK Green Building Council
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) is a United Kingdom membership organisation, formed in 2007, which aims to 'radically transform' the way that the built environment in the UK is planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated.
The c ...
's Pinpoint.
National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/10) with Cecil Elsom in 1997 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library.
[National Life Stories, 'Elsom, Cecil (1 of 10) National Life Stories Collection: Architects' Lives', The British Library Board, 1997]
Retrieved 10 April 2018
Notable projects
*American Express, Brighton
* Ram Brewery, Wandsworth, London
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Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon
* 2 Waterhouse Square, London
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Greenwich Millennium Village
Greenwich Millennium Village (GMV) is a mixed-tenure modern development 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
* Parliament View, London
* Greenwich Millennium Village, Greenwich, London
* Twenty Rathbone Place, London
* 24 Savile Row, London with potter
Kate Malone
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Cardinal Place
Cardinal 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 ...
(offices and shopping centre), London (2006)
* Qube (mixed use), London (2008)
*Eastbourne Terrace, Paddington, London (1958) At the time of opening, the 18-storey building was one of the highest in Britain.
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Hammersmith Broadway
Hammersmith Broadway is a major transport node and shopping centre in Hammersmith, London.
History
The shopping centre opened in 1994, on the site of many now-demolished buildings, including The Clarendon Hotel (a music venue) and Palmers De ...
(offices, retail and transport interchange), London
*London Weekend Television Centre (now
The London Studios
The London Studios (also known as The South Bank Studios, The London Television Centre, ITV Tower, Kent House and LWT Tower) in Lambeth, Central London was a television studio complex owned by ITV plc and originally built for London Weekend Te ...
), London (1972)
*Victoria Street (offices and retail, Ashdown House), London (1975)
[''The Times'', Tuesday, December 9, 1975; pg. 13; Issue 59573]
References
External links
Official site
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Architecture firms based in London
Design companies established in 1947
1947 establishments in England