Studio PDP, formerly known as Paul Davis + Partners or PDP London, is an architectural practice based in the UK. Founded in 1994, Chairman Paul Davis, retired from the practice as chairman in 2013, with the other 10 partners continuing to lead. Its head office is at Eccleston Yards,

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

; in recent years it has expanded, opening an office in Hong Kong, in 2011, and offices in Bath and Madrid in 2018. It has been in the ''

Architects' Journal ''Architects' Journal'' is an architectural magazine published in London by Metropolis International. History The first edition was produced in 1895. Originally named ''The Builder's Journal and Architectural Record'', from 1906 to 1910 it was ...

'' AJ 100 list of the top 100 UK practices, in 2012 winning the awards for Practice of the Year, and Sustainable Practice of the Year, whilst also being highly commended in the categories for Fastest Growing Practice and International Practice of the Year.

Notable projects

Cambridge House Cambridge House is a Grade I listed former townhouse in central London, England. It sits on the northern side of Piccadilly at number 94, in the fashionable district of Mayfair. , the property is being converted into a luxury hotel and seven r ...

Hotel, formerly premises of the In and Out Club, London *3-10

Grosvenor Crescent Grosvenor Crescent is a street in London's Belgravia district, that in December 2017 was ranked as the UK's most expensive residential street, with an average house price of £16,918,000. Grosvenor Crescent runs from the north-east corner of Belg ...

, London *Park Lane for the

Dorchester Collection Dorchester Collection is a luxury hotel operator owned by the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA), an arm of the Ministry of Finance of Brunei. Dorchester Collection owns and manages nine luxury five star hotels: The Dorchester (London), The Beverly H ...

, London *Code 5 Housing Project, Carryduff, Belfast *100 Princedale Road, London * Duke of York Square, London *The Westminster Terrace, Hong Kong *

Saatchi Gallery The Saatchi Gallery is a London art gallery, gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, mov ...

, London * Cadogan Hall, London *St George's Church Tufnell Park, London

Sustainability

The practice has a close collaboration with Eight Associates who focus on the delivery of

BREEAM BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method), first published by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in 1990, is the world's longest established method of assessing, rating, and certifying the sustainability of ...

accredited sustainable buildings. In 2010 Studio PDP completed work on the refurbishment of a social housing project (100 Princedale Road), to

Passivhaus "Passive house" (german: Passivhaus) is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building, which reduces the building's ecological footprint. It results in ultra-low energy buildings that require little energy for space heating or coo ...

standards, reducing CO₂ emissions by 83% and using 94% less energy. Described by the founder of Passivhaus as "one of the most advanced worldwide"; it won the award for best small housing project at the AJ Retrofit awards 2012.

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* {{Authority control Architecture firms based in London