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Sunand Prasad

Sunand Prasad MA (Cantab), AA Dip, PhD (RCA), PRIBA, FRSA, HonFRIAS is Senior Partner of architectural practice Penoyre & Prasad LLP, a multi sectoral practice with an internationally recognised profile in health, education and civic buildings.

As President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) from 2007 to 2009, he was responsible, amongst many other initiatives, for a number of projects designed to focus the energies of the profession upon the need to urgently address climate change, and was voted 26th in the Independent’s top 100 environmentalists list for his work in 'greening the RIBA'.

Post-Presidency, Sunand continues to campaign on behalf of the built environment professions for an equitable and effective climate treaty, and to highlight the professions' actual and potential contribution to combating climate change. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the UK Government's Innovation & Growth Team on Low Carbon construction which reported in November 2010.

In 2008 Sunand was appointed a member of the Mayor’s Design Advisory Panel for London. He also served two terms as a member of the Mayor of London’s 4th Plinth Commissioning Group helping select art works exhibited in Trafalgar Square.

He is a trustee of the think tank Centre for Cities and of Article 25, a charity set up in response to the 2005 Indian Ocean tsunami, to provide design and construction expertise to NGOs active in disaster relief and development.

In 2008 as part of the Cape Farewell programme, Sunand travelled to Greenland with a team of artists and scientists, committed to engaging the public in the cultural shift necessary to tackle climate change, and created an art installation that has been widely shown and exhibited, through the travelling exhibition 'Unfold'. Sunand became a Trustee of Cape Farewell in 2010.

Sunand was one of the founding Commissioners of the UK Government’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE); launched its highly regarded Enabling Programme and later led its work on Skills. He played a central part in the development of the Construction Industry Council’s Design Quality Indicators.

Sunand Prasad was born in 1950 and came with his family to the UK in 1962. Following studies at the University of Cambridge, The Architectural Association and a PhD from the Royal College of Art, he co-founded Penoyre & Prasad in 1988, He has since played a central role in the design and delivery of some 300 projects, as well as guiding the overall design philosophy of the practice which has won more than 80 awards.

Sunand has written about architecture and cultural diversity, the value of design, architecture and construction, hospital design, urbanism and domestic architecture of North India, and the work of Le Corbusier, as well as the work of Penoyre & Prasad. Sunand has taught and lectured in many schools of architecture, acted as external examiner and continues to be occasionally involved in teaching.

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 '''Sunand Prasad''' MA (Cantab), AA Dip, PhD (RCA), PRIBA, FRSA, HonFRIAS is Senior Partner of architectural practice Penoyre & Prasad LLP, a multi sectoral practice with an internationally recognised profile in health, education and civic buildings.
-As President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) from 2007 to 2009, he was responsible, amongst many other initiatives, for a number of projects designed to focus the energies of the profession upon the need to urgently address climate change, and was voted 26th in the Independent’s top 100 environmentalists list for his work in 'greening the RIBA'.
+As President of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] (RIBA) from 2007 to 2009, he was responsible, amongst many other initiatives, for a number of projects designed to focus the energies of the profession upon the need to urgently address climate change, and was voted 26th in the Independent’s top 100 environmentalists list for his work in 'greening the RIBA'.
 Post-Presidency, Sunand continues to campaign on behalf of the built environment professions for an equitable and effective climate treaty, and to highlight the professions' actual and potential contribution to combating climate change. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the UK Government's Innovation & Growth Team on Low Carbon construction which reported in November 2010.
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 In 2008 as part of the Cape Farewell programme, Sunand travelled to Greenland with a team of artists and scientists, committed to engaging the public in the cultural shift necessary to tackle climate change, and created an art installation that has been widely shown and exhibited, through the travelling exhibition 'Unfold'. Sunand became a Trustee of Cape Farewell in 2010.
-Sunand was one of the founding Commissioners of the UK Government’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment; launched its highly regarded Enabling Programme and later led its work on Skills. He played a central part in the development of the Construction Industry Council’s Design Quality Indicators.
+Sunand was one of the founding Commissioners of the UK Government’s [[Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment]] (CABE); launched its highly regarded Enabling Programme and later led its work on Skills. He played a central part in the development of the Construction Industry Council’s Design Quality Indicators.
 Sunand Prasad was born in 1950 and came with his family to the UK in 1962. Following studies at the University of Cambridge, The Architectural Association and a PhD from the Royal College of Art, he co-founded Penoyre & Prasad in 1988, He has since played a central role in the design and delivery of some 300 projects, as well as guiding the overall design philosophy of the practice which has won more than 80 awards.