design masterplanning founded london 1938 founder sir richard herbert sheppard jean shufflebottom headquarters camden town london uk key people david ardill lee bennett helen berresford daniel cruddace james dick mark dillon dan burr andrew german rupert goddard claire haywood mark kowal malcolm mcgowan robert myers tony o brien tony poole martin sagar eugene sayers alan shingler alex solk website www.sheppardrobson.com sheppard robson previously richard sheppard robson & partners is a british architecture firm founded in 1938 by sir richard herbert sheppard with offices in london manchester glasgow and abu dhabi . it was particularly influential in the 1950s 1960s pioneering the use of concrete shell structures and in the present day as a leader in sustainable architecture building the uk s first net zero carbon house in 2007 . contents 1 history 2 sustainability 3 company 4 major projects 5 references 6 external links history edit sheppard robson was founded in 1938 by richard sheppard later knighted for his work in architecture a technically skilled designer with a talent for developing new materials who was disabled as a teenager by polio and jean shufflebottom his wife a gifted architect in her own right . the company s first big success was the jicwood bungalow in 1944 which used materials from aircraft manufacture . by 1950 the company had built a reputation for large modern projects and richard sheppard had a new business partner geoffrey robson who added his name to the company s. at first they specialized in schools building more than 80 in the 1950s . in 1958 the company won a competition to design a science college and memorial to winston churchill churchill college cambridge . later they branched out into other public buildings and by the 1970s they had built a strong reputation in commercial and retail buildings . in the 1990s and 2000s the company entered a period of growth with innovative often large scale buildings like the helicon toyota lexus hq mediacityuk the lighthouse barking riverside and siemens hq middle east . many of these were important landmarks in the development of sustainable architecture . for instance the lighthouse was the uk s first net zero carbon house the helicon was an early sustainable office shop building and mediacityuk was built as a sustainable community verified by international sustainability regulator breeam the first corporate building to achieve this . sustainability edit the lighthouse britain s first zero carbon house . sheppard robson is known for sustainable architecture which it helped to pioneer in the early 1990s with buildings like the helicon and the lighthouse which was the uk s first net zero carbon house . lancaster institute for the contemporary arts completed in 2010 was the first college or university to win a breeam outstanding rating for sustainability . the helicon was an early sustainable office shop building and mediacityuk was built as a sustainable community verified by the international sustainability regulator breeam the first corporate building to achieve this . company edit sheppard robson has four offices in london manchester glasgow and abu dhabi and about two hundred and fifty employees mostly architects . sheppard robson architects llp trading as sheppard robson became a limited liability partnership in 2014 also incorporating sheppard robson limited and sheppard robson international as limited companies all is run its nineteen partners . at the moment sheppard robson is the fourth biggest architectural practice in the uk . 1 sheppard robson has an interior design group id sr the largest integrated interior design group within a uk architecture practice which has produced work for bbc north channel 4 and london borough of newham . although sheppard robson is best known for its modern looking high impact buildings the company headquarters is a refurbished piano factory hidden in a courtyard in camden town london . major projects edit schools and universities churchill college cambridge loughborough university brunel university waingels college stockwell park high school london business school lancaster institute for contemporary arts lica arts and media bbc broadcasting house mediacityuk tate modern executive architects offices salvation army hq toyota hq the helicon motorola hq siemens hq middle east retail armani at 1 the avenue the helicon 1 hanover street apple s flagship in europe tesco love lane development woolwich science and healthcare nelson mandela children s hospital scottish centre for regenerative medicine scrm residential the lighthouse barking riverside international nelson mandela children s hospital minna airport city siemens hq middle east interiors london borough of newham channel 4 headquarters references edit sheppard robson emporis.com 1 accessed 30 december 2007 external links edit www.sheppardrobson.com sheppard robson s company website www.architectsjournal.co.uk a detailed article 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