Sheppard, Robson and Partners

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Richard Sheppard, Robson & Partners (now called simply Sheppard Robson) is an architecture firm founded in 1938^[1] by Sir Richard Herbert Sheppard and responsible for the design of over eighty schools, as well as buildings at Loughborough University, the University of Leicester, Brunel University, City University, the University of Durham, the University of Newcastle, Manchester Polytechnic, Imperial College, London, and, most notably, Churchill College, Cambridge. Recent work for the University of Manchester includes the Alan Turing Building. The firm has offices in London, Manchester, and since October 2007 Glasgow. Sheppard Robson is a non-limited company^[2], although (Sheppard Robson International is ^[3]) employs over 300 people and has won over 90 awards^[4]. It is currently the fifth biggest architectural practice in the UK^[5]

[edit] References

1. ^ Flash animation on website gives founding date as 1938 but this has not been verified)
2. ^ CreditGate record for company [1]
3. ^ Sheppard Robson International, Companies House [2], accessed 30/12/2007
4. ^ The Practice, flash animation on Sheppard Robson website [3]
5. ^ Sheppard Robson, Emporis.com [4], accessed 30/12/2007

[edit] External links

• Official website only gives address and link to a flash animation, no informative web site as of 30/12/2007.