Sunand is a founding partner of Penoyre & Prasad LLP, and Immediate Past President of the Royal Institute of British Architects.  He was born in India in 1950 and came to the UK in 1962 with his family.  He trained at the University of Cambridge and the Architectural Association and was partner at Edward Cullinan Architects before practicing on his own and forming Penoyre & Prasad together with Gregory Penoyre in 1988. 

He was a founding Commissioner for the UK Government’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, established the CABE Enabling Programme and chaired its Skills Programme. He founded the RIBA’s Constructive Change group and played a leading role in the development of Design Quality Indicators for the Construction Industry Council. As VP for Policy and Strategy he kicked off the RIBA’s strategy and action on climate change and continues to lead it.

Sunand has taught and lectured in many schools of architecture in the UK and India and acted as an external examiner.  His theoretical work includes research in North Indian urbanism and domestic architecture, writings on Le Corbusier, on architecture and cultural diversity and the exploration of the value of design.  He is the author of Transformations: The Architecture of Penoyre & Prasad (2007) and editor of Changing Hospital Architecture (2008). He has made numerous contributions to conferences and events relating to Architecture and Urban Design. 

He lives in London with his family in a house designed and built together with friends.

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