Penoyre & Prasad has announced it will become part of global architecture practice Perkins & Will – which is itself part of the professional services giant Dar Group.

The London-based practice, founded in 1988 by Greg Penoyre and Sunand Prasad, said joining forces with Perkins & Will would give it “global resources” that would allow the team to “increase our reach” and fulfil the ambition to “design in a more holistic way”.

The practice will move its 35 staff to Perkins & Will’s current base at the Whitechapel Building near Aldgate. Penoyre & Prasad is expected to operate as a studio with in the Perkins & Will brand for “a few years” while the integration progresses.

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