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| Industry | Architecture |
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| Predecessor | Michael Squire Associates |
| Founded | 1976 in London |
| Founder | Michael Squire |
| Headquarters | London |
| Website | squireandpartners |
Squire and Partners is a British architectural firm founded in 1976 [1] known for designing and executing buildings on key sites in London and internationally.
Key projects cover a range of sectors, varying from small bespoke fitouts to large-scale urban masterplans:
Office projects include headquarters for the British fashion brand Reiss and Britain's largest public trade union UNISON HQ, [2] prominent Central London developments at 5 Hanover Square, [3] and 11 Baker Street, and bespoke interiors at the Stratton Street offices in Mayfair, London. [4]
Masterplans include sites at One Tower Bridge, [5] Chelsea Barracks, [6] West India Quay, and most recently the Shell Centre on the Southbank [7] and the St. John's Wood Square redevelopment of St John's Wood Barracks.
Hotel projects include the five star Bulgari Hotel & Residences in London [8] with Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners, the boutique Rockwell Hotel, [9] and the Hilton Liverpool.
Squire and Partners has designed many of London's "prime presidential" developments [10] including Chelsea Barracks, One Tower Bridge, Clarges Mayfair, Ebury Square, Netherhall Gardens and The Knightsbridge Apartments.
Other projects include an education centre for the British Council in Nairobi [11] where the Visual Arts Department commissioned a site specific work for the new building from artist David Tremlett [12] and Howick Place, an arts based hub of apartments and studios for designer tenants including Tom Ford, Marc Newson and a gallery for Phillips de Pury. [13]
Squire and Partners also have their own property and business portfolio, including Urban Golf, which operates three indoor golf venues with golf simulators in Central London, a bar and restaurant at 06 St. Chads Place, mixed-use developments at Northdown Street and Clapham Park Road, The Rockwell Hotel, a house and apartment development on Liverpool Road, and the practice's own offices at 77 Wicklow Street.
Michael James Squire (1946–2023) was the founder of Michael Squire Associates with Paul Harrison in 1976, which evolved into Squire and Partners and remained involved with the practice until his death on 4 May 2023, at the age of 77. [14] [15]
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Sir Basil Urwin Spence, was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Modernist/Brutalist style.
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Raglan Squire (1912-2004) was a British architect known for his building designs in London and many parts of the world. He was also one of the chief architects who rebuilt Eaton Square in London's Belgravia district between 1945 and 1949 as part of the Temporary Housing Programme.
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EPR Architects is a London-based architectural practice first established in late 1945 by Cecil Elsom CBE before becoming Elsom, Pack and Roberts in 1947, under the names of its founders, Cecil Elsom, William Pack and Alan Roberts. It is known for delivering architecture, masterplanning and interior design with particular expertise in the hospitality, workplace and residential sectors.
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