Yves Pierre Kernisan was born in Haiti in 1936. Details about his early education are not known to us beyond the fact that he obtained a DipArch in the US, arriving in New York, from Haiti, in 1962. By 1966 he was in the UK, where he enrolled on the postgraduate ‘General Design’ course run by the Architectural Association’s (AA) Department of Development and Tropical Studies, in London. He graduated with a postgraduate Diploma in July 1967 and appears to have remained in the UK, becoming a naturalised citizen in 1973. He founded his own practice, ‘Environmental Design and Planning Consultants’ (EDPC) in 1986, together with a series of subsidiary companies, focusing upon structural engineering, interior design and architectural planning.

Sources

• Architectural Association Student Register, 1945-71. AA Archives
• Architectural Association Membership Register, 1974. AA Archives                                                                                         
• Architectural Association Membership Register, 1969. AA Archives
• Architectural Association Membership Register, 1974. AA Archives
• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Number: 2848504; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3998; NARA Roll Number: 749
• Greypower Deceased Data; Compiled By Wilmington Millennium; West Yorkshire, England; England and Wales Death Indexes
• London Gazette, 15th June, 1973, p7355
• ‘Yves Pierre Kernisan: Personal Appointments,’ Companies House, UK Government Website. Accessed 9th December, 2025: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/krnYdXNISEgGdCt1aX_uhInKCqg/appointments