In a sequence of projects set in the City of Westminster - St Martin in the Fields, 50 New Bond Street, 23 Savile Row and Eagle Place next to Piccadilly Circus - Eric Parry has been exploiting the rich urban palimpsest to develop an architecture shaped by continuity and renewal, and characterised by a parallel exploration of construction and material. The architect is the arbitrator between the conflicting ambitions of a complex web of interests and holds the key to unlocking a better urban future, a process which Eric will illustrate through these projects.
Eric Parry studied at the University of Newcastle, the Royal College of Art and the AA and was elected Royal Academician in 2006. He was President of the Architectural Association from 2005–2007 and has served as a council member since 1995. He is also Chair of the RIBA Awards Group and has held lectureships at the University of Cambridge, Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Image: 5 Aldermanbury Square, London by Eric Parry Architects