Birds Portchmouth Russum Architects was established in January 1989, when the partners left the office of James Stirling and Michael Wilford to develop their competition winning design for the highly acclaimed Avenue de Chartres Carpark in Chichester.

Since then the practice has moved on to undertake a wide range of projects and have been invited to a number of competitions, many of which the practice has won. BPR’s work has been exhibited throughout the world and was the subject of a major retrospective at the Architektur Museum in Basle in 2002. BPR have become known for the their beautiful drawings, original approach and innovative solutions for the built environment. BPR continue to strive for excellence and have gained a reputation for delivering extraordinary designs of exceptional value for their clients and the wider community.

BPR’s projects both built and unbuilt have earned the practice 11 design awards to date, including the Royal Academy ‘Best Architecture’ award for their work on the Bellmouth Bridges in 2002, the RIBA Award for the Avenue de Chartres Carpark and a Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award for the Plashet School Footbridge in 2001.

In March 2006 BPR produced competition winning design for a pair of foot and cycle bridges for a new development in Rochester, to be built next year.