Eric Parry RA

Founder & Principal MA (Cantab) MA (RCA) AADipl RIBA

Eric Parry has developed a strong reputation for delivering beautifully crafted and high-quality contemporary buildings that respond to their context.

His practice, Eric Parry Architects, is renowned for cultural projects involving sensitive historic buildings such as the restoration of the historic St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square and the highly acclaimed new extension for the Holburne Museum of Art in Bath.

The practice is known for several prestigious commercial projects in London’s City and West End including 1 Undershaft which will become the tallest building in the City of London crowning the new cluster of planned skyscrapers in the Square Mile.

The practice’s work also include the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlisted schemes at 30 Finsbury Square and 5 Aldermanbury Square. The successful 8 St James’s Square broke a UK office rent record in 2015.

International projects include the residential schemes Damai Suria in Kuala Lumpur and the Westminster Nanpeidai in Tokyo for Grosvenor.

In addition to his work in architectural practice, Eric Parry serves on the Council of the RA, The Fabric Advisory Committee of Canterbury Cathedral and the Council of the British School at Rome.

He has in the past served on the Arts Council of England’s Visual Arts and Architecture panel, the London Mayor’s Design Advisory Panel and chaired the RIBA Awards Group.

His contribution to Academia includes fourteen years as Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Cambridge and lectureships at the Harvard University Graduate Design School, the Tokyo Institute of Technology and was President of the Architectural Association from 2005 - 2007.