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|birth_place =Sevagram, India
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|practice =Penoyre & Prasad LLP
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'''Sunand Prasad''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (born 1950, in [[Sevagram]], India) is a British architect and senior partner of [[architectural practice]] [[Penoyre & Prasad]], a multi sectoral practice with an internationally recognised profile in [[health]], [[education]] and civic buildings. He is a past President of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] (RIBA).

==Early life and education==
Prasad was brought up in central India and came with his family to the UK in 1962 when he was 12 years old.<ref name="about">[http://www.sunandprasad.com/about-me/ About me], Sunand Prasad election website www.sunandprasad.com. Retrieved 2012-02-06.</ref> He was educated at the [[University of Cambridge]], The [[Architectural Association School of Architecture|Architectural Association]] and obtained a PhD from the [[Royal College of Art]].<ref name="about" />

==Career==
Prasad co-founded [[Penoyre & Prasad]] in 1988<ref name="Guardian 07-2009">Guardian website ''[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/jul/13/sunand-prasad-architect-riba Portrait of the artist: Sunand Prasad, architect]'' 13 July 2009 (retrieved 2011-10-19)</ref> with Greg Penoyre.

In 2008 Prasad was appointed a member of the Mayor's Design Advisory Panel for London. He served two terms as a member of the [[Mayor of London]]’s [[Fourth Plinth]] Commissioning Group helping select art works for [[Trafalgar Square]].

He is a trustee of the think tank [[Centre for Cities]] and of [[Article 25]], a charity set up in response to the [[2005 Indian Ocean earthquake]] and is currently President of the Architects Benevolent Society.

From 2007 to 2009 Prasad was President of the [[RIBA]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110118095356/http://www.cabe.org.uk/news/commissioner-elected-as-next-riba-president CABE press release 25 July 2006]}}</ref>

He has campaigned on issues relating to [[climate change]] and the built environment and was listed 26th in the ''Independent's'' 2008 Green List.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/the-iiosi-green-list-britains-top-100-environmentalists-958711.html?action=Gallery&ino=26 Independent on Sunday October 2008]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{full citation needed|date=January 2014}}</ref>

In 2008 as part of the [[Cape Farewell, UK|Cape Farewell]] programme, Prasad travelled to Greenland with a team of artists and scientists, creating an [[art installation]] that has been exhibited through the travelling exhibition 'Unfold'. He became a Trustee of Cape Farewell in 2010.

Prasad was a founding Commissioner of the UK Government's [[Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment]] (CABE); launched its Enabling Programme and later led its work on Skills. He was involved in the development of the [[Construction Industry Council (United Kingdom)|Construction Industry Council]]’s [[Design Quality Indicator]].

Prasad has campaigned for an equitable and effective climate treaty. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the UK Government's Innovation & Growth Team on Low Carbon construction which reported in November 2010.

Prasad has contributed extensively to books and journals on a variety of subjects. He has been involved in teaching, lecturing and acting as an external examiner.

Already [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE), he was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2023 Birthday Honours]] for services to regeneration.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=64082|supp=y|page=B15|date=17 June 2023}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==
*[http://www.penoyreprasad.com/ Penoyre & Prasad website]
*[http://www.article-25.org/ Article 25 website]
*http://www.capefarewell.com/
*[http://www.architecture.com/ Royal Institute of British Architects]
*[http://www.dqi.org.uk/ Design Quality Indicator]

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