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Sheppard Robson (previously ''Richard Sheppard, Robson & Partners'' ) is a British architecture firm, founded in 1938 by Sir Richard Herbert Sheppard, with offices in London, Manchester, Glasgow, and Abu Dhabi. It was particularly influential in the 1950s-60s, pioneering the use of concrete shell structures, and in the present day as a leader in sustainable architecture, building the UK's first net zero carbon house in 2007. ==History== Sheppard Robson was founded in 1938 by Richard Sheppard, (later knighted for his work in architecture), a technically skilled designer with a talent for developing new materials, who was disabled as a teenager by polio, and Jean Shufflebottom, his wife, a gifted architect in her own right. The company’s first big success was the Jicwood Bungalow in 1944, which used materials from aircraft manufacture. By 1950 the company had built a reputation for large modern projects, and Richard Sheppard had a new business partner, Geoffrey Robson, who added his name to the company’s. At first they specialized in schools, building more than 80 in the 1950s. In 1958 the company won a competition to design a science college and memorial to Winston Churchill - Churchill College, Cambridge. Later they branched out into other public buildings, and by the 70s they had built a strong reputation in commercial and retail buildings. In the 1980s the company went through a bad patch, getting a reputation for dullness. In 1984, it was discovered bidding to design prisons and multiple execution chambers for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. They were to be built in ‘high quality steel’. (Observer, 13 May 1984). After several modifications, the Libyans still rejected the firm's plans. In the 1990s and 2000s the company entered a period of growth with innovative, often large-scale buildings like The Helicon, Toyota/Lexus HQ, MediaCityUK, the Lighthouse, Barking Riverside and Siemens HQ Middle East. Many of these were important landmarks in the development of sustainable architecture. For instance, the Lighthouse was the UK’s first net zero carbon house, the Helicon was an early sustainable office/shop building, and MediaCityUK was built as a sustainable community, verified by international sustainability regulator BREEAM (the first corporate building to achieve this). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sheppard Robson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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