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Pradumn Pamidighantam
Senior Architect · Barr Gazetas
Pradumn Pamidighantam, Senior Architect at Barr Gazetas, on Holbein Gardens, sustainable retrofit and net zero workplaces.
- Current role
- Senior Architect
- Practice
- Barr Gazetas
- Location
- London, UK
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2023
The story so far
The path behind Pradumn's work.
Pradumn Pamidighantam is a Senior Architect at Barr Gazetas, the London practice he joined in 2014. He studied at Liverpool and Nottingham Trent and completed his professional qualification in architecture. At Barr Gazetas he leads project teams and has spent around three years guiding the practice's work on Holbein Gardens, an award-winning sustainable retrofit of a 1980s office building off Sloane Square.
His interests span retrofit and reuse, net zero and operational carbon, circular economy materials, and smart, people-centred workplaces. He is a clear advocate for cutting through jargon, designing for the people who use buildings, and treating sustainability awareness as a core skill for the next generation of architects.
Episode 0188 · Architecture Social · 39:17
Redefining Green Spaces: The Story Behind Holbein Gardens, ft. Pradumn Pamidighantam at Barr Gazetas
Holbein Gardens shows how retrofit, circular economy thinking and smarter building technology can turn an existing office into a stronger sustainable workplace.
Inside the conversation
6 moments to start with- 01
00:00 · Introduction to Holbein Gardens and sustainable workplaces
- 02
05:00 · Barr Gazetas, retrofit and upgrading existing buildings
- 03
10:00 · Carbon measurement, LETI and emerging sustainability standards
- 04
15:00 · Circular economy, materials and cradle-to-cradle thinking
- 05
20:00 · Building technology, sensors and smarter workplace performance
- 06
25:00 · Portfolios, project engagement and what candidates should show
Profile in brief
The work and context behind Pradumn's conversation.
- Current role
- Senior Architect
- Practice
- Barr Gazetas
- Location
- London, UK
Continue exploring
Meet the practice behind the work.
At Barr Gazetas, our philosophy is simple. We create intelligent design that delights, elevates spaces and places with purpose, and puts people at heart. Transformative design underpins every aspect of our process. Our desire to improve, augment and originate feeds our aspiration to challenge convention and redefine…
- Greater London
- Commercial
- Mixed-Use
- Retrofit
Podcast · moments that play
Start where the idea starts.
- 05:00Pradumn Pamidighantam · Audio onlyListen from 05:00 in the full episode.
Barr Gazetas, retrofit and upgrading existing buildings
- 10:00Pradumn Pamidighantam · Audio onlyListen from 10:00 in the full episode.
Carbon measurement, LETI and emerging sustainability standards
- 15:00Pradumn Pamidighantam · Audio onlyListen from 15:00 in the full episode.
Circular economy, materials and cradle-to-cradle thinking
- 20:00Pradumn Pamidighantam · Audio onlyListen from 20:00 in the full episode.
Building technology, sensors and smarter workplace performance
- 25:00Pradumn Pamidighantam · Audio onlyListen from 25:00 in the full episode.
Portfolios, project engagement and what candidates should show
- 30:00Pradumn Pamidighantam · Audio onlyListen from 30:00 in the full episode.
Current projects and working across London
Selected work from Barr Gazetas
Three projects, one connected practice.
A closer look at the practice’s work
Holbein Gardens
A completed all-electric retrofit and extension that retains a 1980s structure while creating 25,000 sq ft of workplace in Belgravia.
View project →Grainhouse
A completed heritage-led workplace and mixed-use redevelopment unifying five historic Covent Garden buildings.
View project →42 Wigmore Street
A completed Marylebone workplace retrofit combining a renewed Georgian-language façade with improved circulation, amenities and outdoor space.
View project →