Cecil Elsom, the founding partner of EPR died on Monday 3rd April '06 aged 94 following a short illness.

Born of Latvian parents, Cecil qualified in the late 1930’s and met early success, winning a competition for Welwyn Garden City Town Hall. His career was interrupted by the Second World War, from which he returned with the rank of captain.

It was in 1947 that he set up the practice which was to become EPR. Cecil was one of a group of charismatic architects whose careers flourished in the development boom of the 1950’s. It was in this period that he formed a close association with Max, later Lord Rayne, the founder of London Merchant Securities with whom we are still working today, notably on the Tottenham Court Road project, being led by Peter Fishwick and his team.

Cecil was joined in the late 50’s by Bill Pack and Alan Roberts, and as Elsom Pack and Roberts created a thriving practice which in the mid 90’s was renamed as EPR.