Prior to the establishment of Birds Portchmouth
Russum Architects 1989, the partners Andrew Birds, Richard
Portchmouth and Michael Russum previously worked for the
office of James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates
as project architects leading the design development of
various prestigious projects in Britain and overseas.
The partners have been invited as visiting critics to
many schools of architecture and taught a degree unit
at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College,
London. The practice has also exhibited work and lectured
in Europe, USA, India, Russia and Japan. The Architektur
Museum in Basle, Switzerland recently held a retrospective
of the practice’s work.