Yorke Rosenberg Mardall


Yorke Rosenberg Mardall was a British architectural firm established by F. R. S. Yorke, Eugene Rosenberg and Cyril Mardall in 1944.

History

The international character of this modernist firm was created by Rosenberg, born in Slovakia and who practised architecture in Prague before the Second World War, and Mardall, born in Finland, as well as by the number of staff from all parts of the world. Their most notable trademark was the use of white ceramic tiles for the treatment of external façades inspired by Le Corbusier's use of tiles on the entrance drum of the Armée de Salut in Paris and the General Pensions Institute in Prague designed by Josef Havlíček and Karel Honzík and worked on by Rosenberg. Their main field of work was hospitals, schools, colleges, offices and industrial buildings as well as Gatwick airport.
David Allford became a partner in 1958, becoming joint senior partner in 1975. The company was floated on the stock market in 1987 as YRM plc, with David Allford as chairman.
In 2011 the company was sold to RMJM.

Notable projects