Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd
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Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd is a leading British architectural practice, founded in London in 1981 by Ian Ritchie. Ritchie also co-founded the engineering firm Rice Francis Ritchie (RFR) [1] with Peter Rice and Martin Francis in Paris in 1981.
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[edit] Recognition
The practice has received many national and international awards including the Iritecna Prize for Europe, Eric Lyons Memorial Award for European Housing, Commonwealth Association of Architects Award for Innovation and the Advancement of Architecture, IABSE (International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers) Millennium Outstanding Structure Award and UK Millennium Product Awards, as well as being short-listed on four occasions for the RIBA Stirling Prize. These nominations were for the Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform (1998), the TR2 Production Centre at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth (2003), the Spire of Dublin (2004) and the RSC Courtyard Theatre (2007).
The practice's work has been extensively exhibited including, in the UK - ICA, Tate Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, RIBA; and, internationally, in Tokyo, New York, Sao Paulo, Moscow, Vienna, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris Biennale, Venice Biennale. Ian Ritchie's personal art work is in public collections at the Royal Academy, CARS Madrid, MAG Lodz.
[edit] Notable works
[edit] United Kingdom
- London Regatta Centre
- Wood Lane (Hammersmith & City Line) tube station
- Bermondsey tube station
- Jubilee Line Extension
- Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform
- Theatre Royal Production Centre in Plymouth
[edit] Europe
- Spire of Dublin
- Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art in Madrid
- Leipzig Trade Fair's Glass Hall
- the Louvre Sculpture Courts and Pyramids
- La Villette Cité des Sciences and the EDF Pylons (400+220kV) in France
