Ian Ritchie Architects
Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd is a leading British architectural practice, founded in London in 1981 by Ian Ritchie.[1] The practice has received global recognition for their work, such as their RIBA Award-winning Terrasson Greenhouse[2] and London Regatta Centre,[3] and American Institute of Architects Award-winning Royal Shakespeare Company Courtyard Theatre.[4] The Leipzig Trade Fair Messe Glass Hall was awarded German Building of the Year,[5] whilst The Spire of Dublin was shortlisted for both the RIBA Stirling Prize and Mies van der Rohe Prize.[6]
Recognition
Ian Ritchie Architects was established in 1981 by architect Ian Ritchie CBE RA.[1] His practice has a reputation for delivering designs that are consistently cutting-edge in terms of techniques and materials, inventiveness, imaginativity conceived details, and an integration of architecture, engineering, and fabrication.[7]
The practice has received many national and international recognition, having been nominated for over 60 national and international awards and shortlisted four times for the RIBA Stirling Prize and European Mies Van der Rohe Prize.[1] Other awards including the Iritecna Prize for Europe;[1] Eric Lyons Memorial Award for European Housing;[8] Commonwealth Association of Architects Award for Innovation and the Advancement of Architecture;[8] IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering) Millennium;[5] and UK Millennium Product Awards.[8]
The practice has also been short-listed on four occasions for the RIBA Stirling Prize[1] for the Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform (1998),[9] the TR2 Production Centre at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth (2003),[10] the Spire of Dublin (2004)[6] and the RSC Courtyard Theatre (2007).[8]
The practice's work has been extensively exhibited. In the UK their work has been exhibited by the ICA, Tate Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, and the RIBA.[1] Internationally it has been exhibited in Tokyo, New York, São Paulo, Moscow, Vienna, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copenhagen, and Paris and Venice Biennales.[1]
Notable works
United Kingdom
- Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London[11]
- Royal Shakespeare Company: The Other Place[12]
- Wood Lane Underground Station[13]
- Westfield Shopping Centre (White City)[1]
- Royal Shakespeare Company: Courtyard Theatre[14]
- Plymouth Theatre Royal Production Centre[15]
- Scotland's Home of Tomorrow, Glasgow[16]
- London Regatta Centre[3]
- Bermondsey Underground Station[17]
- Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform[9]
- Ecology Gallery, Natural History Museum[18]
- Stockley Park Offices[19]
- Roy Square – The Watergardens[20]
Europe
- Spire of Dublin[1][21]
- EDF Pylons (400kV), France[1]
- Leipzig Trade Fair Messe Glass Hall, Germany (with gmp)[5]
- Terrasson Cultural Greenhouse, France[2]
- The Louvre Sculpture Courts and Inverted Pyramid, Paris (with I.M Pei and RFR)[22]
- Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, Madrid (with Onzono/Castro)[23]
- Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, La Villette, Paris[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Ian Ritchie RA". The Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- 1 2 "Terrasson". Ian Ritchie Architects. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- 1 2 "London Regatta". Ian Ritchie Architects. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ↑ http://www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk/projects/rsc_theatre/
- 1 2 3 "Leipzig Messe". Leipzig Messe. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- 1 2 http://miesianplaza.com/blog/2016/02/iconic-contemporary-architecture-in-dublin-the-spire/
- ↑ http://www.designersandbooks.com/designer/bio/ian-ritchie
- 1 2 3 4 "Awards". Ian Ritchie Architects. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- 1 2 "Concert Platform". Ian Ritchie Architects. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ↑ http://www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk/projects/plymouth/
- ↑ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/17052012-Sainsbury-Wellcome-Centre-contractor-appointment-building-work
- ↑ https://www.rsc.org.uk/press/releases/the-other-place-reopens
- ↑ https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2008/october/new-wood-lane-underground-station-opens
- ↑ http://www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk/projects/display/id/1489
- ↑ https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/working-details-production-centre-theatre-royal-plymouth-ian-ritchie-architects/143005.article
- ↑ http://www.agraar.com/residential
- ↑ http://modernarchitecturelondon.com/buildings/lu-bermondsey.php
- ↑ http://www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk/projects/ecology/
- ↑ http://www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk/projects/stockley_park/
- ↑ http://www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk/projects/roy_square/
- ↑ 7. http://www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk/projects/display/id/5146
- ↑ http://facadesconfidential.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/louvre-pyramids-revisited.html
- ↑ http://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/museum/history