Ian Ritchie Architects
British architectural and design practice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ritchie Studio, formerly known as Ian Ritchie Architects, is a British architectural and design practice, based in London led by its founder Ian Ritchie.[1][2] Recently completed projects include the RIBA Award-winning Susie Sainsbury Theatre, the Angela Burgess Recital Hall for the Royal Academy of Music,[3] and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London.[4]
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Previous works of note include Stratford-upon-Avon's Royal Shakespeare Company Courtyard Theatre,[5] the Leipzig Trade Fair Messe Glass Hall, Europe's largest single volume glass building,[6] the Spire of Dublin,[7] the Terrasson Greenhouse[8] for the Gardens of the Imagination in Terrasson-Lavilledieu, and the London Regatta Centre.[9]
Recognition
Ian Ritchie CBE RA [1] founded Ian Ritchie Architects in 1981. It has twice been shortlisted for the European Mies van der Rohe Award[10] and on four occasions for the RIBA Stirling Prize:[1] for the Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform (1998),[11] the TR2 Production Centre at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth (2003),[12] the Spire of Dublin (2004)[7] and the RSC Courtyard Theatre (2007).[13] The Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall at the Royal Academy of Music was the RIBA London Region Building of the Year 2018.[14] The project received 17 major national and 4 international awards and was nominated for the EU Mies van der Rohe Award.[15]
Other awards include Premio Internazionale Ischia di Architettura Innovation Prize;[16] the Iritecna Prize for Europe;[1] Eric Lyons Memorial Award for European Housing;[13] Commonwealth Association of Architects Robert Matthew Award for Innovation and the Advancement of Architecture;[17] IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering) Outstanding Structure Award for the Leipzig Glass Hall;[18] and UK Design Council Millennium Product Awards for the 'f' EDF VHV transmission towers and Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform.[13] In the UK the practice's work has been exhibited at the ICA, Tate Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts and the RIBA.[1] Internationally it has been shown in Tokyo, New York, São Paulo, Moscow, Vienna, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copenhagen, and the Paris and Venice Biennales.[1]
Notable works
United Kingdom
- Royal Academy of Music: The Susie Sainsbury Theatre and The Angela Burgess Recital Hall[14]
- Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London[19]
- Royal Shakespeare Company: The Other Place[20]
- Wood Lane Underground Station[21]
- Westfield London (White City)[1]
- Royal Shakespeare Company: Courtyard Theatre[22]
- Plymouth Theatre Royal Production Centre[23]
- Scotland's Home of Tomorrow, Glasgow[24]
- London Regatta Centre[9]
- Bermondsey Underground Station[25]
- Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform[11]
- Ecology Gallery, Natural History Museum[26]
- Stockley Park Offices[27]
- Roy Square – The Watergardens[28]
Europe
- Spire of Dublin[1][29]
- EDF transmission towers (400kV), France[1]
- Leipzig Trade Fair Messe Glass Hall, Germany (with gmp)[6]
- Terrasson Cultural Greenhouse, France[8]
- The Louvre Sculpture Courts and Inverted Pyramid, Paris (with I.M Pei and RFR)[30]
- Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, Madrid (with Onzono/Castro)[31]
- Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, La Villette, Paris[1]
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