Ian Ritchie (architect)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. (June 2008) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. |
 |
This biographical article or section is written like a résumé. Please help improve it by revising it to be neutral and encyclopedic. (June 2008) |
Ian Ritchie is the director of Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd and co-founder of Rice Francis Ritchie (RFR) design engineers, Paris These practices have realised and contributed to major new works throughout Europe, including the Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art in Madrid, the Leipzig Glass Hall , the Louvre Sculpture Courts and Pyramids and La Villette Cité des Sciences in Paris, the Jubilee Line Extension and London Regatta Centre in London, The Spire of Dublin and the Royal Shakespeare Company Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Contents |
[edit] Exhibitions and Teaching
Ian Ritchie has designed exhibitions for The Hayward Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts and conceived exhibitions for Gasometer GmbH. He has been visiting Professor to Moscow State University, Technical University Vienna and Leeds University School of Civil Engineering, and taught at the Architectural Association.
[edit] Current Appointments
He is currently the Royal Academy of Arts’ Professor of Architecture and Chair of its Collections & Library Committee; CABE Emeritus Commissioner; Royal Shakespeare Company governor; Ove Arup Foundation advisor [1]; and is frequently asked to chair national and international juries.
[edit] Awards
Ian Ritchie received the French Academie d’Architecture Silver Medal for Innovation (2000), becoming the first foreign architect to join a small but illustrious list including Jean Prouvé, Felix Candela, Frei Otto, Buckminster Fuller and Peter Rice. His 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 the Advancement of Architecture, UK Millennium Product Awards including one for the EdF HV Pylons in France and many RIBA Awards, including being on the Stirling Prize shortlist four times.
[edit] Lectures and Publications
He lectures internationally on art, urbanism, regeneration, light, structures, glass technology and innovation, and publications include: (well) Connected Architecture, Ian Ritchie, Berlin/London 1994; The biggest glass palace in the world, Ian Ritchie & Ingerid Helsing Almaas, New York 1997; Alessandro Rocca: Ian Ritchie, Technoecologia, Milano 1998; Plymouth Theatre Royal Production Centre, London 2003; The Spire, London 2004; The RSC Courtyard Theatre, London 2006; The Leipzig Book of Drawings, RA, London 2007.
