Ian Richie Architects

est. 1981, London & Leipzig (1993-96) Sole Principal
Ian Ritchie also co-founded Rice Francis Ritchie (RFR), design engineering office in Paris (1981).
Liaison Offices in Berlin and Paris.

International awards include:
AD Silver Medal 1983. Lyogs Award for European Housing 1991. lrftecna Prize for Europe 1992. FT Commendation 1992.
The Commonwealth Association of Architects Award for Innovation and the Advancement of Contemporary Architecture 1994.
Benedictus Award (US) 1997. AIAAward 1997. Civic Trust Award 1998. RFAC Building oftheyear (Arts) 1998. RIBA Award (2) 1998

Special Interests in museology, theatre, engineering, glass, lighting, landscape, and collaborative research with industry. Internationally renowned projects on which we have been commissioned Include: Reina Sofia Museum of Modem Art, Madrid. The Louvre Museum (pyramids & sculpture courts); La Villette Science CR6 - Bioclimati-. façades, Paris. Leipzig International Exhibition Centre Glass Hall; The Ecology Gallery at The Natural History Museum; BB Offices at Stockley Park; Eagle Rock House, Sussex. Bermondey Underground Station, London. Terrasson Cultural Greenhouse, P6rigord, Albert Theatre & Sports Centre, France. EdF H.H. Pylons, France. Crystal Palace Park Concert Pip@.orm.

Recent and Current Projects Include:
UK: Royal Albert Dock Regatta Centre. Royal Opera House 2,500 seat Theatre at Tower Bridge. Rearch/Offices Building Oxford Science Park. Meridian Cosmosphere, Greenwich. Museum of London Rotunda History Centre (competition winners l995). R&D British Steel steel strip products. TUC Refurbishment. New Crystal Palace leisure Development (competition winners 1996). Plymouth Theatre Royal Production Centre (competition winners 1997). Scotland's Home of Tomorrow (competition winners 997).
White City Development. Pirelli Project 500 (competition winners 1998). West Pier Brighton (competition winners 1998). Bruce Nauman Exhibition at The Hayward. ARTE HQ Strasbourg (selected for International competition).
Eire: Skibbereen Water World (international competition winners 1997). Cork Bridge (Project 2000 winner). O'Connell Street Monument Dublin, (International competition winners) 1998.
France: Aesthetic HV Pylons (40OkV) for Electricte De France (International competition winners 2994). ARTE HQ, Strasbourg.
Germany: WOrzburg Railway Station Canopy-, GlasbauSeele Factory (International competition winners). Mero HQ (International competition winners). Feffopolis Rail Station Sachsen Anhalt (98)

Publications
' (well) Connected Architecture " published by Academy (UK) and Emst & Sohn (Germany), 1994.
The Biggest Glass Palace in the World, published by Ellipsis, London 1997
Ian Ritchie Architects, published by Motta, Italy, in April 1999.

Staff: 20+ In London