Ian Ritchie (born 24 June 1947) is a British architect who founded

Ian Ritchie Architects Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd is a British architectural and design practice, based in London led by its founder Ian Ritchie. The practice changed its name to 'Ritchie Studio' on 24 June 2021. Recently completed projects include the RIBA Aw ...

in 1981. His projects include the

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Award-winning Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall for the Royal Academy of Music, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London and the

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Award-winning Royal Shakespeare Company

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. Ritchie was the first foreign architect to receive the French Academie d'Architecture Grand Silver Medal for Innovation.

Career

Born in Sussex, England, Ritchie graduated from Liverpool John Moores University School of Architecture in 1968. He went on to research Urban Studies for a year in Oita-Osaka, Japan and graduated with a Diploma in Architecture with Distinction from PCL, London (now

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) in 1972. After working with

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(1972–76), Ritchie spent two years in France designing and constructing projects before joining Arup's Lightweight Structures Group. (1978–81) In 1979, he founded Chrysalis Architects (1979–81) with Alan Stanton and Mike Davies. In 1981, he created

in London, and co-founded the design engineering firm Rice Francis Ritchie ( RFR) with

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and Martin Francis in Paris. Before he left RFR in 1990, the practice had been responsible for major projects in Paris including the Bioclimatic Facades at La Villette Cité des Sciences and the Louvre Pyramids and Sculpture Courts with I M Pei. Alongside his work at Ian Ritchie Architects, Ritchie has held numerous public and professional appointments relating to his public policy interests in pan-disciplinary and environmentally intelligent design. He has acted in an advisory and teaching capacity to government, universities and charitable trusts, and regularly lectures on topics including art, urbanism and regeneration at venues worldwide. Among other accolades, Ritchie was awarded a

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in 2000, and was elected a

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in 1998 and Professor of Architecture at the RA Schools in 2004. Ritchie (and

) have received over 80 national and international award nominations and have been shortlisted four times for the

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and EU Mies Award. Ritchie is an elected member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin.

Major architectural projects

In 1999, Ian Ritchie Architects (alongside Scottish Homes and Thenew Housing Association) completed Scotland's Home of Tomorrow - new social housing for Glasgow's East End

Public and professional appointments (selected)

*Assessor,

President's Medal & Regional Awards (1987–95) *Architectural & Design Advisor,

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, London (1991–95) *Commissioner,

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(1995–99) *President, Europan UK (1997-2003) *Commissioner, CABE (1999-01) *Advisor to the Lord Chancellor (1999-2004) *Education Advisor, The

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Foundation (2000–2018) *Governor and Design Advisor to the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company (2001–2017) *Design Masterplanner to the

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(2004–06) *Member of the European Construction Technology Platform, High Level Group, Brussels (2005–08) *Chair of

(2006) *President's Manhattanville Advisor,

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(2007–11) *Advisor to Dean of School of Architecture, Design & Construction,

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(2011–2018) *Advisor to the Director Centre for Urban Science and Progress,

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(2012–15) *Theatre Advisor, Backstage Trust (2012–present)

Educational appointments (selected)

*Visiting Professor, Moscow School of Architecture (1992) *Visiting Professor,

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, Vienna (1994–95) *Special Professor,

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School of Civil Engineering (2001–04) *Professor of Architecture, Royal Academy of Arts (2004–12) *Honorary Visiting Professor,

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(2009–present)

Awards and honours (selected)

*Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (1987) *Elected as

(1998) * Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) (2000) *French Academie d'Architecture Grand Medaille d'Argent for Innovation (2000) *Honorary Doctorate,

(2000) *Honorary Fellow, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (2009) *Honorary Fellow,

(2010) *Fellow, Society of Façade Engineering (2012) *Member,

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(2013) *Honorary Member, Society of Czech Architects (2018) *Honorary Fellow, Royal Academy of Music *Honorary Masters Degree,

Polytechnic University of Milan The Polytechnic University of Milan () is the largest technical university in Italy, with about 42,000 students. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and higher education courses in engineering, architecture and design. Founded in 186 ...

(2019)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ritchie, Ian Living people 1947 births Architects from Sussex Academics of the University of Cambridge Alumni of the University of Westminster Royal Academicians Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Royal Academy of Music