Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd is a British architectural and design practice, based in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

led by its founder Ian Ritchie. The practice changed its name to 'Ritchie Studio' on 24 June 2021. Recently completed projects include the

RIBA The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

Award-winning Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall for the

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...

and the

Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (SWC) is a neuroscience research institute located in London, United Kingdom. The SWC forms part of the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences at University College London (UCL) and is funded by the G ...

, University College London. Previous work of note includes Stratford-upon-Avon's Royal Shakespeare Company Courtyard Theatre, the Leipzig Trade Fair Messe Glass Hall, Europe's largest single volume glass building, the

Spire of Dublin The Spire of Dublin, alternatively titled the Monument of Light ( ga, An Túr Solais), is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument in height, located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar (and prior to that a statue of William Blakeney) ...

the Terrasson Greenhouse for the

Gardens of the Imagination The Gardens of the Imagination ( French: ''Jardins de l'Imaginaire'') in Terrasson-Lavilledieu, in the Dordogne Department of France, is a public park and contemporary garden, classified by the Committee of Parks and Gardens of the Ministry of Cul ...

Terrasson-Lavilledieu Terrasson-Lavilledieu (; oc, Terrasson e La Vila Dieu) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The commune was created in 1963 by the merger of the former communes Terrasson and Lavilledieu. Terrass ...

and the

London Regatta Centre The London Regatta Centre (now formally known as Royal Docks Watersports Centre) is a rowing and dragon boat racing centre located in the Docklands area in the East End of London. It is built at the west end on the northern quayside of the histo ...

Recognition

Ian Ritchie CBE RA founded Ian Ritchie Architects in 1981. It has twice been shortlisted for the European

Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd ...

Award and on four occasions for the

RIBA Stirling Prize The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture. It is named after the architect James Stirling, organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The S ...

: for the

Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform The Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform, formerly the Crystal Palace Bowl, is an outdoor stage and performance venue in Crystal Palace Park in the London Borough of Bromley. History The Crystal Palace Bowl was constructed in 1961. It origina ...

(1998), the TR2 Production Centre at the

Theatre Royal, Plymouth Theatre Royal, Plymouth, is a theatre venue in Plymouth, Devon. It consists of a 1,300-seat main auditorium, The Lyric, which regularly hosts large-scale musicals, opera and ballet; a 200-seat studio, The Drum; and a 50-seat studio, The Lab. ...

(2003), the

(2004) and the RSC

Courtyard Theatre The Courtyard Theatre was a 1,048 seat thrust stage theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England operated by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). It temporarily replaced The Other Place theatre during the redevelopment of the Roya ...

(2007). 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. The project received 17 major national and 4 international awards and was nominated for the EU Mies van der Rohe Award. Other awards include Premio Internazionale Ischia di Architettura Innovation Prize; the Iritecna Prize for Europe; Eric Lyons Memorial Award for European Housing; Commonwealth Association of Architects Robert Matthew Award for Innovation and the Advancement of Architecture; IABSE (

International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) is a non-profit organisation with mission to promote the exchange of knowledge and to advance the practice of structural engineering worldwide in the service of the profess ...

)

Outstanding Structure Award The Outstanding Structure Award is an award presented by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering to the Engineer, Architect, Contractor, and the Owner in recognition of ''the most remarkable, innovative, creative or othe ...

for the Leipzig Glass Hall; and UK Design Council Millennium Product Awards for the 'f' EDF VHV transmission towers and Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform. In the UK the practice's work has been exhibited at the ICA,

Tate Gallery Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the U ...

Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...

and the

. Internationally it has been shown in Tokyo, New York, São Paulo, Moscow, Vienna, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copenhagen, and the Paris and Venice Biennales.

Notable works

United Kingdom

: The Susie Sainsbury Theatre and The Angela Burgess Recital Hall *Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour,

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

* Royal Shakespeare Company: The Other Place * Wood Lane Underground Station *

Westfield London Westfield London is a large shopping centre in White City, west London, England, developed by the Westfield Group at a cost of £1.6bn, on a brownfield site formerly the home of the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition. The site is bounded by the We ...

(White City) * Royal Shakespeare Company: Courtyard Theatre *

Plymouth Theatre Royal Theatre Royal, Plymouth, is a theatre venue in Plymouth, Devon. It consists of a 1,300-seat main auditorium, The Lyric, which regularly hosts large-scale musicals, opera and ballet; a 200-seat studio, The Drum; and a 50-seat studio, The Lab. O ...

Production Centre *Scotland's Home of Tomorrow, Glasgow *

* Bermondsey Underground Station *

*Ecology Gallery,

Natural History Museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...

*Stockley Park Offices *Roy Square – The Watergardens

Europe

*EDF transmission towers (400kV), France * Leipzig Trade Fair Messe Glass Hall, Germany (with gmp) *Terrasson Cultural Greenhouse, France * The Louvre Sculpture Courts and Inverted Pyramid, Paris (with I.M Pei and RFR) *

Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art Reina (the Spanish word for queen) or La Reina may refer to: Geography * Reina, Badajoz, a municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain * Reina, Estonia, a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia * La Reina, a commune ...

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

(with Onzono/Castro) *

Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie ("City of Science and Industry", abbreviated la CSI) or simply CSI is the biggest science museum in Europe. Located in the Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, it is one of the three dozen French Cultur ...

, La Villette, Paris

References

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{{Authority control Ritchie, Ian Design companies established in 1981

Recognition

Notable works

United Kingdom

Europe

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