Ian Ritchie (architect)

Professor Ian Ritchie CBE (born 24 June 1947,[1][2] in Sussex) is a British architect.

Career

After working with Norman Foster (1972–76), Ritchie spent two years in France designing and constructing projects. In 1979 he founded Chrysalis Architects. In 1981 he created Ian Ritchie Architects in London, and co-founded the design engineering firm Rice Francis Ritchie (RFR) with Peter Rice and Martin Francis in Paris.[2]

Projects

His practices have helped realise buildings including: Royal Shakespeare Company Courtyard Theatre,[3][4] Stratford Upon Avon; Plymouth Theatre Royal Production Centre (TR2), Plymouth;[5] and The Spire, Dublin.[6]

Social housing

In 1999, Ian Ritchie Architects designed and realised with Scottish Homes and Thenew Housing Association social housing in Glasgow's East End.[7] The project was monitored by Scottish Homes for the first three years of occupation.

Awards

Ritchie has been awarded the French Academie d’Architecture Grand Silver Medal for Innovation in 2000.[2] In 2010 Ritchie was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014. Mr Ian Ritchie, architect, 66
  2. 1 2 3 "Ian Ritchie RA". The Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "408 years after The Globe, the Royal Shakespeare Company finds it's a pretty good template for its new theatres. What took them so long?". Gabion (Hugh Pearman). 18 June 2006. First published in The Sunday Times, 18 June 2006, as "RSC puts its house in order"
  4. ↑ "Courting success James Fenton on sense and sensibility at the RSC". The Guardian. 3 February 2007.
  5. ↑ "Theatre as factory: Ian Ritchie's TR2 for the Theatre Royal in Plymouth". Gabion (Hugh Pearman). October 2003.
  6. ↑ "Mystic monument: Ian Ritchie's Spire of Dublin". Gabion (Hugh Pearman). February 2003. The complete version of the article published in The Sunday Times, 16 February 2003, as "So what's the point?"
  7. ↑ "Ian Ritchie Architects, UK, Buildings, London". Glasgowarchitecture.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "The American Institute of Architects – 2010 AIA Honorary Fellows – Ian Ritchie, Hon. FAIA, Awards". Aia.org. 2010.

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