Ian Ritchie Architects

Ritchie Studio, formerly known as Ian Ritchie Architects, is a British architectural and design practice, based in London led by its founder Ian Ritchie.[1][2] Recently completed projects include the RIBA Award-winning Susie Sainsbury Theatre, the Angela Burgess Recital Hall for the Royal Academy of Music,[3] and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London.[4]

Previous works of note include Stratford-upon-Avon's Royal Shakespeare Company Courtyard Theatre,[5] the Leipzig Trade Fair Messe Glass Hall, Europe's largest single volume glass building,[6] the Spire of Dublin,[7] the Terrasson Greenhouse[8] for the Gardens of the Imagination in Terrasson-Lavilledieu, and the London Regatta Centre.[9]

Recognition

Ian Ritchie CBE RA [1] founded Ian Ritchie Architects in 1981. It has twice been shortlisted for the European Mies van der Rohe Award[10] and on four occasions for the RIBA Stirling Prize:[1] for the Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform (1998),[11] the TR2 Production Centre at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth (2003),[12] the Spire of Dublin (2004)[7] and the RSC Courtyard Theatre (2007).[13] 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.[14] The project received 17 major national and 4 international awards and was nominated for the EU Mies van der Rohe Award.[15]

Other awards include Premio Internazionale Ischia di Architettura Innovation Prize;[16] the Iritecna Prize for Europe;[1] Eric Lyons Memorial Award for European Housing;[13] Commonwealth Association of Architects Robert Matthew Award for Innovation and the Advancement of Architecture;[17] IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering) Outstanding Structure Award for the Leipzig Glass Hall;[18] and UK Design Council Millennium Product Awards for the 'f' EDF VHV transmission towers and Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform.[13] In the UK the practice's work has been exhibited at the ICA, Tate Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts and the RIBA.[1] Internationally it has been shown in Tokyo, New York, São Paulo, Moscow, Vienna, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copenhagen, and the Paris and Venice Biennales.[1]

Notable works

United Kingdom

• Royal Academy of Music: The Susie Sainsbury Theatre and The Angela Burgess Recital Hall[14]
• Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London[19]
• Royal Shakespeare Company: The Other Place[20]
• Wood Lane Underground Station[21]
• Westfield London (White City)[1]
• Royal Shakespeare Company: Courtyard Theatre[22]
• Plymouth Theatre Royal Production Centre[23]
• Scotland's Home of Tomorrow, Glasgow[24]
• London Regatta Centre[9]
• Bermondsey Underground Station[25]
• Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform[11]
• Ecology Gallery, Natural History Museum[26]
• Stockley Park Offices[27]
• Roy Square – The Watergardens[28]

Europe

• Spire of Dublin[1][29]
• EDF transmission towers (400kV), France[1]
• Leipzig Trade Fair Messe Glass Hall, Germany (with gmp)[6]
• Terrasson Cultural Greenhouse, France[8]
• The Louvre Sculpture Courts and Inverted Pyramid, Paris (with I.M Pei and RFR)[30]
• Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, Madrid (with Onzono/Castro)[31]
• Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, La Villette, Paris[1]

See also

Ian Ritchie (Architect)

References

1. "Ian Ritchie RA". The Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
2. "Name Change * Ritchie Studio".
3. "Royal Academy of Music - the Susie Sainsbury Theatre and the Angela Burgess Recital Hall".
4. "Our Building | Sainsbury Wellcome Centre".
5. "Architects Journal - RSC Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, by Ian Ritchie Architects". 25 November 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
6. "IGS Nostalgia (Episode 13): Messe Leipzig Glass Hall - Ian Ritchie Architects". Intelligent Glass Solutions. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
7. "Ian Ritchie Architects - The Spire of Dublin | Public art directory | Public Art". Publicart.ie. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
8. "The 'greenhouse' Fragment for Terrasson-Lavilledieu, Dordogne". RIBA; Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
9. "London Regatta". Ian Ritchie Architects. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
10. "EUMiesAward".
11. "Concert Platform". Ian Ritchie Architects. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
12. "Plymouth Theatre Royal Production Centre – TR2 * Ritchie Studio".
13. "Awards". Ian Ritchie Architects. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
14. "Royal Academy of Music - the Susie Sainsbury Theatre and the Angela Burgess Recital Hall".
15. "EUMiesAward".
16. "PIDA 2020: Ischia s'interroga sul paesaggio dopo la pandemia". 22 September 2020.
17. "The Robert Matthew Award | CAA".
18. "OStrA". www.iabse.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013.
19. "Sainsbury Wellcome Centre: Contractor appointed and building work begins". 17 May 2012.
20. "Latest Press Releases | Royal Shakespeare Company".
21. "New Wood Lane Underground station opens".
22. "RSC Courtyard Theatre | AJ Buildings Library".
23. "Working details: Production centre, Theatre Royal, Plymouth Ian Ritchie Architects". 27 March 2003.
24. "Vns85978威尼斯城官网-威尼斯城所有登入网址".
25. "Bermondsey tube station | modern architecture london".
26. "Ecology Gallery Natural History Museum * Ritchie Studio".
27. "Stockley Park Building B8 * Ritchie Studio".
28. "» Roy Square » Ian Ritchie Architects". www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011.
29. 7. http://www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk/projects/display/id/5146
30. "Façades Confidential: The Louvre pyramids revisited". 4 December 2011.
31. "History | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía".

External links

• Ritchie Studio