Ritchie Studio, formerly known as Ian Ritchie Architects, is a British
architectural and design practice, based in
London
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led by its founder
Ian Ritchie.
Recently completed projects include the
RIBA
''Riba'' (, or , ) is an Arabic word used in Islamic law and roughly translated as " usury": unjust, exploitative gains made in trade or business. ''Riba'' is mentioned and condemned in several different verses in the Qur'an3:130 Award-winning Susie Sainsbury Theatre, the Angela Burgess Recital Hall for the
Royal Academy of Music, and the
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London.
Previous works of note include 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 Terrasson Greenhouse
for the
Gardens of the Imagination in
Terrasson-Lavilledieu, and the
London Regatta Centre.
Recognition
Ian Ritchie CBE RA
founded Ian Ritchie Architects in 1981.
It has twice been shortlisted for the European
Mies van der Rohe Award and on four occasions for the
RIBA Stirling Prize:
for the
Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform (1998),
the TR2 Production Centre at the
Theatre Royal, Plymouth (2003), the
Spire of Dublin (2004)
and the RSC
Courtyard Theatre (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)
Outstanding Structure Award 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,
Royal Academy of Arts and the
RIBA
''Riba'' (, or , ) is an Arabic word used in Islamic law and roughly translated as " usury": unjust, exploitative gains made in trade or business. ''Riba'' is mentioned and condemned in several different verses in the Qur'an3:130 .
Internationally it has been shown in Tokyo,
New York, São Paulo,
Moscow
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, Vienna, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copenhagen, and the Paris and Venice Biennales.
Notable works
United Kingdom
*
Royal Academy of Music: The Susie Sainsbury Theatre and The Angela Burgess Recital Hall
*Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour,
University College London
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*
Royal Shakespeare Company: The Other Place
*
Wood Lane Underground Station
*
Westfield London (White City)
*
Royal Shakespeare Company: Courtyard Theatre
*
Plymouth Theatre Royal Production Centre
*Scotland's Home of Tomorrow, Glasgow
*
London Regatta Centre[
* Bermondsey Underground Station
* Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform]
Europe
* Spire of Dublin[
*Terrasson Cultural Greenhouse, France][
* The Louvre Sculpture Courts and Inverted Pyramid, Paris (with I.M Pei and RFR)
* Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, ]Madrid
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(with Onzono/Castro)
See also
Ian Ritchie (Architect)
References
External links
Ritchie Studio
{{Authority control
Ritchie, Ian
Design companies established in 1981