Ivan William Harbour (born 3 June 1962) is an

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and senior partner at

RSHP RSHP is a British architectural firm, founded in 1977 and previously known as the Richard Rogers Partnership which became Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. in 2007. The firm rebranded from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to simply RSHP on 30 Jun ...

. He joined the Richard Rogers Partnership in 1985 and by 2007 the name of the practice changed to Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in recognition of

Graham Stirk Graham Carl Stirk (born 8 January 1957) is an architect and senior partner at RSHP. He joined the Richard Rogers Partnership in 1983 and by 2007 the name of the practice changed to Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to reflect his contribution to ...

and Harbour's contribution to the firm, later renamed RSHP, after the death of

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. He has been the leading architect on two

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winning entries for the practice in 2006 and 2009 for Terminal 4 of Madrid-Barajas Airport and

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, London respectively.

Early life and career

Ivan Harbour, Rosemary Butler and Richard Rogers at the Senedd

Harbour was born in 1962 in

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. However he was brought up in the

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. Harbour joined the

Richard Rogers Partnership RSHP is a British architectural firm, founded in 1977 and previously known as the Richard Rogers Partnership which became Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. in 2007. The firm rebranded from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to simply RSHP on 30 Jun ...

in 1985 after studying architecture at

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

, where he obtained a

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(BSc (Hons)) during 1980-83 and a Diploma in Architecture (Dipl. Arch.) in 1985. During 1983 he joined

Yorke Rosenberg Mardall Yorke Rosenberg Mardall (Yorke, Rosenberg and Mardall, YRM) was a British architectural firm established by F. R. S. Yorke (1906-1962), Eugene Rosenberg (1907-1990) and Cyril Mardall (Sjöström) (1909-1994) in 1944.Melvin, Jeremy (1997). Obituary ...

(YRM) as part of his studies and in 1984-85 he was with the London Borough of Hackney. After his studies he joined the

in 1985 and was made a director of in 1993. In 1998 he was made a director of the practice and by 2007 the name of the practice changed from Richard Rogers Partnership to

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. In 2011 he was made a senior partner in the firm. The practice is now known as RSHP. The Guardian's Charlotte Higgins described Harbour's work, in comparison with fellow partner Graham Stirk, to be "more expressive and sculptural" such as Madrid airport's brightly coloured Terminal 4.

Notable works

When Harbour joined

in 1985, he started as part of a team working on the

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in London. He has gone on to lead design teams on the

European Court of Human Rights building The building of the European Court of Human Rights is located in the European Quarter of Strasbourg, France. It was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership and Claude Buche and was completed in 1994. The building is located on the eastern ...

, the Bordeaux Law Courts, and winning the

for the practice in 2006 and 2009 for Terminal 4 of Madrid-Barajas Airport and

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respectively.

Images of a selection of Ivan Harbour's work

File:Bordeaux Palais de Justice 23.JPG, Bordeaux Law Courts,

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, France File:Y Cube - Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners .jpg, Y:Cube,

File:MADRID 060410 MXALX 082.jpg, Terminal 4

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, Spain File:Senedd, Welsh parliament, Cardiff Bay.jpg,

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, Wales File:Oxley Woods MK.jpg,

Oxley Woods Oxley Woods is a housing development in Oxley Park, a district of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The development was designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and built by Newton Woods, who were subcontracted by Taylor Wimpey after ...

housing development in Milton Keynes, England File:Torre BBVA Bancomer.jpg,

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, Mexico. File:Maggie's Centre, Charing Cross, London.jpg,

, London File:Lloyds building taken 2011.jpg,

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, London File:CentralParkStation(KMRT-R9).jpg, R9 Station, Kaohsiung,

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File:(1)Hunter Street building-1.jpg, 8 Chifley, Sydney, Australia Other projects that have been designed / led by Harbour includes: *Barangaroo masterplan, Sydney, Australia *300 New Jersey Avenue offices, Washington DC, USA *Parc1,

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, South Korea * International Quarter masterplan, London. *PLACE / Ladywell, London *Nuovo Centro Civico,

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, Italy

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External links

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Profile on the official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harbour, Ivan Alumni of The Bartlett 1962 births Living people 20th-century British architects People from Irvine, North Ayrshire

Early life and career

Notable works

Images of a selection of Ivan Harbour's work

See also

Notes

External links