Ian Ritchie Architects
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Ian Ritchie Architects are a leading British architectural practice. The practice has been short-listed on three occasions for the RIBA Stirling Prize. These nominations were for the Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform (1998), Plymouth Theatre Royal Production Centre (2003), and the Spire of Dublin (2004).
[edit] History
Ian Ritchie established Ian Ritchie Architects in London in 1981, and co-founded the engineering firm of Rice Francis Ritchie (RFR) in Paris with Peter Rice.
Ian Ritchie was elected a Royal Academician in 1998. Other notable buildings by the practice include Bermondsey tube station on the Jubilee Line and the proposed Potters Fields development adjacent to London's Tower Bridge. In 1996 the practice completed work on the huge Glass Hall for the Leipzig Trade Fair and in 2006, the new Courtyard Theatre for the Royal Shakespeare Company opened in Stratford-upon-Avon.
In 2006 Ian Ritchie was the chair of the RIBA Stirling Prize judging panel.
