Paul Finch questions why buildings cost so much. A question still relevant today and one that should concern us all.

Trident Park is a new office development in Malta and was approved unanimously by the Malta Planning Authority on 7th December 2017.

Ian Ritchie Architects ‘Ginger Root Industries’ for the Museum of Architecture's Gingerbread City is being exhibited 5th - 22nd December 2017.

Ian Ritchie gave the opening speech at The Glass Supper 2017 international conference organised by Intelligent Glass Solutions.

SWC and RSC TOP have been shortlisted in the 2018 Civic Trust Awards.

Members of AdK Ian Ritchie and Francisco Mandago have selected two scholars for the Junge Akademie International Fellowship Programme.

CIOB Construction Manager of the Year Gold Winner - Residential 2017 - Gerry Lavelle of Osborne

Ian Ritchie Architects have been selected by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine following competitive interview.

Ian Ritchie is Great Speaker at SHARE Bucharest International Architecture & Engineering Forum 2017 where he will present the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre.

The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL is the winner in the category of Excellent Communications Design Architecture

Ian Ritchie will be a guest speaker at SHARE International Architecture and Engineering Forum, Budapest 2017.

We are delighted to announce Mercers Walk is a finalist for the Building Magazine Project of the Year 2017 Award sponsored by Schueco.

Gordon Talbot, iRAL Projects Director is a panelist at the 'Surface and Materials Hub' at UK Construction Week on Wednesday 11th of October at the NEC, Birmingham.

The Limerick Civic Trust Presents its 2017 Autumn Lecture Series ‘Things Fall Apart’ - But Can the Centre Hold? Peripherality and Centrality in Ireland and Europe.

Rhythm and harmony taking shape.

On Saturday 16 September 2017, 1-5pm, two architects will host a Q&A session in the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre lecture theatre.

We are delighted to announce that the 20th Century Society has selected Eagle Rock House in East Sussex as the house of 1982.

The Akademie der Künste has invited Ian Ritchie to form the jury to select the recipient of the 2018 Berlin Art Prize (Baukunst).

20th July saw the topping out with the placing of the glass to the Recital Hall cupola.

Ian Ritchie’s opinion piece from the Architects Journal – 13th July 2017.

An article written by Albert Einstein in May 1949 that appeared in the first issue of the socialist journal Monthly Review which seems pertinent to the world of today.

iRAL are delighted to have three projects selected as World Architecture Festival Awards finalists.

Sainsbury Wellcome Centre winner of the 2017 Duplex Award at the Galvanising Awards.

Mercers Walk 2017 Winner of the Constructing Excellence Building of the Year Award (London and South East).

We are honoured to announce our participation with Tim Morgan, sculptor, for the Sousse and Bardo Memorial competition held by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Ian Ritchie's comments from the Architects Journal - 9th June 2017.

RIBA North will open on the 17th of June with the inaugural exhibition. A newly commissioned film features an interview with Ian Ritchie.

Ian Ritchie (façade), Gordon Talbot (concrete in architecture) and Anthony Summers (metal in architecture) are pleased to be jury members of the WAN Awards 2017.

Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL is the 2017 Winner of the prestigious RICS Project of the Year Award (London) and Design through Innovation Award.

An interview by 'Grouse Beater' for iScot, Ian Ritchie.

Ian Ritchie is delighted to be a member of the 'super jury' at the World Architecture Festival Awards in Berlin on 15th - 17th November 2017.

Shane O'Toole has a new book - a collection of 101 of his essays, 1999-2016, published by Gandon Editions. The Spire of Dublin is featured prominently.

Ian Ritchie is a speaker at this year's RIAS Convention, 12th - 13th May 2017.

Leipzig Glass Hall, the centrepiece of the new Leipzig's Exhibitions Fair was inaugurated on 12th April 1996.

Karl Singporewala will present a paper at the IABSE Conference 19-20th April focused upon instilling imagination and innovation in structural design.

Ian Ritchie will discuss Ethics and Morality at the Liverpool School of Architecture with fellow professors.

The Wellcome Trust is holding its first Hub Workshop on 27th March, Ian Ritchie is one of 60 individuals invited to present.

Ian Ritchie is speaking at the Architectural Policies Conference & EFAP General Assembly, 23rd-25th March 2017 at the University Of Malta – Valletta Campus.

iRAL are delighted to have received a commendation for the Royal Academy of Music at the AR Future Projects Awards in MIPIM on 15th March.

Ian Ritchie Architects and their client Farsons are presenting the model of the Malta Farsons project at MIPIM as part of the UK Department of International Trade pavilion.

DOM has published a handsome volume copiously illustrated covering architectural archives and collections from the Akademie in Berlin.

iRAL are delighted that the restoration, rehabilitation and conversion of the Farsons Old Brewhouse has received unanimous approval by the Maltese planning authority MEPA.

The iRAL design of a residential and retail scheme including a new urban route and piazza in Covent Garden for The Mercers opened with the launch of H&M’s new Covent Garden store on December 8th.

The launch of Neural Architects: The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre: From Idea to Reality by Georgina Ferry will be celebrated on Thursday 9th February.