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2019 Civic Trust Award – RAM
iRAL are delighted that the Royal Academy of Music has received a 2019 Civic Trust Award.
2019 Civic Trust Award – RAM
AJ Architecture Award Winner
Another fantastic achievement for the Royal Academy of Music which won Higher Education Project of the Year at the AJ Architecture Awards.
AJ Architecture Award Winner
Winner FX Award
 iRAL are thrilled that The Royal Academy of Music Theatre won 'Public Sector of The Year' at the FX International Interior Design Awards.
Winner FX Award
Tania Oramas – INTBAU Excellence Award 2018
Tania Oramas, together with her collective KnitKnot Architecture, has received the INTBAU 2018 Excellence Award in the Community Engagement category for their project ‘El Jicarito School’ in Nicaragua.
Tania Oramas – INTBAU Excellence Award 2018
Wood Award UK National Winner
The Royal Academy of Music’s Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall is the recipient of a Wood Award 2018.
Wood Award UK National Winner
Ian Ritchie in conversation with Prof. Dr. Abdi Güzer
Ian Ritchie, is the guest of Celal Abdi Güzer on Kalebodur in the Speaking with Architects program, and underscores the necessity of developing a critical position despite the progressive approach of the architectural world.
Ian Ritchie in conversation with Prof. Dr. Abdi Güzer
Lux Awards Commendation
We are pleased to announce that the lighting at The Royal Academy of Music's Susie Sainsbury Theatre has received a commendation in the LUX Awards 2018.
Lux Awards Commendation
2018 Architecture MasterPrize Award
Another brilliant achievement for The Royal Academy of Music, winner of a 2018 Architecture MasterPrize Award.
2018 Architecture MasterPrize Award
Royal Academy of Music – EU Mies Award 2019 Nominee
Ian Ritchie Architects are delighted to announce that the Royal Academy of Music has been nominated for the EU Mies Award 2019.
Royal Academy of Music – EU Mies Award 2019 Nominee
Royal Academy of Music LCA – London Build Excellence Award Winner
Another award for the Royal Academy of Music which received the overall ‘London Build Excellence Award’ at the London Construction Awards.
Royal Academy of Music LCA – London Build Excellence Award Winner
Royal Academy of Music 2018-19 UK Property Awards Winner
Ian Ritchie Architects are thrilled to announce that the Royal Academy of Music has won an award in the UK Property Awards.
Royal Academy of Music 2018-19 UK Property Awards Winner
London Build 2018
Brian Heron will be speaking at London Build 2018, Interior & Fit-Out Summit on 23rd of October 2018.
London Build 2018
RWA First Architecture Prize winner
José Garrido was announced winner of the First Architecture Prize at the RWA Annual Open Exhibition private view on Monday 15th of October.
RWA First Architecture Prize winner
Royal Academy of Music BCI Award Winner
Ian Ritchie Architects is proud to celebrate and to share with all those involved the 2018 British Construction Industry Award - Cultural & Leisure Project of the Year.  
Royal Academy of Music BCI Award Winner
XXV Czech Architects Grand Prix
Ian Ritchie was elected chairman of the jury for the national architecture awards and for XXV Czech Architects Grand Prix which were announced at the Architectural Gala in Prague Castle state rooms.
XXV Czech Architects Grand Prix
Royal Academy of Music, currently shortlisted
iRAL is delighted that the Royal Academy of Music has been shortlisted for the following awards.
Royal Academy of Music, currently shortlisted
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, Concrete Quarterly article – Autumn 2018
Unshakeable: How Arup delivered low vibrations for the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre.
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, Concrete Quarterly article – Autumn 2018
Arkan Theatre, Cairo
Ian Ritchie Architects has completed the design concept and engineering for the Arkan Theatre for El Badr.
Arkan Theatre, Cairo
Dead Ground publication
Dead Ground, edited by Andrew McNeillie & James McNeillie and published by Clutag, is essentially a British and Irish perspective looking at patriotism, war-making, imperialism and colonialism, regime change and nation-building, past and present.
Dead Ground publication
Ian Ritchie exhibition of Giclée prints, Orkney
Ian Ritchie has an exhibition of Giclée prints of the Standing Stones of Stenness at the Stromness Library, Orkney in aid of the John Rae Society.
Ian Ritchie exhibition of Giclée prints, Orkney
Royal Academy of Music – AJ Retrofit of the Year Award
Ian Ritchie Architects are delighted to have won the award for the prestigious AJ Retrofit of the Year for their Royal Academy of Music; The Susie Sainsbury Theatre & The Angela Burgess Recital Hall project.
Royal Academy of Music – AJ Retrofit of the Year Award
Royal Academy of Music – Open House
Ian Ritchie Architects are pleased to be supporting Open House 2018.
Royal Academy of Music – Open House
SHARE Warsaw 2018
Ian Ritchie is giving a talk at SHARE Warsaw 2018 International Architecture & Engineering Forum at the Polin Museum, Warszawa, Poland.
SHARE Warsaw 2018
6th Active House Symposium, Lecco
Ian Ritchie will give a Keynote Lecture at the 6th Active House Symposium.
6th Active House Symposium, Lecco
Zak World of Façades, 2 October 2018
Gordon Talbot is a panelist at the Zak World of Façades Conference.
Zak World of Façades, 2 October 2018
ARCH500 – Design Studies: Year 5 Professional-led design project
iRAL will mentor the year 5 professional-led design project for Liverpool University School of Architecture.
ARCH500 – Design Studies: Year 5 Professional-led design project
RCA Practice Mentorship Scheme
iRAL will support a new Royal College of Art course.
RCA Practice Mentorship Scheme
Licht2018, Davos
On the 11th of September, Ian Ritchie and Ulrike Brandi of Ulrike Brandi Licht will present their approach to architectural lighting.
Licht2018, Davos
Ian Ritchie lecture, Bodrum 3 August 2018
Ian Ritchie will deliver a lecture at the Bodrum Architecture Library.
Ian Ritchie lecture, Bodrum 3 August 2018
Wood Awards shortlist
The Royal Academy of Music has been shortlisted for the Wood Awards in the Interiors category.
Wood Awards shortlist
Arkan Theatre, Cairo
Ian Ritchie Architects has been commissioned by El Badr to lead a design team for a new 1000-seat theatre
Arkan Theatre, Cairo
London Construction Awards Finalist
The Royal Academy of Music is a finalist in two categories of the London Construction Awards.
London Construction Awards Finalist
ABB LEAF Awards Shortlist
The Royal Academy of Music has been shortlisted for the ABB LEAF Awards in the Public Building category.
ABB LEAF Awards Shortlist
AJ Retrofit Awards Finalist
The Royal Academy of Music is a finalist in the AJ Retrofit Awards Cultural Buildings - Performance and Events category.
AJ Retrofit Awards Finalist
New London Architecture Award
The Royal Academy of Music was announced winner in the New London Architecture Awards Culture & Community category.
New London Architecture Award
Ian Ritchie Honorary Fellow Royal Academy of Music
On July 4th Ian Ritchie will receive an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Music.
Ian Ritchie Honorary Fellow Royal Academy of Music
World Architecture Festival 2018
The Royal Academy of Music has been selected as one of 17 finalists.
World Architecture Festival 2018
Terrasson Exhibition Renewal Project
Ian Ritchie Architects and Gustafson Porter & Bowman have been commissioned by the community of Terrasson to envisage a major series of new structures and interventions in the parc and cultural greenhouse.
Terrasson Exhibition Renewal Project
Royal Academy of Music RIBA National Award Winner
Another award for the Royal Academy of Music Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall which has won a RIBA National Award 2018.
Royal Academy of Music RIBA National Award Winner
Royal Academy of Music, currently shortlisted
We are delighted that the Royal Academy of Music has been shortlisted for the following awards.
Royal Academy of Music, currently shortlisted
ThinkSpace Taste Warps @ UCL – 19 June
This event, the final of the Think Space | Food Series will explore how all our senses interact around taste and how our physical surroundings can enhance or detract from our sensory experiences.
ThinkSpace Taste Warps @ UCL – 19 June
Trident Park, Malta
Construction has begun on the €40 million Trident Park business development.
Trident Park, Malta
SHARE Sofia 2018
This year Bulgaria is celebrating its first architecture awards on the 7th of June. Ian Ritchie will be chairing the jury and giving a key talk.
SHARE Sofia 2018
Royal Academy of Music RICS London Awards Winner
iRAL are pleased to announce that the Royal Academy of Music Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall won a RICS London Award 2018.
Royal Academy of Music RICS London Awards Winner
Royal Academy of Music RIBA London Award Winner
iRAL are delighted that the Royal Academy of Music won a RIBA London Award and was named RIBA London Building of the Year 2018.
Royal Academy of Music RIBA London Award Winner
Royal Academy of Music 26 April 2018
The first musical performance takes to the stage at The Susie Sainsbury Theatre.
Royal Academy of Music 26 April 2018
SHARE Belgrade 2018
Ian Ritchie is Special Guest at SHARE Belgrade 2018 International Architecture & Engineering Forum where he will give the plenary lecture.
SHARE Belgrade 2018
Ian Ritchie Keynote NYC Façades, 19 April 2018
Ian Ritchie is delivering a keynote lecture at the New York Façades conference - 19th April.
Ian Ritchie Keynote NYC Façades, 19 April 2018
Superstructures: the New Architecture 1960-1990
The Leipzig Glass Hall is among a selection of iconic models on display at Superstructures: the New Architecture 1960-1990 exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich.
Superstructures: the New Architecture 1960-1990
Ian Ritchie BDA lecture Kiel, 27 March 2018
Ian Ritchie will give a lecture ‘Designing with the Mind in Mind and for Music’ in Kiel on the 27th of March.
Ian Ritchie BDA lecture Kiel, 27 March 2018
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music’s new Opera-Musical Theatre and new Recital Hall have received rapturous reviews.
Royal Academy of Music
Humber Bridge Masterplan
A multidisciplinary team led by Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd. has been appointed by the Humber Bridge Board to develop a masterplan.
Humber Bridge Masterplan
Finalist 2018 RICS London Awards
iRAL are delighted to have two projects shortlisted for RICS London Awards.
Finalist 2018 RICS London Awards
Arte Sella
Ian Ritchie has been invited to design an installation for the Arte Sella sculpture park in northern Italy.
Arte Sella
Facade Tectonics World Congress 12-13 March 2018
Gordon Talbot will present at the Facade Tectonics World Congress on the 12th of March in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California.
Facade Tectonics World Congress 12-13 March 2018
Yıldız Technical University Lecture 9 March 2018
Ian Ritchie is giving a lecture at Yıldız Technical University open to all university Architecture students in Istanbul on the 9th of March.
Yıldız Technical University Lecture 9 March 2018
Glass Performance Days Istanbul 7-9 March 2018
Ian Ritchie is a speaker at GPD Istanbul 2018 which will be held in conjunction with the Eurasia Glass Expo at Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center, Istanbul.
Glass Performance Days Istanbul 7-9 March 2018
Glass in Architecture 28 February 2018
Gordon Talbot will deliver the keynote presentation on future developments using the exemplar of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre.
Glass in Architecture 28 February 2018
2015 Sousse and Bardo Memorial design competition
Ian Ritchie Architects and Tim Morgan, sculptor, are pleased that their joint submission for the Sousse and Bardo Memorial design competition was chosen as the reserve design concept.
2015 Sousse and Bardo Memorial design competition
Ian Ritchie lecture, University of Westminster February 2018
The Westminster Architecture Society, University of Westminster, has invited alumnus Ian Ritchie to deliver a lecture for the series titled ‘What it takes...’
Ian Ritchie lecture, University of Westminster February 2018
Royal Academy of Music opening
Dates have been agreed for two Royal openings – for the new Opera-Musical Theatre and for the new Recital Hall.
Royal Academy of Music opening