Ian Ritchie will be giving a keynote talk on 12th September at the beginning of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers conference ‘Future of Design’, at UCL, Roberts Building, Torrington Place, WC1.

The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre Topping Out Ceremony was held on 26th June 2013.

UCL announced 26th June the appointment of Professor John O'Keefe as Inaugural Director of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre.

IRAL Projects Director Gordon Talbot will be giving a keynote address at the Galvanizing Awards, held at the Galvanizers Association on Thursday 27th June 2013.

Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd (IRAL) have been shortlisted in three categories in this year’s New London Architecture (NLA) Awards. The awards honour the best in architecture, planning and development’ in the capital for schemes both built and unbuilt.

Ian Ritchie has been elected a member of the Akademie der Künste based in Berlin.

The GLA Mayor, Boris Johnson presented the Royal Docks floating village concept at MIPIM. The concept, by Ian Ritchie Architects was developed for the LDA and RoDMA as a strategic development proposal for the Royal Docks. It was endorsed last year by the RoDMA board which includes all the major stakeholders in the area, including the LDA.

Visiting Professor, Ian Ritchie, is attending interim crits for 3rd year students at Liverpool University on Friday 1st of March and Friday 22nd March.

Peter Rice is considered to be Ireland’s greatest ever engineer, and a recently published book, Traces of Peter Rice, edited by Kevin Barry, explores his legacy. This book, along with the life and work of Peter Rice, will be discussed on Ireland’s national radio, RTÉ's Arts Tonight at 10pm on the 25th February.

The Spire of Dublin was erected in the centre of Dublin's O'Connell Street on 21 January 2003. Ian Ritchie was interviewed for RTÉ’s Morning Ireland radio programme (Ireland’s flagship news and Current Affairs programme), to mark the occasion. The interview is expected to air on Monday 25 February 2013 and will be available to stream here.