Ian Ritchie will give a keynote lecture at 09.30 21st July on ´Architectural Values, Altruism and Innovation in a changing world´ at the 1st International conference on Structures and Architecture, July 21-23, 2010 in Guimarães, Portugal.

Ian Ritchie will be giving a lecture at the IABSE conference in Venice, September 23/24 2010. It is entitled “Ethics and Aesthetic Values in Design”.

The transformation of the two listed houses in Westminster into private offices has been completed this month. The project was led by Teresa McQueen and we collaborated with WSP (structures, acoustics and cost reporting), King Shaw Associates (M&E) and Eckersley O´Callaghan (special structures).

We have been shortlisted for three competitions:

• a bridge in the UK
• a memorial in Germany
• space planning project in London

A new and larger site has been selected by UCL Estates for The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL.

Following a public inquiry which finished in March 2010, the Inspector's report to the Secretary of State in April 2010 glowingly recommended granting full planning permission for this 24,000m2 mixed use development designed for Relta Ltd.

The prototype stage was successfully completed with the production of 70 Zebede task lamps delivered for the North House project. The design is being registered in Europe.

Ani successfully completed her RIBA Part III.

Wood Lane Station has been given the HSBC Rail Business - Station Excellence Award 2009. The judges said:

“A fabulous station and well designed. This hits all the buttons for this category and the provision of a totally new station shows logical thinking. Although it's easy to be swayed by new stations, there's clear evidence that this has been well thought out from start to finish. It's also one of the only entries to submit an entry that fully addresses the entry criteria. Although there's no evidence of integration with other transport modes the station designed more than makes up for this.”

Ian Ritchie Architects have won the competition for the Royal Victoria Dock Pedestrian Link.

Ian Ritchie and Rossa Prendergast presented with Neil Thomas of Atelier 1, and with Ulrike Brandi Licht of Hamburg will be working with Jacobs Engineering to deliver a new crossing and walkway for the London Olympics between Excel, London's Exhibition Centre and the Thames.