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.

As well as receiving an Honorary Fellowship, Ian Ritchie was invited to give the Annual Fellows talk at the RIAS Fellows Dinner in Glasgow, attended by the Lord Provost of Glasgow.

Ian Ritchie has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

King Solomon Academy is officially opened on the 11th February with a celebratory party.

Gordon Talbot has accepted an offer to be a member of the Greenwich University Architecture School Advisory Board.

We have been selected for a Masterplanning role in Edinburgh.

Ben Ward is leaving after five years to undertake the renovation and transformation into a hotel of a timber palace in Istanbul. He has recently been leading the feasibility studies for the Chichester Festival Theatre.