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.

We have been shortlisted for two cultural projects and are currently working on our submissions which are due in at the end of February.

King Solomon Academy in Westminster was completed. The final phase was the refurbishment of the Leonard Mannaseh school building.

We have been invited to undertake a feasibility study into transforming The Academy's Sir Jack Lyons Theatre which was opened in 1976. The Theatre, which currently seats 230, is used for opera, jazz and media music as well as some chamber music performances. The study will take place early in 2010.

Ian Ritchie was unanimously elected by the RIAS Council an Honorary Fellow.

Ian Ritchie delivered a lecture on Light, his first as Honorary Visiting Professor, and was followed by a master class with third year students.

Competition entry for Dance 4 Nottingham; East Renfrewshire and Midlothian Council joint Schools Project; TfL Bermondsey Station overdevelopment, London; Royal Victoria Dock Pedestrian Link, London.

Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts (SCVA) at UEA in Norwich has appointed Ian Ritchie to oversee the last phase of the refurbishment. Ian was the project architect while working at Foster Associates until 1976. The centre opened in 1978, since when two further additions have been made to the building.

We have designed a new wall light 'Livis' and a linear pendant light 'Linis' for the North House project. Both are being manufactured by Prolumena.