Ian Ritchie Architects exhibition "poïesis in architecture" at Liverpool University opened with party on 2nd October and to the public from 3rd October and will run until January 16th 2009.

Ian Ritchie will be delivering a lecture at Liverpool University in the evening of Wednesday, December 3rd 2008.

Mountbrook Homes have appointed us to prepare designs for a major development in Dublin.

We have been appointed to prepare a feasibility study on the refurbishment and potential expansion of the Grade II* Powell and Moya designed Chichester Festival Theatre.

Following a successful public inquiry, Berkeley Homes were granted planning permission to convert the Lambeth College building by Tower Bridge into a ‘boutique’ hotel, maintaining Ian Ritchie Architects’ 100% record in securing planning permission for every project that it has designed and submitted for permission in the UK and Europe.

Ian has been member of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851’s selection panel for its Research Fellowships in The Built Environment for the past few years and, also since 2006, its Research Fellowships in Design. The 2008 Research Fellowships is currently being reviewed by the panel of Alan Baxter, Dr Joanna Kennedy, Lord Lindley and Ian. The Research Fellowships are worth £60,000 over two years.

Ian Ritchie and Jocelyne Van den Bossche will be participating in the RSC International Council Meeting 10-12 September in Stratford - upon - Avon.

Ian Ritchie will again be contributing to President Lee Bollinger’s Manhattanville Ad Hoc Committee in October and November which is critically reflecting upon the evolving Renzo Piano’s Masterplan which was commissioned by Columbia University for its significant expansion north into Manhattanville, a neighbourhood bordered on the south by Morningside Heights on the west by the Hudson River, on the east by Harlem and on the north by Hamilton Heights.

Ian Ritchie will be giving lectures in Scotland - at Aberdeen University and Edinburgh University during the coming academic year.

Forthcoming lectures being given by Ian Ritchie include the annual key note lecture at USC Los Angeles.
"This Land is OUR Land... GREENING Architecture, Ethics and the Environment"

A Key-Note Lecture exploring the pioneering work of our practice and to provoke meaningful reflection among USC students and professionals.It will be given in the USC Boavard Auditorium to an audience of 1200 on January 21st 2009.