Ian Ritchie is a British architect who founded Ian Ritchie Architects in 1981. His projects include the RIBA Award-winning Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall for the Royal Academy of Music, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University College London and the American Institute of Architects Award-winning Royal Shakespeare Company Courtyard Theatre. Ritchie was the first foreign architect to receive the French Academie d'Architecture Grand Silver Medal for Innovation.
Image: Crystal Palace Concert Platform geograph.org.uk 692053
Image: Bermondsey station westbound look east
Image: The Courtyard Theatre geograph.org.uk 731102
University of Westminster
The University of Westminster is a public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution, it was the first polytechnic to open in London. The Polytechnic formally received a Royal charter in August 1839, and became the University of Westminster in 1992.
The interior of the Polytechnic in 1847, as drawn by G.F. Sargeant.
The entrance to the university's headquarters at 309 Regent Street
A memorial to philanthropist Quintin Hogg stands on Portland Place, opposite BBC Broadcasting House
The Regent Street campus is a Grade II listed building due to its historic and architectural interest.
