March 2009
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has presented seven of its new International Fellowships to eleven non-UK based architects for contributions they made to architecture.
RIBA's 2009 International Fellows are:
RIBA President Sunand Prasad said, “The RIBA is an international organisation with more than 3,000 members outside the UK. So it is appropriate that the institute recognises the importance of the work done by architects the world over. We therefore welcome to the RIBA family eleven architects–from Spain, Switzerland, Japan, France, Portugal, Finland and the Netherlands–whose work represents not only the spirit of their countries but also transcends it to become truly international in its reference and influence."
This year's RIBA International Fellows jury was chaired by RIBA President Sunand Prasad and made up of architects Sir Jeremy Dixon or Dixon Jones, Prof. Kenneth Frampton of Columbia University, Despina Katsikakis of design consultancy DEGW, Pankaj Patel of Patel Taylor, writer Peter Davey OBE and engineer Jane Wernick Hon FRIBA.
At the ceremony the RIBA also presented one of world's most prestigious architecture prizes, the Royal Gold Medal for architecture, to Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza. The 2009 Honorary Fellowships was also awarded to recipients including Peter Ackroyed, Stephen Bayley, David Fisk and Jonathan Porritt.
2009 marks the 175th Anniversary of the RIBA. In celebration of this milestone, the institute unveiled a commissioned poem by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion at the ceremony.
The RIBA International Fellow lifetime honour is conferred annually.
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