Thought history, the RIBA has honoured men and women who have made a major contribution in architecture. In the 2018 edition, the International Fellows come from 11 different countries. Their work represents the spirit of their homelands as well as it transcends to become an international reference and influence. At this celebration the RIBA Honorary Fellowships also reward the various contributions people have made in architecture as they have, in different ways, helped to improve the design quality and influence the delivery of the environment in a sustainable way.
2018 International Fellows.-
Farrokh Derakhshani - AGA KHAN Award for Architecture, Switzerland/Iran.- Derakhshani is the Director of Aga Khan Award for Architecture. He has been involved with the Award and the Aga Khan Development Network since 1982. He is specialized in the Muslim contemporary society architecture. His work includes the design and construction of large-scale public buildings and infrastructure projects in Iran as well as in Paris and Geneva.
Writers Theatre by Studio Gang. Photography, Steve Hall © Hedrich Blessing.
Jeanne Gang - Studio Gang, USA.- Studio Gang founder and MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, is recognized for a research design process that studies the relationships between environments, communities and individuals. They have designed award-winning projects with an analytical and creative approach as well as drawing insight from ecological systems.
Antonio Gonzalez-Capitel, American Museum (Madrid). Termination. New Cloister.
Antonio Gonzalez-Capitel - Antonio Capitel, Spain.- Capitel, a major figure in Spanish architecture, is recognized for his teaching contributions to architectural history, as well as theory and critique. He is also known for his high-quality urban and architectural designs.
Andreas Heller, European Hansemuseum. Photograph © Werner Huthmacher.
Andreas Heller – Studio Andreas Heller Architects & Designers, Germany.- Andreas Heller, with background in theatre and film, is an Hamburg based architect who founded his studio in 1989, and has established an international reputation for design in the arts and culture, winning the 2016 iF Gold Prize for the European Hansemuseum in Lubeck.
Caterpillar House. Photograph © Sergio Pirrone, courtesy by Sebastián Irarrázaval.
Sebastian Irarrazaval – Sebastian Irarrazaval Arquitectos, Chile.-Irarrazaval, Santiago-based architect received a British Council scholarship in 1990 to study urbanism at the AA in London. Since 1994 he has taught in Chile and USA at varios Institutions such as Universidad Central de Caracus or Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work has been showed at the Venice Biennale, Harvard University and Barcelona.
Angdong Health Center Hunan Province by RUF Architects. Photograph © Rural Urban Framework (RUF).
John Lin – Rural Urban Framework, Taiwan/China.- Rural Urban Framework, Taiwan/China: John Lin, Hong Kong-based architect was the 2010 recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award from the Chinese University. He founded a non-profit research and design collaborative, with Joshua Bolchover in 2005. They have received numerous Awards as last year the RIBA’s Emerging Architect Award or the 2012 WA Chinese Architecture Award.
MAS Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium, 2010. Photograph © Sarah Blee, courtesy by Neutelings Riedijk Architects.
Willem Jan Neutelings and Michiel Riedijk - Neutelings Riedijk Architects, Netherlands.- Neutelings Riedjk Architects is a firm based in Rotterdam that since their partnership in 1992, has established a reputation for public building. Riedijk has been Professor of Architecture at the Technical University of Delft since 2007 and Neutelings became a Guest Professor at Harvard in 1999. Known for the sculpture character given to their work, their most celebrated buildings includes the Transport College in Rotterdam (2005) and the Musem aan de Stroom (2010) in Antwerp.
The Ark in Temple Bar, Dublin, Shane O’Toole and Michael Kelly for Group 91 Architects. Photograph © Peter Zoeller.
Shane O'Toole - Architectural Critic, Ireland.- Shane O’Toole is an architect and writer from Dublin. In 1983 he co-edited his two first books, monograph on the Irish-American architect Kevin Roche and the monograph on Aldo Rosi, as President of the Architectural Association of Ireland. He co-founded in 1991, the year Dublin was announced European City of Culture, an urban design collective formed of eight small studios, called Group 91 Architects. In the late 1990s, he abandoned architectural practice for criticism.
Sports Innovation Centre 'The Ring', Cáceres, Spain, 2008-2009, José María Sánchez García. Photograph © Ronald Halbe.
José Maria Sanchez Garcia - José Maria Sanchez Garcia, Spain.- José María Sánchez García graduated in 2002 at the Polytechnic University of Madrid where he is now an associate professor in architecture. He established in 2006 his own studio in Madrid, where he has developed international competitions. Among his numerous awards, are the first Prize of the BSI Swiss Architectural Award 2014 and was shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, Mies van der Rohe Award 2013.
The 2018 RIBA Honorary Fellowships will be awarded to:
- Maria Balshaw – Director of Tate Modern
- Pablo Bronstein – Artist
- Dinah Casson – Designer
- Evan Davis – BBC Presenter
- Ian Firth – Structural and Civil Engineer
- Hattie Hartman – Journalist
- Catherine Ince - Senior Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum
- Wasfi Kani - Grange Park Opera’s founder and chief executive
- Dr Tia Kansara - Economist, consultant
- Sadiq Khan – Mayor of London
- Ruth Lande Shuman - Industrial Designer
- Robert Powell - Former Creative Director of BEAM, Author and Poet
- Tom Stuart-Smith - Landscape Design
- Tamsie Thomson - Director of the London Festival of Architecture
The RIBA Fellowships will be presented at a special event at RIBA London headquarters in early 2018.
