Ivan Harbour

Summary

Ivan William Harbour (born 3 June 1962) is an architect and senior partner at RSHP. He joined the Richard Rogers Partnership in 1985 and by 2007 the name of the practice changed to Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in recognition of Graham Stirk and Harbour's contribution to the firm, later renamed RSHP, after the death of Richard Rogers.

Ivan Harbour
Born (1962-06-03) June 3, 1962 (age 61)[1]
Irvine, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Alma materBartlett School of Architecture
OccupationArchitect
AwardsStirling Prize (2006 and 2009)
PracticeRSHP
BuildingsLloyd's building (Grade I)
European Court of Human Rights building
Senedd, Cardiff
Terminal 4 of Madrid-Barajas Airport
Maggie's Centre, London
Websitewww.rsh-p.com/practice/people/partners/ivan-harbour/

He has been the leading architect on two Stirling Prize winning entries for the practice in 2006 and 2009 for Terminal 4 of Madrid-Barajas Airport and Maggie's Centre, London respectively.

Early life and career edit

 
From left to right: Ivan Harbour, Rosemary Butler (Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales) and Richard Rogers at the Senedd in March 2016

Harbour was born in 1962 in Irvine, Scotland.[2] However he was brought up in the West Country.[3] Harbour joined the Richard Rogers Partnership in 1985 after studying architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London,[2] where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree (BSc (Hons)) during 1980-83 and a Diploma in Architecture (Dipl. Arch.) in 1985.[4]

During 1983 he joined Yorke Rosenberg Mardall (YRM) as part of his studies and in 1984-85 he was with the London Borough of Hackney.[4] After his studies he joined the Richard Rogers Partnership in 1985 and was made a director of in 1993.[4] In 1998 he was made a director of the practice and by 2007 the name of the practice changed from Richard Rogers Partnership to Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.[4] In 2011 he was made a senior partner in the firm.[4] The practice is now known as RSHP.

The Guardian's Charlotte Higgins described Harbour's work, in comparison with fellow partner Graham Stirk, to be "more expressive and sculptural" such as Madrid airport's brightly coloured Terminal 4.[3]

Notable works edit

When Harbour joined Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in 1985, he started as part of a team working on the Richard Rogers Lloyd's building in London.[5] He has gone on to lead design teams on the European Court of Human Rights building, the Bordeaux Law Courts,[5] and winning the Stirling Prize for the practice in 2006 and 2009 for Terminal 4 of Madrid-Barajas Airport and Maggie's Centre, London respectively.[4]

Images of a selection of Ivan Harbour's work edit

Other projects that have been designed / led by Harbour includes:

  • Barangaroo masterplan, Sydney, Australia
  • 300 New Jersey Avenue offices, Washington DC, USA
  • Parc1, Seoul, South Korea
  • International Quarter masterplan, London.[5]
  • PLACE / Ladywell, London
  • Nuovo Centro Civico, Scandicci, Italy

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "See change of Director's Details on 14 Nov 2011". Companies House. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cost-Effective Building: Economic concepts and constructions. De Gruyter Oldenbourg. 17 December 2012. ISBN 9783034615105. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Interview: architects Richard Rogers, Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour". theguardian.com. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Ivan Harbour" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Ivan Harbour". New London Architecture. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Ivan Harbour at Wikimedia Commons
  • Profile on the official website