29 September 2016
The Royal Institute of British Architects (°ÄÃÅÍõÖÐÍõ) today (Thursday 29 September) announced the 2017 °ÄÃÅÍõÖÐÍõ International Fellowships which will be awarded to twelve non-UK architects, of whom four are in partnership.
The °ÄÃÅÍõÖÐÍõ's 2017 International Fellowships are:
- Johan Celsing – Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor, Sweden
- Izaskun Chinchilla – Izaskun Chinchilla Architects, Spain
- Frederick Cooper – COOPER GRAÑA NICOLlNI ARCHITECTS (now CGGMS architects), Peru
- Philip Cox – COX Architecture, Australia
- Tom de Paor – dePaor, Ireland
- Francisco Vieira de Campos and Cristina Guedes – Menos é Mais, Portugal
- Bijoy Jain – Studio Mumbai, India
- Siv Helene Stangeland and Reinhard Kropf – Helen & Hard, Norway and Austria
- Vo Trong Nghia – Vo Trong Nghia Architects, Vietnam
- Marie Jose Van Hee – MJose Van Hee Architecten, Belgium
The lifetime honour allows individual recipients to use the initials Int F°ÄÃÅÍõÖÐÍõ after their name.
The 2017 °ÄÃÅÍõÖÐÍõ International Fellowships will be presented at a special event at the °ÄÃÅÍõÖÐÍõ, 66 Portland Place, London, W1 in early 2017.
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Notes:
- For further press information contact Callum Reilly in the °ÄÃÅÍõÖÐÍõ press office: 020 7307 3757 callum.reilly@riba.org
- °ÄÃÅÍõÖÐÍõ International Fellowships reward the particular contributions non-UK architects have made to architecture.
- The 2016 °ÄÃÅÍõÖÐÍõ Honours Committee who selected the 2017 Fellows was chaired by °ÄÃÅÍõÖÐÍõ President Jane Duncan with Sir Peter Cook, Neil Gillespie OBE, Victoria Thornton OBE and the 2015 Royal Gold Medallist Sheila O’Donnell.
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