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Ivan Harbour

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Nationality
  
British

Alma mater
  
The Bartlett

Occupation
  
Architect

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Born
  
1962 (age 54–55)
Irvine, Scotland

Awards
  
Stirling Prize (2006 and 2009)

Website
  
www.rsh-p.com/practice/people/partners/ivan-harbour/

Practice
  
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Buildings
  
Lloyd's building (Grade I) European Court of Human Rights building Senedd, Cardiff Terminal 4 of Madrid-Barajas Airport Maggie's Centre, London

Award
  
Stirling Prize (2006 and 2009)

Organization founded
  
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Structures
  
The Lloyd's Building, Senedd, European Court of Human R

Similar
  
Graham Stirk, Richard Rogers, Mike Davies, John McAslan

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Ivan Harbour (born in 1962) is an architect and senior partner at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. 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.

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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.

Lecture given by ivan harbour opening of the architecture days in strasbourg in french


Early life and career

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Harbour was born in 1962 in Irvine, Scotland. However he was brought up in the West Country. Harbour joined the Richard Rogers Partnership in 1985 after studying architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree during 1980-83 and a Diploma in Architecture in 1985.

Ivan Harbour Part of Beijing Design Week Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners From

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. After his studies he joined the Richard Rogers Partnership in 1985 and was made a director of in 1993. 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. In 2011 he was made a senior partner in the firm.

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.

Notable works

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. He has gone on to lead design teams on the European Court of Human Rights building, the Bordeaux Law Courts, 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.

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.
  • PLACE / Ladywell, London
  • Nuovo Centro Civico, Scandicci, Italy
  • References

    Ivan Harbour Wikipedia