Browser does not support script. Contact us The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) today (Thursday 29 September) announced the 2017 RIBA International Fellowships which will be awarded to twelve non-UK architects, of whom four are in partnership. The RIBA’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 FRIBA after their name. The 2017 RIBA International Fellowships will be presented at a special event at the RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1 in early 2017. ENDS Notes: 1. For further press information contact Callum Reilly in the RIBA press office: 020 7307 3757 callum.reilly@riba.org 2. RIBA International Fellowships reward the particular contributions non-UK architects have made to architecture. 3. The 2016 RIBA Honours Committee who selected the 2017 Fellows was chaired by RIBA President Jane Duncan with Sir Peter Cook, Neil Gillespie OBE, Victoria Thornton OBE and the 2015 Royal Gold Medallist Sheila O’Donnell. 4. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a global professional membership body that serves its members and society in order to deliver better buildings and places, stronger communities and a sustainable environment. www.architecture.com Follow us on Twitter for regular RIBA updates www.twitter.com/RIBA   Posted on Thursday 29th September 2016 Source link