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Practice Information
Studio based in Cross St, London N1, UK
PRACTICE CV
Christopher Procter Fernando Rihl
BFAArch RIBA BArch Grad Dipl AA Grad Dipl AA PhD AA ILTHE
British British/ Brazilian
1959 1962
QUALIFICATIONS/ MEMBERSHIPS
Member Royal Institute of British Architects
British Architect ARB 1995 Brazilian Architect CREA 69340-D 1990
EDUCATION
CLTAD Postgrad Certificate 2006
AAPhD (Daylight & Visual Perception) 1998
RIBA Part III Professional Practice 1995 Grad Dipl.AA ( E & E Studies) 1993
Design Unit Arch. Assoc., London 86-87 Grad Dipl.AA (Housing Studies) 1991
BFA Arch Carnegie-Mellon Univ,USA 1979 B.Arch UFRGS, Brazil 1989
Ext.Study School Int’l Training,Tokyo 1978 Dipl Cascade High, Seattle,USA 1980
AWARDS
Grand Design Awards – Single Dwelling Category – finalist May 2006
Architect of the Year Award – Single Dwelling Category – finalist Nov 2005
Concrete Centre Sustainability Award, UK - finalist Nov 2005 RIBA Award - Worldwide Category 2005 / Slice House Jun 2005
IV Latin American Architecture Biennale, Lima Peru- representing Brazil Oct 2004
Chelsea Flower Show 2000 Gold Medal Glass Pavilions/ HardLandscape May 2000
Visual Arts Awards London Arts Board (grant for research on plastic) Award Jan 1998
Blueprint Design Awards Topo Shelving System 3rd Prize Sep 1997
Arts Foundation/ Architecture category nominated by Piers Gough Nov 1996
Variazioni (Modo Magazine / Cascina, Italy) Shelving Finalist Nov 1996
ABEA (Annual Brazilian National Student Competition) Diploma 1st Prize Dec 1989
PROJECTS
Stretch 2 House Low Energy (US Energy Star Programme) Connecticut, US current
Stretch House Low Energy (US Energy Star Programme) Vermont, US current
Stoke Newington House Extension current
Tufnell Park Loft Renovation 2006
Tufnell Park Flat Renovation (disable friendly renovation) 2005
Shoreditch House Extension 2005
Private House Concrete Tech in POA, Brazil 2004
Barnsbury House Extension Modern Intervention in a Listed Building 2004
Canonbury House Extension Modern Intervention in a Listed Building 2003
Robert Bowman Gallery Remodelling of an Antiques Gallery, London 2003
Tufnell Park Loft Loft Conversion 2003
Conservatory Extension Totteridge, UK 2003
Housing Development New residential Building, Grimsby street, Shoreditch 2002
Barnsbury House Extension Modern Intervention in a Listed Building 2002
Islington House Extension Glass Living Room + Kitchen Extension 2001
Belsize Park Roof Extension Georgian House Renovation 2001
Kentish Town House Extension New Stair + Kitchen Extension 2001
Product Design Projects for Italian, Swedish and North American Co 2000
Studio living Space/ Photographer Studio and Living Space in POA, Brazil 2000
Camden House Extension Glazed Inflow Element in Courtyard 2000
Beach House Seaside Holiday House in Rosa Beach, Brazil 2000
Islington House Extension Planted Roof Garden Extension 2000
St. John’s Wood House Extension Glass House Extension 2000
Chelsea Flower Show Glass Pavilions/ for Show Garden Chelsea Flower Show 2000
Queens Park Loft Loft Conversion 1999
West Sussex Pool House New Building for Pool Tennis Court Area 1999
St. John’s Wood Flat Large 4 bedroom Flat Renovation 1999
Objects for Scott Henshall Video by Henrik Halvarsson /London Fashion Week 1999
Design Britanique Exhibition Curator Chateau de Bosmelet, Auffay, France 1999
Esher House Renovation House renovation + new stair, Esher, Surrey 1998
Covent Garden Flat Project Flat Renovation 1998
Hampstead House Project Commission of a Shelving System 1998
London Fashion Week Stand Design for Johnny Rocket/ Owen Gaster Jewellery 1998
Reception Desk Commission for the British Council, Singapore 1998
Installation Proposal Space Lily Garden, Tokyo 1997
Furniture Line 6 pieces for E+Y, Japan 1997
Battersea mansion block flat Flat for a Writer, London 1997
London maisonette Modern intervention within Regency terrace house, London 1997 Exhibition Stand Design Blueprint Magazine Stand for 100% Design Exhibition 1997
Nailbar Commission for Colette shop, Paris 1997
Shoreditch Loft - Loft conversion for a Film Producer, London 1997
“Topo” exhibition shelving Exhibition shelving for Zwemmer’s Art Books, London 1996
Joyce Shop Screen Panels Acrylic/ glass screens for Joyce Clothes Shop, HK 1996 Chiswick House Renovation Proposal renovation of 1970’s house, London 1996
Jigsaw Exhibition Window panels, 5 Jigsaw shops, central London 1996
“Strata”, “Prion” and “Ozone” Range of Live-edge acrylic tables 1996
Soho Penthouse Extension and internal reworking of duplex flat, London 1996
Elementer Panels Blueprint Pavilion ‘95 with Office of Zaha Hadid, Birmingham 1995
Aerogare 2, Shop Redesign of Accessories Shop, Brazil 1995
Wheel Dining Table Commissioned furniture Pease Residence, London 1995
furniture, London 1995
COMPETITIONS
Silves Housing Development Algarve Development Aug 2005
Any Old Street? AF Landscape Competition with Anya Gallacio June 2004
Angel Comp Architectural Foundation 2002
Variazioni Comp Furniture, Modo Cascina, Italy) Acqua Shelving Finalist Nov 1996
CONSULTANCY
Brazilian Architecture for Bartle, Bogle & Hegarty (BBH), London branch 2004
Short & Ford Associates , London, Daylight Consultancy
Horniman Museum
Aberdeen Laboratories
Leicester Office Building 1994
computer, artificial sky and site test, production of reports
CONFERENCES
Silves Conference/ Experimenta Lisbon 2005 August 2005
IV Latin American Architecture Biennale in Lima Peru Sept 2004
JUDGE / EXTERNAL EXAMINER EXPERIENCE
Judge for the RCA/ Lattice Awards 2002
Royal College of Arts
ARTICLES/ PAPERS/ PUBLICATIONS
Imperfect World, Blueprint Magazine, UK Sept 2006
Fundacion Ibere Foundation/ Siza Building , ARQ Chile Aug 2006
Unchartered Territory, Ibere Foundation/ Siza Museum Blueprint Magazine March 2006
Slice House: Local or Global, Arq Publications , Chile Dec 2005
Fishing School, Ruy Othake’s Work, Wallpaper Magazine 2001
Burle Marx Landscapings, Wallpaper Magazine 2001
LECTURES
Selected Work, Nottingham University – School of Architecture May 2006
Selected Work, FdA – Interior Design, Chelsea College of Art & Design Jan 2006
Selected Work, Summer Nights Series, Architecture Foundation BDP, London Aug 05
Views from Abroad, Seasides, Algarve Dev Conf,Silves,Portugal Aug 05
Practice Work and the Silves House, Algarve Dev Conf, Silves, Portugal 27 Aug 05
Business Management Skills Course Chelsea College of Art & Design June 2005
Slice House, MA Architectural Furniture Course, Chelsea College of Art Feb 2005
Selected Work, UFRGS – School of Architecture RS, Brazil Sept 2004
Selected Work, MA History & Theory/ Architecture – UFRGS, Brazil Sept 2004
Selected Work, BA School of Architecture – UFRGS, Brazil Sept 2004
Selected Work, Btech – Interior Design, Chelsea College of Art & Design Jan 2002
Slice House, Course on Building Technology - Btech Chelsea College of Art Spring 2002
Selected Work, BA Honours Interior & Spatial Design Course Feb 2002
EXHIBITIONS
Global Cities (MIXTACITY collaboration/ Nigel Coates) Tate Modern, London Summer 07
Quadro da Arquitetura Brasileira Exhibition Catalogue, Italy , Spain March 2006
Encore Moderne?Arch Contemporaine au BrÈsil, Inst. Francais Arch, Paris Oct 05-Jan06
Sao Paulo Arch Biennale Exhibition, Slice House, Sao Paulo, Brazil October 05
Summer Nights, group show, Arch. Foundation, The Yard, London Aug 2005
Algarve Housing Competition, Granturismo, Silves, Portugal Aug 2005
IV Latin American Architecture Biennale Exh., Slice House, Lima, Peru Sept 2004
Open Practice/ Architecture Week Exhibition, London June 2004
Design UK 2 Exhibition , Yoga CD rack, Viaduct Gallery, London Sept 2003
Clear Cut Exhibition Research on CNC Technology on Plastics Sept 2002
Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal,Pavilions Landscape Design with Ryl Nowell April 2000
procter:rihl, solo exhibition @ Christophe Lemaire , Paris and Tokyo May 2000
Design Britanique, group show, Chateau de Bosmelet, Auffay, France May 1999 procter:rihl, DUB exhibition, Milan April 1999 procter:rihl, new work, colette, Paris Jan 1999
New Architects, group show best young practices in Britain, Glasgow99 Jan 1999
Biennale Internationale Design 98, Saint Etienne, France Nov 1998
Fish and Chips, British Art + Design, stilwerk gallery, Hamburg, Germany Oct 1998
Objects of our Time, group show, American Craft Museum, New York May 1998
Design UK, group show, Totem Gallery, Tribeca, New York April 1998
Plastics, group show, Black Swan Guild, Frome Somerset April 1998
Salon du Meuble, group show, Paris Jan 1998
UK Now, British Design Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia Nov 1997
International Furniture Fair Tokyo, group show,Japan Nov 1997
Objects of our Time, group show, Crafts Council; London, Belfast, Edinburgh 1996/97
New British Design, group show, Galerie Andrea Leenarts, Cologne Jan 1997
New British Designers, group show, Tombolini, Milan July1996
International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York City May 1996
Window Panels,5 Jigsaw shops May 1996
Products of Desire 2, products designed by architects, RIBA April 1996
Contemporary Gems Tour, Architectural Dialogue, tour of Soho Penthouse March 1996
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