RFR Engineers

RFR Engineers

RFR was founded in Paris in 1981 as Rice Francis Ritchie sarl, by Peter Rice (structural engineer), Martin Francis (industrial and yacht designer) and Ian Ritchie (architect). It has offices in Stuttgart, Germany; Shanghai, China; and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

RFR is a leading design engineering firm with its head office based in Paris and specialises in the design of complex structures and sophisticated building envelopes that reconcile engineering and architecture.

Recognition

It has won many international awards including French and European steel awards, RIBA Awards, Académie de l'Architecture Silver Medal for Research and Technique.

Publications

• Le verre structurel, Peter Rice, Hugh Dutton, Editions du Moniteur, Paris, 1990
• Exploring materials, the work of Peter Rice, RIBA Gallery, London1992
• Peter Rice, An Engineer imagines, Artemis, London, 1994
• L'art de l'ingénieur, B.Vaudeville, JF.Blassel, H.Bardsley, M.Kutterer, Petit journal de l'exposition, 1997
• L'art de l'ingénieur : constructeur, entrepreneur, inventeur, Antoine Picon, 1997

Lectures

Members of RFR regularly lecture internationally on glass structures and new geometric applications, including the Pisa university, Technical University Vienna, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), and Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture, Paris, France.

Notable Works

• Louvre Pyramids
• Cité des Sciences, La Villette Parc Citroen
• Charles de Gaulle International Airport (Roissy) Airport Terminal 2F
• Roissy Airport TGV Station
• Avignon TGV Station
• World Trade Center (Amsterdam)
• Irish Parliament Building
• Simone de Beauvoir Bridge [http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1004/index.html]

External Links

RFR [http://www.rfr.fr]
Ian Ritchie Architects [http://www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk]
Peter Rice [http://www.irish-architecture.com/architects_ireland/peter_rice/index.html] [http://www.icivilengineer.com/Famous_Engineers/Rice]

Sources

http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1004/index.html
http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/RFR,_Paris,_France
http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Passerelle_Simone_de_Beauvoir


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