Ivan Harbour

Ivan William Harbour (born 3 June 1962) is an architect and senior partner at RSHP. 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, later renamed RSHP, after the death of Richard Rogers.

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.

Early life and career

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, University College London,

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. 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.

Images of a selection of Ivan Harbour's work

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