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The RIBA's 2009 International Fellowships|, which reward the particular contributions non-UK architects have made to architecture, have been announced.

 

The lifetime honour, conferred annually, allows recipients to use the initials Int FRIBA after their name. This honour replaces RIBA Honorary Fellowships for non-UK architects whose outstanding work the RIBA wishes to mark.

 

The 2009 Honours Committee comprised RIBA President Sunand Prasad, Sir Jeremy Dixon of Dixon Jones, Peter Davey OBE, engineer Jane Wernick Hon FRIBA, Despina Katsikakis of DEGW design consultancy, Prof Kenneth Frampton of Columbia University and Pankaj Patel of Patel Taylor.

 

The 2008 RIBA International Fellowships |were announced on in October 2008 and were presented during a ceremony at the RIBA in February 2008.

  

The RIBA will begin calling for nominations for 2010 International Fellowships in February 2009.