Niall McLaughlin Architects

Níall McLaughlin Architects is an architectural firm in London, England. Níall McLaughlin established the practice in 1991.^[1] He has been described as "a favourite with Oxbridge clients"; as of 2022, McLaughlin has had commissions from 15 colleges at Oxford and Cambridge universities.^[2] In 2022, the practice won the Stirling Prize for excellence in architecture for the New Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Projects

• Radcliffe Observatory Quarter at Somerville College, Oxford (2011)^[3]
• Bishop Edward King Chapel at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire (2013)^[4]
• Darbishire Place housing, East London, for Peabody Trust (2015)^[5]
• Extension of London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Hammersmith, London (2017)^[6]
• Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre at Worcester College, Oxford (2018)^[7]
• Visitor centre for Auckland Castle, County Durham (2019)^[8]
• Catherine Hughes Building at Somerville College, Oxford (2019)^[9]
• New Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge (2021)^[10]

Awards

Níall McLaughlin Architects has been shortlisted for the Stirling Prize on four occasions, winning in 2022:

• 2013 for Bishop Edward King Chapel, Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire^[11]
• 2015 for Darbishire Place, East London^[12]
• 2018 for Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College, Oxford^[13]
• 2022 for The New Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge^[14][15]

References

1. Crook, Lizzie (15 April 2021). "Niall McLaughlin Architects models castle entrance tower on siege engine". dezeen.com. Dezeen. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
2. Oliver Wainwright (13 October 2022). "Cosy nooks in a thicket of books: time-straddling library is Britain's best new building". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
3. "ROQ awards". 6 August 2015. from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
4. Moore, Rowan (27 April 2013). "Bishop Edward King chapel, Ripon College – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
5. Woodman, Ellis (8 October 2015). "RIBA Stirling Prize 2015 finalist: Darbishire Place by Niall McLaughlin Architects". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
6. Hoggart, Paul (10 July 2017). "Backstage: Why LAMDA's £28 million extension is making jaws drop". The Stage. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
7. Slessor, Catherine (3 October 2018). "RIBA Stirling Prize 2018: Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre by Níall McLaughlin Architects". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
8. Wainwright, Oliver (5 November 2019). "Hothouse towers: Auckland Castle's skyscraping revamp". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
9. "The Catherine Hughes Building". some.ox.ac.uk. from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
10. Wainwright, Oliver (23 November 2021). "Neat enough for Pepys: Magdalene college Cambridge's inventive new library". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
11. Moore, Rowan (21 July 2013). "Stirling prize shortlist 2013". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
12. Wainwright, Oliver (16 July 2015). "Stirling prize 2015 shortlist highlights UK's desperate housing crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
13. Wainwright, Oliver (19 July 2018). "Billion-pound Foster vies with mud-walled burial ground for Stirling prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
14. "RIBA unveils shortlist for 2022 Stirling Prize". Building Design. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
15. "Riba Stirling Prize: Cambridge University library wins top architecture award". BBC News. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.