Niall McLaughlin Architects explained

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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Niall McLaughlin Architects models castle entrance tower on siege engine . Crook . Lizzie . 15 April 2021 . dezeen.com . Dezeen . 18 March 2024.
2. Web site: Oliver Wainwright . Oliver Wainwright . Cosy nooks in a thicket of books: time-straddling library is Britain's best new building . . 13 October 2022 . 13 October 2022.
3. Web site: ROQ awards . 6 August 2015 . 31 March 2020 . 13 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200113184036/https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/roq-accommodation-wins-sustainable-building-award/ . live.
4. Web site: Bishop Edward King chapel, Ripon College – review . Moore . Rowan . 27 April 2013 . The Guardian . 9 January 2020.
5. Web site: RIBA Stirling Prize 2015 finalist: Darbishire Place by Niall McLaughlin Architects . Woodman . Ellis . 8 October 2015 . Architects' Journal . 9 January 2020.
6. Web site: Backstage: Why LAMDA's £28 million extension is making jaws drop . Hoggart . Paul . 10 July 2017 . The Stage . 15 January 2020.
7. Web site: RIBA Stirling Prize 2018: Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre by Níall McLaughlin Architects . Slessor . Catherine . 3 October 2018 . Architects' Journal . 9 January 2020.
8. Web site: Hothouse towers: Auckland Castle's skyscraping revamp . Wainwright . Oliver . 5 November 2019 . The Guardian . 9 January 2020.
9. Web site: The Catherine Hughes Building . 30 August 2018 . some.ox.ac.uk . 30 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180830174201/http://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about-somerville/the-catherine-hughes-building/ . live.
10. News: Wainwright . Oliver . Neat enough for Pepys: Magdalene college Cambridge's inventive new library . The Guardian . 23 November 2021 . 26 July 2022.
11. Web site: Stirling prize shortlist 2013 . Moore . Rowan . 21 July 2013 . The Guardian . 29 January 2020.
12. Web site: Stirling prize 2015 shortlist highlights UK's desperate housing crisis . Wainwright . Oliver . 16 July 2015 . The Guardian . 29 January 2020.
13. Web site: Billion-pound Foster vies with mud-walled burial ground for Stirling prize . Wainwright . Oliver . 19 July 2018 . The Guardian . 29 January 2020.
14. News: RIBA unveils shortlist for 2022 Stirling Prize . 22 July 2022 . Building Design . 21 July 2022.
15. News: Riba Stirling Prize: Cambridge University library wins top architecture award . 13 October 2022 . BBC News . 13 October 2022.