The International Rugby Experience in Limerick has won an Architectiral Association of Ireland Award. The jury described the building as ‘a beautifully crafted artefact…absolutely incredible in terms of the technical competence’ .
Niall McLaughlin nominated Herman Hertzberger as the recipient of the 2012 Royal Gold Medal. At the award ceremony in London this month Niall delivered the formal citation for Herman Hertzberger on behalf of the honours committee.
“For Hertzberger inhabitation is the key….architects should be specialists in the daily life of people. This is done not by asking people what they want but by undertaking a rational observation of what they are.”