From the 4-6th December Niall was in Amsterdam Judging at the AR Emerging Architect Awards during this years World Archietcture Festival. The World Architecture Festival is where the world architecture community meets to celebrate, learn, exchange and be inspired.
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.”