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ATHLETES OCCUPY OLYMPIC HOUSING

AUGUST 2012

Athletes Occupy Olympic Housing

In the run up to the London Olympics, the Athletes’ Village housing block N15, is now occupied with athletes’ preparing for the games.  Niall McLaughlin Architects have designed the external skin of the housing block on a ‘chassis’ designed by Glen Howells. The facade samples fragments of the Elgin Marbles, scanned from the British Museum and converted into 3D pre-cast panels depicting galloping horses from the Parthenon Frieze.

Niall McLaughlin commented on the practice’s approach to the unusual commission in Building Design. ‘I was very interested in the principle of the facade being delaminated from the building’s core form. Usually it’s something one tries to swim against to retain a sense of ‘authenticity’, but here we decided to embrace it….I like the idea of setting Ruskin’s conception of the craftsman against the absolute Taylorism of the construction process. Through digital reproduction, these deracinated stones are now doubly lost.’ (Building Design 27.01.2012)

WHITECHAPEL HOUSING RECEIVES NEW LONDON AWARD

JULY 2012

Whitechapel Housing Receives New London Award

Niall McLaughlin Architects’ Whitechapel housing scheme for the Peabody Trust was the recipient of a NLA Special Award. The New London Awards seek to give recognition to schemes of the highest design quality in the capital.   Images from the Whitechapel housing scheme are to be on display in the NLA galleries at the Building Centre, London.

PEABODY HOUSE GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION

JULY 2012

Peabody House Granted Planning Permission

Niall McLaughlin Architects’ scheme for Peabody House has been granted planning permission by the London Borough of Islington.