The Athletes’ Housing for Olympic is among one of the projects shortlisted for a New London Architecture Award. The scheme was nominated in the Masterplanning Category, as part of a group submission for the Olympic Village development for the London 2012 Games.
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.”