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Review of Níall's Architecture Foundation Barbican Lecture on Recesssed Space

March 2025

Review of Níall's Architecture Foundation Barbican Lecture on Recesssed Space

Níall's lecture Taking Time that was organised by Architecture on Stage at the Barbican has been reviewed by Yuki Sumner for Recessed Space. Yuki describes the lecture as "weaving together philosophy, art, and architecture, urging us to reconsider the way buildings bear the weight of time". The article acn be read here on the Recessed Space website.

RIBA Journal Feature on the Bishop Edward King Chapel

July 2013

RIBA Journal Feature on the Bishop Edward King Chapel

Under the tile ‘Happy Ending’, Jan-Carlos Kucharek has reviewed the Chapel for Ripon Theological College in Oxfordshire. The article reflects on the conversations with the client to develop the design, together with the stories and architectural precedents that worked together to inform the building’s final form. Kucharek writes, “…there’s no questioning the positive effect of McLaughlin’s £2.6m chapel on the picturesque Ripon College, both functionally and aesthetically.” He goes on to describe the elliptical form, accessed on the diagonal between the long and short axes, as “a master stroke.”