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RIBA REGIONAL SHORTLIST FOR AUCKLAND CASTLE, TOWER AND FAITH MUSEUM

FEBRUARY 2024

The Auckland Projects Faith Museum, Castle and Tower has been shortlisted for a North East RIBA Award. The client, The Auckland Project was founded by philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer. The project is a series of urban and historic interventions: the restoration of the 900-year-old Grade I listed Castle, the Auckland Tower, a welcome and orientation building with ticket office and events hall; and the new extension to the Castle to accommodate the Faith Museum.

RIBA HONOURS COMMITTEE PANEL CHOOSES ROYAL GOLD MEDAL WINNER

OCTOBER 2012

Niall McLaughlin was invited to be one of the six members of the RIBA Honours Committee Panel, a group selected to choose the winner of the Royal Gold Medal. The other members of the panel were architects Peter Clegg, Yvonne Farrell, Professor Adrian Forty, and Sarah Wigglesworth. The panel has nominated the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor as the 2013 recipient of the award.