On the 31st of October Shane de Blacam will be giving a lecture at the Royal Academy reflecting on his decades of work and his belief that architecture should speak for itself. He will be joined for questions at the end of the lecture by Níall. Tickets can be booked through here.
Niall McLaughlin Architects has been shortlisted for the St. Cross College competition for Oxford University. Pringle Richards Sharratt, Walters and Cohen and Wilkinson Eyre are the other shortlisted practices. The brief asks for the new student accommodation to be a ‘natural companion and complement to the existing buildings’ and is described as a ‘rare opportunity to finish a tucked-away and much loved space.’