On the 11th September one of our associates, Claire Chawke, will give a lecture at The Hive in Shrewsbury. Claire will be talking about Niall McLaughlin Architects in practice and having a more indepth look at 3 of our projects, The International Rugby Experience in Limerick, Auckland Tower in County Durham and the Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre in Oxford. Information about the lecture can be found here.
Tamsin Hanke, member of the practice and recent winner of the Dissertation Medal at this year’s RIBA President’s Medal Student Awards, has written an article for the Architectural Review, commenting on the current political and urban landscape in Russia. Under the title ‘Don’t get Distracted: Russia under the Spotlight’, the piece gives context to the built fabric of the country, explaining its links to rapid industrialisation during at the first part of the 20th century. The article calls for an understanding of the complexities of contemporary Russia beyond recent attention grabbing headlines and stresses the need for new urban methods to solve the historic contradiction between policy and infrastructure.
To read the full article click here