St Cross Topping Out

January 2016

On the 15^th of January to celebrate the West Quad building reaching its highest point, the College held a ‘topping out’ ceremony. The new Vice Chancellor of Oxford University, Professor Richardson marked the occasion by filling cement on the building’s rooftop. Professor Richardson, remarked on the use of ‘creativity in such a constrained space and sensitivity to the surroundings’.

Somerville College Shortlisted for Wood Awards

December 2012

Niall McLaughlin Architects is among those 30 practices shortlisted for the Wood Awards 2012 for the student accommodation for Oxford University’s Somerville College. The judges described this years shortlist as ‘exceptional’, stating that they had received an unprecedented 362 category entries for the awards.