The Architecture of Prayer

January 2023

The Center Art Gallery at Calvin University presents The Architecture of Prayer, an international survey of the contemporary church. The exhibition showcases drawings and travel photography of historic church buildings in dialogue with new projects built between 1999 and the present-contributed by aver 40 global architecture firms-including:

Ad Jaye Associates Centerbrook
Coop Himmelb(L)Au
Dellekamp Arquitectos
John Pawson
Mario Botta Architetti
Marlon Black Well Architects
Neri&Hu
Niall Mclaughlin Architects
Olson Kundig
Ply+
Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Shigeru Ban Architects

Michael Webb Writes a Feature on Niall McLaughlin in Mark Magazine

October 2013

Under the title ‘London Maverick’ Mark Magazine has profiled Niall McLaughlin and a wide ranging showcase of the practice’s work. The article includes projects from the Bandstand at Bexhill-on-Sea in 2001 to the Chapel for Ripon Theological College completed last year, the latter being described as a project that “restores one’s faith in the capacity of architects to reinvent traditional forms.”

The work of the practice is described as defying categorisation and characterised by “poetry and invention”. Drawing on the broad theme of materiality, the review reflects on the design process for a selection of projects including House at Goleen, the student accommodation for Somerville College, the Information Centre in Hull and the Housing for the London Olympics.