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

Niall McLaughlin Gives Royal Gold Medal Speech for Herman Hertzberger

February 2012

Niall McLaughlin nominated Herman Hertzberger as the recipient of the 2012 Royal Gold Medal. At the award ceremony in London this month Niall delivered the formal citation for Herman Hertzberger on behalf of the honours committee.

“For Hertzberger inhabitation is the key….architects should be specialists in the daily life of people. This is done not by asking people what they want but by undertaking a rational observation of what they are.”

Link to the full recording of the speech