Malcolm Reading Consultants have released the finalist gallery for the 7 shortlisted teams for the new museum to honor Jesus Christ’s Baptism at Bethany, Jordan. All the proposal's can be seen here.
Niall McLaughlin was invited to be one of the six members of the RIBA Honours Committee Panel, a group selected to choose the winner of the Royal Gold Medal. The other members of the panel were architects Peter Clegg, Yvonne Farrell, Professor Adrian Forty, and Sarah Wigglesworth. The panel has nominated the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor as the 2013 recipient of the award.