The WongAvery Gallery for Trinity Hall has been shortlisted for a RIBA East Award. The WongAvery Gallery is a new stone-built music practice and performance space centered in Avery Court. The Gallery is a simple load bearing construction made of Portland stone and precast concrete
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.”