Níall McLaughlin Architects is an architectural firm in

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, England. Níall McLaughlin established the practice in 1991. He has been described as "a favourite with

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clients"; as of 2022, McLaughlin has had commissions from 15 colleges at

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and Cambridge universities. In 2022, the practice won the

Stirling Prize The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture. It is named after the architect James Stirling, organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The ...

for excellence in architecture for the New Library at

Magdalene College, Cambridge Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary ...

Projects

Radcliffe Observatory Quarter The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter (ROQ) is a major University of Oxford development project in Oxford, England, in the estate of the old Radcliffe Infirmary hospital. The site, covering 10 acres (3.7 hectares) is in central north Oxford. It is ...

Somerville College, Oxford Somerville College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges. It began admitting men in 1994. The colle ...

(2011) *

Bishop Edward King Chapel Bishop Edward King Chapel is the chapel of Ripon College Cuddesdon, a Church of England theological college near Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, ...

Ripon College Cuddesdon Ripon College Cuddesdon (RCC) is a Church of England seminary, theological college in Cuddesdon, a village outside Oxford, England. The College trains men and women for ministry in the Church of England: stipendiary, non-stipendiary, local orda ...

, Oxfordshire (2013) * Darbishire Place housing, East London, for

Peabody Trust The Peabody Trust was founded in 1862 as the Peabody Donation Fund and now brands itself simply as Peabody.

(2015) * Extension of

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. In ...

, Hammersmith, London (2017) * Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre at

Worcester College, Oxford Worcester College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms was ad ...

(2018) * Visitor centre for

Auckland Castle Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, is a former bishop's palace located in the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England. The castle was a residence of the Bishop of Durham, bishops of Durham from approximately 1183 and was ...

, County Durham (2019) * Catherine Hughes Building at Somerville College, Oxford (2019) * New Library at

(2021)

Awards

Níall McLaughlin Architects has been shortlisted for the

on four occasions, winning in 2022: *2013 for Bishop Edward King Chapel, Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire *2015 for Darbishire Place, East London *2018 for Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College, Oxford *2022 for The New Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge

References

{{authority control Architecture firms of England Companies based in London Design companies established in 1991 1991 establishments in England