Níall McLaughlin
Architects

FAITH MUSEUM WINS AT NATURAL STONE AWARDS

DECEMBER 2024

Faith Museum for The Auckland Project picks up two wins at the Natural Stone Awards.

The project won both the best new building with traditional cladding and the best new building with rainscreen cladding at the Natural Stone Awards 2024. 

The awards were presented by Kevin McCloud MBE at an event in London on Friday 6th December 2024. Associates Anne Schroell and Jacqueline Stephen accepted the awards on behalf of Níall McLaughlin Architects.The Natural Stone awards is a biennial awards celebrating the best stone construction projects in the UK.

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AUCKLAND CASTLE, TOWER AND FAITH MUSEUM WINS AT THE RIBA NORTH EAST AWARDS

MAY 2024

The Auckland Castle, Tower and Faith Museum has won the North East Building of the Year and North East Conservation Award in collaboration with Purcell.

The project comprises a number of urban and historic interventions: the restoration of the 900-year-old Grade I listed Castle, once home to the Prince Bishops; the Auckland Tower at the key nodal point between the historic Market Place and the entrance to the Castle complex; and the new extension to Castle’s Scotland Wing to accommodate the Faith Museum, which opened in 2023. The project seeks to preserve the Castle’s heritage, promote Bishop Auckland as a visitor destination and initiate regeneration of the town.