POLITECNICO DI MILANO LECTURE
APRIL 2021
Niall gave a lecture for the Politecnico di Milano as part of a series of online conferences in the context of the master’s degree in “Architectural Design and History” directed by Prof. Federico Bucci. His lecture reviewed the collection of halls that we submitted for the Venice Biennale in 2018. It described the installation and the idea it embodied of framed halls within bounded enclosures and looked at eight of the halls, which have all now been built.
OXFORD PRESERVATION TRUST AWARD
FEBRUARY 2021
Our Catherine Hughes Building in Oxford has been awarded a certificate by the Oxford Preservation Trust in the new buildings category. The OPT Awards celebrate the contribution that buildings and environmental projects can make to Oxford’s character, its streets, and its green spaces.
2021 TAKSHILA LECTURE ON ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY
JANUARY 2021
As part of the Takshila Lecture series Níall gave a lecture titled Building Time.
The Takshila Lecture on Architecture and Society is delivered by an eminent professional / academician that addresses growing disparity between the practice and pedagogy of Architecture in India, and the realities of our social, cultural and economic contexts. The lecture and the following dialogue aims to challenge the status-quo with a conviction that an open and honest conversation on the state of practice will instigate positive change.
You can watch the lecture here.