SIMON BISHOP BECOMES AN ASSOCIATE AND RUTH RYAN PRACTICE MANAGER
DECEMBER 2013
We offer our congratulations to Simon Bishop who has been made an Associate. He joins Tim Allen-Booth, Tilo Guenther and Joanna Karatzas in this leadership role within the practice. Simon joined Niall McLaughlin Architects in 2008 and has worked on a range of projects including the Athletes’ Village housing in Stratford and the Somerville Student Accommodation in Oxford.
We are also pleased to announce Ruth Ryan as Practice Manager. Her long-standing experience in all areas of office management, finance and HR is proving invaluable.
RIBA JOURNAL FEATURE ON THE BISHOP EDWARD KING CHAPEL
JULY 2013
Under the tile ‘Happy Ending’, Jan-Carlos Kucharek has reviewed the Chapel for Ripon Theological College in Oxfordshire. The article reflects on the conversations with the client to develop the design, together with the stories and architectural precedents that worked together to inform the building’s final form. Kucharek writes, “…there’s no questioning the positive effect of McLaughlin’s £2.6m chapel on the picturesque Ripon College, both functionally and aesthetically.” He goes on to describe the elliptical form, accessed on the diagonal between the long and short axes, as “a master stroke.”