The extension and refurbishment of the Wolfson Building in Oxford has started on site. The Grade II Listed building, originally designed by Arup Associates in the 1960s, forms part of Somerville College.
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.”