The company was the furniture supporter of the 2022 RIBA Stirling Prize Ceremony on Thursday 13th October.
The recipient of this distinguished prize is Níall McLaughlin Architects for The New Library, Magdalene College in Cambridge. The exquisitely detailed new building provides students at the 700-year-old University of Cambridge college with a new library – open 24 hours a day – incorporating an archive and an art gallery.
Set within the college grounds in Cambridge’s city-centre, the new library replaces the cramped study spaces of the adjacent 17th century Grade I listed Pepys Library and extends the quadrangular arrangement of buildings and courts that have gradually developed from the monastic college site.
Honouring the rich surrounding history, Níall McLaughlin Architects combines load-bearing brick, gabled pitched roofs, windows with tracery and brick chimneys that animate the skyline with contemporary sustainable design elements to create a building that will stand the test of time.
The 2022 RIBA Stirling Prize ceremony was held at RIBA HQ in London on Thursday 13th October. As furniture supporter of the event, Arper furnished the BBC Lounge with the new Shaal sofa collection by Doshi Levien. Kata armchairs and Ghia side tables by Altherr Désile Park were selected to furnish the main stage.