Giants Causeway Ireland Visitor Centre Building

Giants Causeway Visitor Centre

Design: Heneghan Peng Architects. New photos of this uncompromising building on the north coast of Northern Ireland, designed “to blend in to the natural rural environment via re-establishment of the ridge-line by use of a part buried structure”.

Belfast City Campus University of Ulster

Belfast City Campus University of Ulster

Design: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. Campus designs, part of a £250m higher education project to provide 70,000 sqm of central teaching, faculty and social learning accommodation across three linked sites in the Cathedral Quarter

Ballymena Health & Care Centre Building

Ballymena Health & Care Centre Building

Design: Gareth Hoskins Architects / Keppie Design. The new building is designed around a welcoming, three-storey entrance atrium, stepping down to a two-story block formed around an external courtyard space. The atrium and courtyard create a highly legible layout with natural ventilation and daylight.

Victoria Square Belfast Shopping Centre – Shops

Victoria Square Belfast

Victoria Square in Belfast opened in 2008. With a construction cost of approximately £160m, this landmark mixed-use city centre scheme design by BDP architects has changed the skyline of the city with its dramatic glass dome.

Dublin Building Designs: Architecture

Spencer Dock Bridge Dublin

Dublin building designs, new architecture in Ireland: architectural news, contemporary Irish built environment updates & architectural links – key Dublin construction design info + property images

House at Maghera, County Down, Northern Ireland

House at Maghera

Design: Jamie Fobert Architects. A sophisticated contemporary house on a tight corner site in a central London mews is the latest home to be shortlisted for the 2015 RIBA House of the Year award.

Neglected strand of the Modern Movement

The Neglected Strand

Article by Peter Cully: Irish architecture has made great strides in recent times, impressing both at home and abroad, where Irish architects have had some major successes. Beneath the headlines perhaps not all is as rosy as might be surmised.

Omagh Fire Station, Emergency Services Building

Omagh Fire Station Building

A new £3.6 million community fire station, training facility and headquarters for Omagh’s firefighters has become fully operational, providing improved safety for the people of Omagh and the surrounding district.

Dunne & Crescenzi Kildare Village, Ireland

Dunne & Crescenzi Kildare Village

Design: Ghinlon Architecture. This is an Italian restaurant, Dunne & Crescenzi, set in the luxury retail Kildare Village, in the Republic of Ireland. The fit-out was carried out in phases within a live trading environment. It was a collaborative venture. Kildare Village were a key player in the process, providing logistical support every step of the way.

Athlone Art Gallery, Westmeath Building

Luan Gallery 1

Design: Keith Williams Architects. The Luan Gallery in Athlone, Co Westmeath has won a coveted Civic Trust Award in the 2014 awards programme. The building sits on a spectacular site overlooking the River Shannon.