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Find out more abut the Clare County Library & Art Gallery by Keith Williams Architects. Construction has restarted on this structure in Ennis, Co Clare, in the mid-west of the country.
Construction progress was stalled for many months following the collapse of the main contractor LM Keating. The development is once again underway with new contractor Coolsivna from Co. Galway appointed following a public re-tender.
Finally check out The Butler Gallery in County Kilkenny, province of Leinster, by Dublin-based practice McCullough Mulvin Architects. Refurbishment and conservation works transform an historic former almshouse and garden in the South-East of the country.
PJ Carroll’s Factory, Dundalk Building, Ireland – design by Scott Tallon Walker Architects – It is not often that a firm gets a chance do a makeover of one of their masterpieces: PJ Carroll’s Factory Dundalk, Ireland Building
The 11,500 sqm building on the outskirts of Wexford town brings together the services and departments of Wexford County Council that, until now, have been housed separately within the centre of the town.
This is a civic building with a public face and a clear and direct internal organisation that relays the narrative of the past and the security in which it is being preserved for the future.
This major addition to a double-bay, detached Victorian villa, is tucked away from the street and is seen in the context of the rear off-shots and extensions of suburban Belfast.
Set within the Glens of Antrim on the side of the valley running down to the sea, this house respects the rural architecture of the area while providing an immaculately detailed modern interpretation of a country home with excellent environmental credentials.
In 2003, the Lyric held an international architectural competition and selected O’Donnell + Tuomey as architects to design a new theatre facility.
Irish building news – architecture developments in Ireland: images, architects in Cork, Sligo, Galway, Dublin, Belfast – Irish architecture news
A key aim was to maximise site’s commercial potential and to enliven the area at extended times of the day, whilst addressing the adjacent square, Belfast Lough, River Lagan and Belfast City.
Mount Melleray is a functioning monastery of Cistercian monks which forms part of the Irish national consciousness due to its historical and literary associations. This project required the reordering of part of the monastery to provide a new accommodation wing for the monks.
An Gaelaras – Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin – is a cultural centre for the Irish language, and is situated on an unprepossessing narrow landlocked site in Derry. It is a sculptural intervention featuring an intriguing vortex plan that draws the visitor inwards and upwards.
Carnathan Lane, Donaghadee house design by twenty two over seven in Northern Ireland: balanced interpretation of Celtic vernacular – County Down property
A Chapel and Maternity Hospital for unmarried mothers dating from the 1920s with a sad history of adopted babies was the site for a new Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit.
The RIAI is administering an open, two-stage competition for the architectural design of Tullamore Community Arts Centre for the competition promoters, Offaly County Council.
Expo West Belfast Shortlisted teams for the next stage in the competition to regenerate the former Andersonstown Police Barracks at the junction of Falls Road and Glen Road in west Belfast.