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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.
The farmhouse is situated on a large rural site in County Down surrounded by a mature garden. Built in the late 1820s, the main house was originally designed with a two storey return that accommodated kitchen and servant spaces.
Living in the landscape, Jane Burnside designs houses, not from the abstract position of the urban architect enjoying the opportunity to embrace the landscape, but from a position embedded within the landscape and all its contrasting qualities.
The Viking Long House – so named for its shape and internal layout – is set within an old apple orchard in a rural location in Ireland. A second lozenge-shaped wall cuts through the house sheltering an entrance courtyard to the North terminating in a sculptural outdoor fireplace to the South.
A journey over water: Constructed entirely on one level for lifetime access, the house and carport are a single composition of eight pavilions connected across the burn by the broad footbridge overlooking the dam, waterfall and burn – sometimes a raging torrent, others a calm trickle.
The design process related to the redevelopment of Thomond Park extends back to 2003 with a request to examine significantly increasing the existing 11,091 capacity stadium.
The site is long, sloping, falling towards cliffs and the sea. Entering the site the viewer’s eye is drawn to the horizon, the viewer is pulled towards the abstracted line.
Abbeyleix Library Laois building design by DeBlacam & Meagher in Ireland. It was the Architect’s ambition to re-pave the square, and this was achieved by re-planning the car parking and planting Italian Cypress to compliment the 1890’s building.
The project is located in Sligo, perched above Glencar Lake to the south and surrounded by the limestone cliffs and tabletops of Benbulbin Mountain to the north. The existing limestone cottage had a defensive relationship to this dramatic landscape.
Tallaght Zip, Ireland, for South Dublin County Council – design by Seán Harrington Architects in Ireland: Irish public realm architecture development news
The new Leixlip Garda Station replaces a small existing station in the village. The site is on the western side of the village, on higher ground above the Liffey and Rye valleys, and fronts onto the old road to the west, now bypassed by the M4.
Coleraine house design by McGarry-Moon Architects – rural Northern Irish property in Kilrea, Coleraine, County Londonderry. Delightful, simple volume set in a generous garden
At present the Aurora building site sits on the southern fringe of Belfast City Centre with most recent re-development work centred on the Lagan River.
This house is in essence a simple bold sculptural form which sits at the foot of a steep escarpment in the Wicklow hills. It is a two storey house with vehicular and pedestrian access from the Bray Road.
Design: ODOSarchitects. The client’s brief simply asked for a new family home with more light and space but they were adamant that they did not want to move from the area. So, a new dwelling was designed to sit at the bottom of their unloved and overgrown back garden.
Oliver Chapman Architects were successful in being invited to the second stage of an international competition for the new headquarters’ building for the Irish gas board.
The concept masterplan for a mixed-use development at Greystones New Quarter, Co Wicklow, will incorporate strong sustainability and environmental aims. The project comprises a variety of uses integrating residential, civic, educational, commercial and leisure facilities.
The rebuilding of Wexford Opera House, is one of Ireland’s most important cultural projects of recent times, and has been completed on schedule for the 2008 autumn opera festival.