RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2015 Announced
The RIAI have recently announced the winners of the 2015 Irish Architecture Awards. There were 120 building projects entered for this year’s awards. The jury selected 17 Award Winners, 11 Highly Commended and 14 Commended Awards, which were all presented to the architects at a ceremony in Wood Quay, Dublin City Council offices.
2015 Irish Architecture Awards Category Winners
Winner of Public Choice Award
Project: Restoration of St Mels Cathedral Longford
Architect: Fitzgerald Kavanagh + Partners
Client: St Mel’s Diocesan Trust, Bishop Francis Duffy, Bishop Emeritus Colm O’Reilly, Chairman Seamus Butler.
2nd place
Project: The Lake House
Architect: Aughey O’Flaherty Architects
Client: Private
3rd place
Project: DLR LexIcon
Architect: Carr Cotter & Naessens Architects
Client: Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown County Council
Best Commercial/Retail
Winner: Fire Restaurant and Lounge at the Mansion House
Architect: Seán Harrington Architects
Commended: 30 Herbert Street
Architect: Plus Architecture
Client: Irish Life
Best Conservation/Restoration
Winner: Restoration of St Mels Cathedral Longford
Architect: Fitzgerald Kavanagh + Partners
Client: St Mel’s Diocesan Trust, Bishop Francis Duffy, Bishop Emeritus Colm O’Reilly, Chairman Seamus Butler.
Highly Commended: St Catherine’s Meath Street, Post Fire Reinstatement & Re-ordering
Architect: Howley Hayes Architects
Client: Fr Niall Coghlan
Commended: Blackrock Quartet
Architect: McCullough Mulvin Architects
Client: Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board and Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown Libraries
Best Cultural Building
Winner: DLR LexIcon
Architect: Carr Cotter & Naessens Architects
Client: Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown County Council
Highly Commended: Dalkey Heritage Centre and Town Hall
Architect: Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown Architects Department
Client: Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown County Council
Best Education Building
Winner 1: Athlone Community College
Architect: McGarry Ní Éanaigh Architects
Winner 2: Model School Inchicore
Architect: Donaghy + Dimond Architects
Commended: The Teagasc College of Amenity Horticulture
Architect: Architectural Services – The Office of Public Works
Client: John Mulhern, Teagasc
Best Emerging Practice
Winner: John McLaughlin Architects
Highly Commended: PG Architects
Commended: Strand Architects
Commended: Praxis Architecture
Best Healthcare Building
Winner: Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Architect: Scott Tallon Walker Architects
Best House
Winner: Keeper House & Lodge
Architect: Scott Tallon Walker Architects
Highly Commended: The Lake House
Architect: Aughey O’Flaherty Architects
Client: Private
Highly Commended: Alma Road
Architect: ODOS Architects
Client: Conor Grealish
Commended: CK House
Architect: Praxis Architecture
Client: Mark Connolly & Susan Kelly
Commended: Rose Garden House
Architect: Triona Stack Architects
Client: Private
Best House Extension
Winner: Gate Lodge
Architect: Donaghy + Dimond Architects
Highly Commended: House on a Tight Site
Architect: Bone O’Donnell Architects
Client: Jim & Marie Martin
Commended: Eaton Square
Architect: Lucy Jones
Client: Emily Jones & Peter O’Brien
Commended: Islands
Architect: Garbhan Doran Architects
Client: Mike & Helena Finegan
Best Housing
Winner: Density in the Historic Suburbs – Two New Villas for Monkstown
Architect: Shaffrey Associates
Highly Commended: Liberty House
Architect: Paul Keogh Architects
Client: Dublin City Council
Commended: House A & B Wellington Lane
Architect: Darmody Architecture
Client: House A: John & Mary McEntagart, House B: Brian Walsh & Barry Doocey
Commended: Percy Lane Mews
Architect: ODOS Architects
Client: Private
Best International
Winner: University of Greenwich – Library and Academic Building
Architect: heneghan peng architects
Best Leisure
Winner: Merrion Cricket Pavilion
Architect: TAKA Architects
Highly Commended: The Haven, Killarney
Architect: Gottstein Architects
Client: Michael Spillane
Best Public Building
Winner: DLR LexIcon
Architect: Carr Cotter & Naessens Architects
Client: Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown County Council
Highly Commended: Doolin Coastguard Station
Architect: Dominic Stevens Architects with Dorman Architects
Client: The Irish Coastguard (IRCG)
Best Public Space
Winner: Kavanagh Country
Architect: Sheridan Woods Architects + Urban Planners
Highly Commended: Pavilion of Light – Mardyke Gardens
Architect: Darmody Architecture
Client: Cork City Council
Commended: Rosie Hackett Bridge
Architect: Seán Harrington Architects
Client: Road Design and Construction Division, Dublin City Council
Best Research Project
Highly Commended: Replacement of Columns at St Mels Cathedral Longford
Architect: Fitzgerald Kavanagh + Partners, Punch Consulting Engineers and Carrig Historic Materials Specialists
Client: Clients: St Mel’s Diocesan Trust, Bishop Francis Duffy, Bishop Emeritus Colm O’Reilly, Chairman Seamus Butler.
Commended: Georgian Lab – Housing Crisis 2014
Architect: SAUL INTELLIGENCE UNIT (in collaboration with Bucholz McEvoy Architects, A2 Architects and Hassett Ducatez Architects)
Client: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Best Sustainable
Winner: Pharmacy and Apartment in Clonmel
Architect: The PassivHaus Architecture Company
Best Universal Design Award
Winner: St Mels Cathedral Longford
Architect: Fitzgerald Kavanagh + Partners
Client: St Mel’s Diocesan Trust, Bishop Francis Duffy, Bishop Emeritus Colm O’Reilly, Chairman Seamus Butler.
Commended: Athlone Community College
Architect: McGarry Ní Éanaigh Architects
Client: NDFA/BAM Building/Athlone Community College