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Irish Architecture : Buildings

Key Architectural Projects in Republic of Ireland, north westen Europe.

post updated 25 September 2024

We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Irish Architecture. We cover completed Irish buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Ireland. e focus is on contemporary Irish buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.

Architecture in Ireland

Irish Architecture : news + key projects (this page)

Irish Building Designs : A-G

Irish Building Developments : H-S

Irish Buildings : T-Z

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Irish Building News

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photo © Ros Kavanagh
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Irish Architecture Designs – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

25 May 2023
Co-living Development, Dun Laoghaire
Design: HKR Architects

photo : Paul Moore Photography
Eblana Avenue Co-Living Dun Laoghaire

11 February 2023
Wilton Park, Dublin
Design: Hassell, SPRD and Gehl

image courtesy of architecture office
Wilton Park Dublin placemaking

11 April 2023
Ulster University Belfast Campus, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Design: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios with McAdam Design

photo : Donal McCann
Ulster University Belfast Campus Building

30 Nov 2022
EXO, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Design: Shay Cleary Architects

photo : Jamie Hackett
The EXO, Dublin 1, Ireland

18 Nov 2022
Sport Ireland Campus masterplan, West Dublin
Design: FaulknerBrowns LLP, Architects
Sport Ireland Campus Dublin

22 Jun 2022
The Residence, Dublin
Design: Shay Cleary Architects
The Residence, St Stephen’s Green

22 June 2022
Meeting House Lane Hotel, Dublin
Design: Studio Anyo
Meeting House Lane Hotel

10 May 2022
New homes in Cherrywood, south of Dublin
Design: Fletcher Priest Architects
New homes in Cherrywood

5 May 2022
Clare County Library & Art Gallery, Co Clare, south-west Ireland
Design: Keith Williams Architects
Clare County Library Ennis Building

16 Feb 2022
RSUA Design Awards 2022 Shortlist
RSUA Design Awards 2022 Northern Ireland

14 Jan 2022
Blackpitts Student Accommodation / The Tannery, Liberties, Dublin 8
Design: Shay Cleary Architects
Blackpitts Student Accommodation.

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18 Nov 2021
The Wren Urban Nest, Dublin
Design: BDP
The Wren Urban Nest Dublin 2 Hotel

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8 Dec 2020
Adelaide Chambers
Design: Broadstone Architects

photography : Shantanu Starick
Adelaide Chambers, Dublin
The original works were poorly executed and there had also been an underinvestment in the building upkeep in recent years. The building had inherent qualities but these were obscured by the gharish colours and materials that had been used in the original refurbishment.

1 Dec 2020
Dublin T1 Airport Building Renewal
Design: Atkins, architects

photo : Atkins
Dublin T1 Airport Building Renewal
Designed in the Brutalist style, popular at the time, the existing façade dominated by concrete fins will make way for a combination of glass and solid panels to create a bold new look for T1 that will improve the overall visual appearance of the airport campus.

29 Aug 2013
DKIT School of Informatics & Creative Arts, Dundalk
Design: Scott Tallon Walker Architects

photo : Ros Kavanagh
DKIT School of Informatics & Creative Arts
The original concept of the building was very simple – the repetition of a single structural bay (20.6m by 20.6m) square steel structural unit capable of expansion in a multi-cellular way. This concept allowed us to raise three existing bays, thus creating office accommodation over two stories and organized around three atria.

29 Aug 2013
House at Bogwest, County Wexford, southern Ireland
Design: Steve Larkin Architects

photo : Alice Clancy
House at Bogwest
This house explores a response to a tradition of the built object in the Irish landscape evident in the classic middle size houses of the area. It seeks to balance the metaphysical aspects of light, weight and timelessness with the local art of building and craftsmanship.

11 Jul 2013
Luan Gallery, Athlone, Republic of Ireland
Design: Keith Williams Architects

image from architect
Luan Gallery
Athlone’s Luan Gallery has received the architectural award for the Best Cultural Building of 2013 under the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland’s (RIAI) annual awards programme. The award was presented to the Luan’s architect Keith Williams founder and design director of Keith Williams Architects by Ruair Quinn, TD, Minister for Education and Skills and Michelle Fagan, President of the RIAI, at Dublin’s City Hall.

13 Jun 2013
House on Mount Anville, Dublin
Design: Aughey O’Flaherty Architects

photograph © Leahy
House on Mount Anville – RIBA National Award Winner

13 Jun 2013
University of Limerick Medical School and Pergola Bus Shelter, western Ireland
Design: Grafton Architects

photograph © Dennis Gilbert
University of Limerick Medical School – RIBA National Award Winner

19 Mar 2013
Ballyroan Library Building, Dublin
Design: Box Architecture

photo : Paul Tierney
Ballyroan Library Building
The original library building was built in the 1980’s and served the community well over the past decades. However the library became outdated, in need of upgrading and became too small to deal with the collection of resources available to the community for reference or borrowing.

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23 Oct 2012
Ballyroan Parish Centre, Dublin
Box Architecture

photo : Paul Tierney
Ballyroan Parish Centre
The existing church was designed in the late 1960s. It is a very fine example of church architecture of that period. The combination of buildings creates an L-shaped site.

23 Oct 2012
Loug Derg, Tipperary, western Ireland
Box Architecture

photo : Paul Tierney
Tipperary Building
The existing 1940’s cottage situated in Co. Tipperary was in dilapidated condition. The brief, to refurbish and extend this cottage to become a functional living environment.

2 Sep 2012
UCD Student Centre, Dublin
Design: FKP Architects – Fitzgerald Kavanagh + Partners

photograph by Donal Murphy; courtesy of FKP Architects – Fitzgerald Kavanagh + Partnerss
UCD Student Centre
New building at University College Dublin’s Belfield Campus – a new epicentre of sporting, social and academic life. The building occupies a unique position in the history of the Belfield campus, as both the largest single architecture project since the original masterplan, and the first to be funded entirely by its students.

2 Jul 2012
PJ Carroll’s Factory Dundalk, Ireland
Scott Tallon Walker Architects

photo : Paul Tierney
PJ Carroll’s Factory Dundalk
RIBA Award Winner 2012
It is not often that a firm gets a chance do a makeover of one of their masterpieces. This is a project that has rescued an important example of mid-century modernism and answers questions about how best and most economically we can re-use under-performing and outmoded structures, rather than building from scratch.

21 Jun 2012
Wexford County Council HQ, southeast Ireland
Robin Lee Architecture

photo © Andrew Lee
Wexford County Council HQ
Robin Lee Architecture, in association with Arthur Gibney and Partners, has completed Wexford County Council Headquarters in Ireland. 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.

23 Mar 2012
Titanic Belfast, Northern Ireland
Architect & Lead Consultant: TODD Architects
Concept Design: CivicArts / Eric R Kuhne & Associates

photo : Christopher Heaney
Titanic Belfast
The Titanic Belfast project is viewed as the iconic centrepiece of the Titanic Quarter Regeneration Project which encompasses approximately 75 hectares of waterfront, former industrial brownfield lands to the south side of the River Lagan in Belfast City Centre.

17 Aug 2011
Mount Melleray, County Waterford, southeast Ireland
dhbArchitects

photograph : Philip Lauterbach
Mount Melleray
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 architecture project required the reordering of part of the monastery to provide a new accommodation wing for the monks.

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Irish Architecture

Irish Buildings, alphabetical:

Abbeyleix Library
DeBlacam & Meagher

photograph : Peter Cook
Abbeyleix Library

Athlone Civic Centre + Square, Athlone
Keith Williams Architects

photo : Eamonn O’Mahony
Irish civic building

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Populous

photo : Chris Gascoigne
Aviva Stadium

Carlow Visual Arts Centre
Terry Pawson Architects

photo : Helene Binet
VISUAL Carlow

Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
heneghan.peng.architects

image from architects
Giants Causeway Competition

Kildare Civic Offices, Republic of Ireland
heneghan.peng.architects

image © Hisao Suzuki
Kildare County Council Offices

Kilmallock Civic Building, Co. Limerick
ABK Architects

photograph : Christian Richters
Kilmallock Library Building

Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork
O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects

Irish Art Gallery – photo from architects
Irish gallery building

National University of Ireland, Galway
RMJM Architects

image from RMJM
Irish university building

The Source Arts Centre & Library, Thurles
McCullough Mulvin

photograph : Christian Richters
Irish arts building

Spencer Dock Bridge
Amanda Levete Architects

photograph : Gidon Fuehrer
Spencer Dock Bridge

Thomond Park Redevelopment
Murray O’ Laoire Architects / AFL Architects

picture : Anew McKnight
Thomond Park

Wexford Festival Opera Theatre Royal
Keith Williams Architects

image : Ros Kavanagh
Wexford Opera House

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Irish Office Buildings

Location: Ireland, north west Europe.

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Architecture Designs in Ireland

Irish Buildings : Full List (key buildings abstracted on this page)

Irish Houses

Dublin Buildings

Dublin Houses

O’Donnell + Tuomey : celebrated Irish Architect office

Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland Awards

Buildings / photos for the contemporary Irish Architecture page welcome