What might an all-time list of Ireland’s best buildings look like?
, at Universitsy College Cork, has won all sorts of awards, but it’s a tricky space, as is the Douglas Hyde , at Trinity College Dublin. The Visual , in Carlow, is dramatic, but the circulation can be confusing. It’s a hard one, as it’s also easy to confuse content with architecture when it comes to galleries, and end up falling for a building because you tend to love the exhibitions it contains as well as the container surrounding them.
While these days it’s all about retrofitting, new builds can be green builds too. In Temple Bar, de Blacam and Meagher’sshows how you can get density into the city centre with a beautiful timber build. It was an RIAI silver medal winner in 2000/02. Also in Temple Bar, the Green Building was another early adopter of ecocredits. Built in 1994, Murray O’Laoire’s building features a geothermal pump, solar panels and plenty of natural light.
extravaganza, which takes place each October, can get plenty of inspiration from the places and palaces they’ve created for their clients. But if you can’t commission your own architectural masterpiece, you can still get to sleep in some. At the older end of the scale, the Irish Landmark Trust restores some of Ireland’s brilliant buildings, so you can soak up all sorts of building styles with a sleepover.
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