RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2012 Shortlist Announced

The RIAI has announced the 34 projects that have been shortlisted for the much anticipated 23rd RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2012. The category winners will be announced on 21 June 2012. If you would like a chance to vote for your favourite building you can on the 6th June when the ‘Public Choice Award’ will go live on the RIAI website.

Ard na Sidhe Hotel – Howley Hayes Architects Back Yard – Boyd Cody Architects Bell Tower at Saint Patrick’s Church, Ballina – Axo Architects Bricolage and Weathering – Donaghy and Dimond Architects Butterfly House – LiD Architecture Central Park Bridge London 2012 – Heneghan Peng Architects Cottage Cubed, Remodel of a 25sqm Fisherman’s Cottage – DMVF Architects Dublin Dental Hospital – McCullough Mulvin Architects EMERGING – The Shack, Eversheds, Suncatcher, South Drogheda Health Campus – PAC STUDIO Emerging Practice – Donal Colfer Architects Emerging Practice – Steve Larkin Architects Emerging Practice – Rural; Suburban; Urban – Davey + Smith Architects Emerging Practice Award – Carson and Crushell Architects Emerging Practice Work – David Flynn, Architect Engineering Building NUI Galway – Taylor Architects /RMJM Extension and Renovation in Portobello, Dublin – Donal Colfer Architects Extension, 14 St. Mobhi Road, Glasnevin, Dublin – CAST architecture Fota Enclosed Frameyard and Glasshouses Restoration Phase 1 – John J. O’Connell Architects Ltd. Garden Kitchen – LiD Architecture House at Bogwest – Steve Larkin Architects House on Mount Anville – Aughey O’Flaherty Architects Lyric Theatre Belfast – O’Donnell + Tuomey Monaghan Courthouse – OPW Architectural Services New Extension to Primary School for Girls – Mary Laheen Architects Old House / New House – Donoghue Corbett Architects Sean Treacy House – Paul Keogh Architects St. Vincent’s Private Hospital – Scott Tallon Walker Architects Teach Bhaile Eamoinn – Steve Larkin Architects The Lir Academy – Smith + Kennedy Architects The Metals Project, Phase 1 – Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Architects Department. Tropical Biome, Leipzig – Henchion Reuter Architects Werk* – ODKM Architects Wexford County Council Headquarters – Robin Lee Architecture in association with Arthur Gibney & Partners Wood Quay Venue – McCullough Mulvin Architects

This year’s jury members for 2012 are: Eddie Conroy – Chair – South Dublin Co Co Fionnuala May – Fingal Co Co Orla Fitz.Gerald – Fitzgerald & Associates Architects Ltd Orla Murphy –Architect, Design Tutor UCD Paul Dillon – Paul Dillon Architects Stephen Best – Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Urban Design at the DIT