2001 – L’Umbracle, Valencia, Spain
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Located on the southern side of the City of Arts and Science, L’Umbracle, is a promenade with carparking underneath.
2001 – MACRO Community Centre, North King Street, Dublin
Architect: Derek Tynan Associates
Sited on an awkward triangular site next to the former Debtors Prison, this building was designed as a resource centre for the local community.
2001 – Campshire Cafes, North Wall Quay, Dublin
Architect: DDDA Architects
2001 – Unbuilt Dublin – O’Connell Street Kiosks
Architect: NJBA A+U
This was one of the finalists for the O’Connell Street (kiosk) street furniture competition. The kiosks were unified by a bronze frame,
2001 – Unbuilt Dublin – O’Connell Street Kiosks
Architects: Box Architecture
Excerpt from the brief: Dublin Corporation as part of its O’Connell Street Integrated Area Plan is seeking the design of a range of retail vending and information kiosks and public conveniences to be located in O’Connell St as part of the overall upgrading of the street.
1904 – Storehouse, St. James’s Gate, Dublin
Architect: A.H. Hignett / RKD Architects
Now known as the Storehouse (the Guinness Visitor Centre), for many years this building was under threat of demolition,
2001 – McNamara Construction, Capel Street, Dublin
Architect: Grafton Architects
Infill building on rear lane to Ormonde Quay, with a range of materials including rubble stone,
2001 – Boardwalk, Liffey Quays, Dublin
Architect: McGarry Ní Éanaigh Architects
Constructed as a Millenium project along Batchelors Walk and Lower Ormond Quay, the Boardwalk is an attractive promenade mounted on the quay walls at road level over the Liffey.
2001 – Student Centre, University College Dublin, Co. Dublin
Architect: Murray O’Laoire Architects
Murray O’Laoire Architects won a limited competition for the design of this Student Centre in 1991.
2001 – Longmeadow Apartments, Conyngham Road, Dublin
Architects: O’Mahoney Pike
More poor to average development architecturally on a great site overlooking the river Liffey, there are some excellent views from the upper storeys on the river front.
