arts centres

1993 – Stadthaus, Ulm, Baden Wurttemburg

Sited across from the Münster, Meier’s Stadthaus is a tourist information & arts centre for the city of Ulm.

1997 – Denver Performing Arts Complex

Architect: Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates, Hardy Holzmann Pfeiffer

The Denver Performing Arts Complex is the largest performing arts complex under one roof,

2000 – Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Architects: James H. Owen / McCullough Mulvin

The original building was designed by James Owen of the Board of Works to provide education to all demoninations between 1857-63.

2006 – Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath

Architect: Grafton Architects

The space includes a 320-seat theater, three visual-arts areas and a café bar. At a cost of 13.5 million euro,

2006 – Source Arts Centre, Thurles, Co. Tipperary

Architect: McCullough Mulvin

Sited on the banks of the River Suir and entered from a boardwalk along the river,

2009 – Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow

Architect: Terry Pawson Architects

The new VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art and The George Bernard Shaw Theatre, located on the grounds of Carlow College was opened on the 26th of September 2009.

2012 – MAC, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Architect: Hackett Hall McKnight

This commission was won after a RIBA International Design Contest in 2007. Completed by Hackett Hall McKnight in February 2012 and provides performance spaces,

2015 – Tommy Makem Arts & Community Centre, Keady, Co. Armagh

Architect: DA Architects

A modern, multi-purpose facility which commemorates the life and times of the internationally-celebrated Irish folk musician.

Creating a dramatic effect

It all grew out of Éigse, the Carlow arts festival that’s now in its 30th year. Local enthusiasm fuelled a campaign for a permanent arts facility for the town and there was a parallel demand for a theatre to cater for its exploding population;