1882 – Proposal for Central Library, Belfast
An unsuccessful entry in the competition to design a new Central Library on Belfast on Royal Avenue.
An unsuccessful entry in the competition to design a new Central Library on Belfast on Royal Avenue.
Constructed during the years 1903-05, and designed by local architect James Walby who was formerly a student of William Batt based in Belfast.
The winning design, No.123, in the architectural competition to design a new library for Trinity College Dublin.
Second placed entry by Haifa-based architects Alfred Mansfeld and Dani Havkin. According to the architects: “In order to achieve a harmonious relationship with the existing library and the museum building and to avoid architecturally awkward connections with these old buildings,
Designed in association with John Mesick, Thomas Ovington, and Lewis Zurlo.
Highly commended design, No.86, the jury felt it was “a solution that attracted the Jury for its horizontal lines,
Design #127 was commended and described as prsenting “a ‘square’ solution of excellent scale and proportions with an ingenious and not unsuccessful bridge link with the old Library.
Turkish entrant, #201, which was commended in the competition to design a new library for Trinity College Dublin.
A joint entrant by a trio of Portuguese architects,
Judged blind, design no. 179 was commended for its library planning. “The plan,