Field, Stonewall, House by Taylor McCarney Architects Wins the RIAI Public Choice Award 2021
6 June 2021: The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) has announced Field, Stonewall, House by Taylor McCarney Architects as the winner of the Public Choice category at the RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2021.
Field, Stonewall, House beat off considerable competition from a shortlist of 39 projects. Entries were received from across Ireland, which included entries from Carlow, Cork, Dublin, Donegal, Galway, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Limerick, Louth, Offaly, Sligo, Wicklow as well as internationally in the UK and the Punjab, India. All of the projects on the shortlist were designed by Registered Architects based in Ireland and completed in 2020.
Only the second house to ever win the Public Choice Award, the design was conceived as a series of parallel field stone walls, that fit within the rural setting in the West of Ireland. The project considered how such a building could ‘grow’ from the site and in terms of scale, materials, colour, and landscape. Objects in the home’s surrounding landscape, an apple tree, a shed (a childhood memory), and views to the mountain, Coill Chnoc Meadha, are adopted and framed within the house.
Second Place in this year’s Public Choice Award went to Bray Primary Care Centre by Henry J Lyons; third place was awarded to Coal Lane House by Graham O'Sullivan in Cabra, Dublin 7 and fourth place went to Irish Stock Exchange by Henry J Lyons at Fosters Place, Dublin 2.
The full list of RIAI Irish Architecture Awards winners will be announced this Friday, 9 July on the RIAI website at 9am.
Ciaran O’Connor, RIAI President said: “It gives me great pleasure to announce that Taylor McCarney Architect’s project Field, Stonewall, House has been chosen as Ireland’s favourite building. We have all come to realise the importance of good design in our homes over the last 16 months and this project is a prime example of this. People invest significant funds in their homes and this project shows how working with a registered architect can lead to quality outcomes. The importance of quality design in our homes is reflected more than ever this year with 17 projects shortlisted in the Living category. Congratulations also to Coal Lane (3rd Place) in the Living category by Graham O'Sullivan, as well as to Henry J Lyons, the architects of Bray Medical Centre (2nd Place) and Irish Stock Exchange (4th Place) proving that Irish architects are invaluable in all aspects of the build environment, supporting Ireland’s healthcare, educational, economic and social infrastructure.”
The RIAI Awards shortlist was made up of 39 projects including residential homes, commercial spaces, schools, heritage locations and public spaces. The jury was impressed with the quality of entries this year and despite the challenges imposed by Covid-19 the RIAI received almost 150 entries.
The RIAI Irish Architecture Awards are the most prestigious awards of their kind in Ireland. They celebrate the quality of current work by RIAI Members at home and abroad and create awareness of the important role that architecture plays in delivering Ireland’s societal and economic infrastructure.
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RIAI AWARDS 2021 – THE SHORTLIST
In alphabetical order
| Ailesbury Refurbishment, Dublin | Clancy Moore Architects |
|---|---|
| Baltrasna House, Co. Dublin | Ryan W Kennihan Architects |
| Beach Road House, Co. Galway | Ryan W Kennihan Architects |
| Bray Primary Care Centre | Henry J Lyons |
| Butler Gallery, Kilkenny | McCullough Mulvin Architects |
| C-19 Response: Placemaking - Mobility – Liveability, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown | DLR Architects. Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Architects Department |
| Cliff House | Karen Brownlee Architects |
| Coal Lane House | Graham O'Sullivan |
| Deanrock Housing Project, Cork | Cork City Architects' Department, Cork City Council |
| Donegal Garda Station | Rhatigan Architects |
| Dublin Bus Garage Broadstone | Iarnród Éireann Architects |
| Easton Lodge, Co. Dublin | Lawrence and Long Architects |
| Everogue Lane, Social Housing Scheme, Crossgar, Co. Down | Hall Black Douglas Architects |
| Extension to Brairhill National School, Galway | Paul Dillon Architects |
| Extension to Davis College, Mallow | Wilson Architecture |
| Field, Stonewall, House, Galway | Taylor McCarney Architects |
| Fit-out for Babel Academy of English, Dublin | Stephen Mulhall, nineteeneighty studio |
| Georgian Townhouse on Merrion Square | Howley Hayes Architects |
| Highfield Park, North Circular Road, Dublin | DTA Architects |
| House at Kimmage, Dublin | Steve Larkin Architects Ltd. |
| House at Slyguff, Co. Carlow | Steve Larkin Architects Ltd. |
| House for a Gardener, Co. Down | LiD Architecture |
| Irish Stock Exchange, Dublin | Henry J Lyons |
| Keeping It Modern | John McLaughlin Architects and Queen's University Belfast |
| King John’s Castle, Carlingford | Howley Hayes Architects/Office of Public Works |
| Kingston University - Town House, UK | Grafton Architects |
| North Dock, Dublin | ABK Architects |
| Ropemaker Place, Dublin | Henry J Lyons |
| Scoil Uí Mhuirí ,¬ Dunleer, Co. Louth | McGarry Ní Éanaigh Architects |
| Shandon House, Dublin | Ryan W Kennihan Architects |
| Sligo Adult Mental Health Unit | Wejchert Architects |
| Smithfield House, Dublin | Studio Anois |
| Student Civitas - Lee Point Student Accommodation, Cork | Scott Tallon Walker Architects |
| Student Hub, University College Cork | O'Donnell + Tuomey |
| Swiss Cottage, Mohill, Co. Leitrim | Buckley Partnership Architects |
| Thapar University Learning Laboratory, India | Mccullough Mulvin Architects |
| The Padel Club, Co. Limerick | Healy Partners Architects |
| Thomas Street, Dublin | Lawrence and Long Architects |
| Tobar Place, Co. Sligo | NOJI Architects |
The Jury members for the RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2021 are:
Mícheál de Siún, MRIAI, deSuin Architecture - Chair
Paul Butler MRIAI, Butler Cammoranesi Architects
Isolde Dillon FRIAI
Marcus Donaghy MRIAI, Donaghy + Dimond Architects
Ronan Friel MRIAI, Pasparakis Friel - Architects
Jane Larmour, MRIAI, Arigho Larmour Wheeler Architects
John Monahan, MRIAI, NOJI Architects
Siobhán Ní Éanaigh FRIAI, McGarry Ní Éanaigh Architects
Tom Sweetman, FRIAI, O'Mahony Pike Architects
The RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2020 include the following Award categories:
- Adaptation and Re-use / Conservation - Supported by Kingscourt Bricks of Kingscourt Country Manor Bricks
- Cultural / Public Buildings - Supported by Kilsaran
- Learning Environments
- International - Supported by Enterprise Ireland
- Living (Extensions/Houses/ Housing) - Supported by Vandersanden of Kingscourt Country Manor Bricks
- Public Space - Supported by Hacketts
- Research
- Wellbeing
- Workplace and Fit-Out - Supported by Dulux Trade
- Special Awards - Building for All – Universal Design Developed in partnership with the CEUD
- Special Awards - Sustainability - Supported by EQUITONE (formerly Tegral)
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