1953 – Second Placed Entry for Dublin Port and Docks Board Competition

The second placed entry in the 1953 Dublin Port Offices competition to design a new Headquarters and Offices for the Dublin Port and Docks Board on Memorial Road alongside Busaras. The assessors were John M. Fairweather, Vincent Kelly, and Alfred Jones. The competition was limited to architects practising in Ireland. After adjudication, they issued the following statement:

“We have examined 28 designs which have been submitted in this Competition. We consider the standard of design reached by the Competitors is disappointing, particularly as regards planning.
We regret we are unable to recommend any one of the designs for acceptance and we, therefore, do not award the first premium. We make our Award as follows:—
To the author of Design No. 15 – Second Premium of £500. (Alan Hope, BArch, 50, Merrion-square, Dublin.)
To the author of Design No. 11 – Third Premium of £200. (Liam Boyle, BArch, 27, Wellington-road, Ballsbridge.)
To the author of Design No. 27 – Fourth Premium £100. (Joint authors—G. P. O’Brien, Brendan Morris, D. P. McCullagh, and F. C. Browne, 49, Mespil-road, Dublin.)
We place Design No. 4 next in order of merit. (John L. Griffith BArch, 11, Clare-street, Dublin.)
Design No. 22 was excluded, in accordance with Clause 9(d) of the Conditions.”