Re: Re: ESB Headquarters Fitzwilliam Street

ESB Head Office Design Competition

ESB has selected a shortlist of architectural submissions to proceed to the detailed design stage of the competition for the redevelopment of ESB’s Head Office at Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2, ESB received a total of 44 submissions from over 60 Irish and International firms of architects, including a number of joint submissions, as part of the initial phase of the competition.

The following firms have now been selected with a view to submitting detailed designs:

List of Shortlisted Contestants

3XN Architects & OMS Architects Ltd
Aedas Architects Ltd & Hodder & Associates
Building Design Partnership (BDP) & Dixon Jones Ltd
Fletcher Priest Architects
Grafton Architects Ltd & O’Mahony Pike Architects Ltd,
DEGW UK Ltd & BDSP Ltd
Henry J Lyons & Partners Architects with Gilroy McMahon Architects
Rafael Vinóly Architects PC
Scott Tallon Walker Architects
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Inc.

Detailed submissions from the shortlisted firms are due to be received in November 2009. It is anticipated that the three design winners will be announced in early 2010.

The jury that will select the three design winners comprises:
Lochlann Quinn (Jury Chairman)Chairman of ESB
Professor Owen LewisArchitect and CEO Sustainable EnergyIreland
John RedmondESB Company Secretary
David Prichard Architect and Director Metropolitan Workshop UK
Joe MaherFormer Finance Director ESB
A.N.OtherInternational Architect TBA