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Event Alert Vol 5. No. 19
===================================================================AAI Awards 2006
These are the results of the AAI Awards 2006, the 21st in this series of annual awards for excellence in architectural design, adjudicated on Friday, December 09, 2005.
The assessors for the AAI Awards 2006 were as follows: ANDREJ HRAUSKY, architectural critic, architect, and director of DESSA Architecture Centre and Association, Ljubljana (Slovenia); CARMÉ PINÕS, architect, Barcelona (Spain); DOMINIC STEVENS, architect, Leitrim; Prof. CIARÃN BENSON, professor of psychology, University College Dublin (distinguished non-architect).
The 5th assessor, HRVOJE NJIRIC, architect, Zagreb, (Croatia) withdrew at short notice. There were 73 applications, and 71 entries received by the deadline; all were deemed eligible.
MEDAL
The Downes Bronze Medal may be awarded at the discretion of the Assessors. This year, the jury awarded the Downes Bronze Medal to:
#23 POUSTINIA, Glencomeragh House of Prayer, Kilsheelan, Clonmel, Co Tipperary.
‹ Kevin Bates, Tom Maher, ARCHITECTS BATES MAHERAAI AWARDS
The maximum number of AAI Awards is seven. This year the jury selected seven projects for Awards. They are (in alphabetical order by architect):
#72 SORRENTO HEIGHTS, Dalkey, Co Dublin
‹ Boyd Cody Architects#47 CITY HOUSE AND WORKPLACE, 41 Francis Street, Dublin 8
‹ Will Dimond, Susan Cogan, DONAGHY + DIMOND Architects#45 MME, Extension to Dept of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Trinity College
‹ GRAFTON Architects#14 ENGINEERS IRELAND, 20 Clyde Road, Dublin 4
‹ McCULLOUGH MULVIN Architects#33 HOUSE AT CROUCH END, London
‹ NIALL McLAUGHLIN Architects#27 BROOKE HEUSSAFF LIBRARY, 607 South Circular Road, Dublin 8
‹ Noel J Brady, NJBA Architects#3 13a THOR PLACE, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7
‹ David O’Shea, Darrell O’Donoghue, ODOS ArchitectsSPECIAL MENTIONS
A number of entries may be selected for Special Mention. This year the jury
selected 8 projects for Special Mention. They are (in alphabetical order by
architect):#70 HOUSE, RICHMOND PLACE, Rathmines, Dublin 6
‹ Boyd Cody Architects#29 TWO UP TWO DOWN, John Dillon Street, Dublin 8
‹ DE PAOR Architects#48 KITCHEN-GARDEN-PARTY-WALL, 13 Arran Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
‹ Marcus Donaghy, Will Dimond, DONAGHY + DIMOND Architects#67 MARTIN VALLEY SCULPTURE PARK, Cork
‹ Michelle Fagan, Paul Kelly, Gary Lysaght, FKL ARCHITECTS#18 REUBEN STREET APARTMENTS, Dublin 8
‹ FKL Architects#31 IJBURG, Blok 4, Amsterdam
‹ GE Maccreanor, Maccreanor Lavington Architects#1 No.33 ST KEVIN’S ROAD, PORTOBELLO, Dublin 8
‹ David O’Shea, Darrell O’Donoghue, ODOS Architects#41 ATHLONE CIVIC CENTRE, LIBRARY & TOWN SQUARE
‹ Keith Williams, Richard Brown, KEITH WILLIAMS ArchitectsHopefully it will go ahead, its the kind of landmark that the docklands needs, after the legobuild office developments of the north bank.
SS Augustine and John is the tallest extant spire in Dublin, but the high ground of its site exaggerates its height.
As for Monaghan, I currently cannot lay my hand to the data about its height — its somewhere here.
Perhaps Paul has a figure, he is a native.
St. John’s is the Seat of the Diocese of Limerick. The present day cathedral is built on the site of the old eighteenth-century one. Constructed between 1856 and 1861 under the supervision of architect Philip Charles Hardwick the Cathedral incorporates a tower with a 280 foot high spire. The building was consecrated by Cardinal Logue in 1894.
(From the Limerick Diocese website)
Truly Mr. Pugin designed the Cathedral to be in keeping with its surroundings. Its outlines reflect the majesty of the neighbouring mountains, with their pointed summits and their graceful curves.
The splendid spire, reaching, to 280 feet in height, seems to challenge the lordly Carran Tual, while the spirelets, as the other peaks, help to show forth the massive grandeur of their respective lords.
(From Killarney.ie)
From 1971:
3. Mr. Davern asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the serious lack of accommodation for nurses at Cashel Hospital, County Tipperary; and, if so, what immediate steps he intends to take to rectify the matter.
Minister for Health (Mr. Childers) Erskine Hamilton Childers
Minister for Health (Mr. Childers): Certain proposals have been submitted to my Department for the provision of staff accommodation. It is necessary to consider carefully siting proposals in the light of any possible development at the county hospital. I am arranging that a meeting will be held soon between the officers of the local authority and officers of my Department to discuss the position in detail.
Mr. Davern Mr. Davern
Mr. Davern: Is the Minister aware of the immediate danger of the loss of staff from the county hospital through lack of suitable accommodation for these people and would he agree that this has for too long been overlooked by the Department?
Mr. Childers Mr. Childers
Mr. Childers: On the 5th May, 1970 the county council submitted some revised sketch for the extension of the nurses’ home. What we are trying to do is to consider a flatlet building which has been very successful in Sligo. If this is placed within the hospital grounds there will be a further area available within the hospital grounds possibly for some other development. We are discussing it as rapidly as we can.
Interesting from the http://www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie
Colonel Ryan asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state (a) if the construction of the county hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary, is yet completed, and, if so, on what date did completion take place; (b) what was the amount of moneys in excess of the contract price (£60,799) paid or payable to Farmer Bros., contractors; (c) if the work was carried out to the satisfaction of the Department’s inspectors, and, if so, [1481] what is the cause of the present delay in making the hospital available for patients.
Dr. Ward Dr. Ward
Dr. Ward: As regards (a) the county hospital at Cashel was substantially completed, except for the nurses’ home, in March, 1938.
As regards (b) the value of the work done is not available pending the final report of the quantity surveyor, and the amount payable in excess of the contract price cannot at present be stated. The sum of £60,799 is the contract price for the erection of the county hospital (exclusive of the nurses’ home), and according to the latest return of expenditure received from the local authority £54,420 in respect of the hospital contract had been paid, and a further amount of £1,000 had been certified for payment, the balance of the contract being shown as retention money.
As regards (c) certain defects in the structure are at present being remedied, and a final inspection by the Department’s inspector has been postponed until they are made good. The hospital can be opened to the reception of patients when the nurses’ home has been completed.
Colonel Ryan Colonel Ryan
Colonel Ryan: Arising out of that reply, is the Parliamentary Secretary aware that the back wall is so defective that it is almost impossible to remedy it? That, at any rate, is the general statement made in the country and I want to know if it is a fact that the back wall is defective from top to bottom and that it cannot be remedied?
Dr. Ward Dr. Ward
Dr. Ward: I am not aware that that is so.
Thats the Gilbert Library? Isn’t it run by the City Council? If so, probably an external architecture office.
re: art deco decorative panels
Were they original DC3? As the cinema was subdivided into four, I assume they were removed from other parts of the building and inserted as decor? As I remember it,the interiors were fairly bland like the current Savoy.Originally posted by pvdz:
Heard somthing about a new theatre on the quays (Ormond quay i think) last night on the radio. Does anybody know anything about it?A major new Liffeyside development is on the cards for Dublin 1 – complete with a new theatre/bar at basement level. Apart from the basement theatre, the scheme will includes a variety of bars, restaurants, bistros, lounges and dancing area with offices overhead. The site presently operates as Murphy’s Laughter Lounge and is fondly remembered by the older generation as the site of the Corinthian Cinema.
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=51&si=693413&issue_id=6919“The decision does not preclude any additional sites being purchased to extend the theatre further. However, this would involve negotiating with more than 20 landowners.”
Also a river frontage would require building over Old Abbey Street above ground level or closing the Right of Way.
The site is to be the same size and believe that the size of the floor is the major problem with the existing theatre.
You know of course that the interior is probably going to be twee Irish pub as this is an extension to the Quays Bar.
Its a palladian style villa, I may have some pics somewhere. Paul Clerkin is from that neck of the woods so he may have some too.
I suggest you contact the Howth Transport Museum. They may know.
Nice site here > http://www.nationaltransportmuseum.org/
reminds me of something, think blue instead of green.A contact address on the site is michael.corcoran@nationaltransportmuseum.org
A search through Google gives us:
The Dollymount House, 366 Clontarf Road – well know bar which I assume is named after the original house. The numbers are very close though.
And Mike’s original query which gives us a name to work with.
“Mike Novakovic, of Great Britain (E-mail:- mike@novakovic.freeserve.co.uk) wrote:- I am trying to trace a relative called ‘Bobby’ King who was either an Uncle or Cousin of my grandfather Michael King who lived in Dublin. Bobby (Robert?) King was supposedly over 100 years old when he died (sometime within the last 10 years) and was supposed to have fought in the Boer-War and the First World-War where he was gassed and was told that he didn’t have long to live due to an enlarged heart caused by the gas. My great-grandfather (Michael’s father) Patrick King was supposedly from Sligo but I can find no trace of him there. My great-grandfather and his wife Alice – they lived in a large house called ‘Kincora’ which apparently was originally called ‘Dollymount-House’ and gave the area it’s name! “
