wren

I’m a definite fan of O’D+T and think they absolutely deserve their medal. I really like the Glucksman Gallery (though I’ve only seen photos of it). I have a minor problem with their use of untreated timber though; Ireland does not have the climate for it. Both the Ranelagh School and Letterfrack show blackening of the timber where it is not in the path of the sun. I like the idea of the untrated wood forming its own protective silver skin against the elements, but I think anyone who has been to Letterfrack recently will agree that damp blackening mildewed wood is probably not what they had in mind for a building weathering gracefully.

Is the oak in the Glucksman gallery treated?