Design for Taoiseach’s Residence Competition

An international competition to design a State Guest House and Residence for the Taoiseach of Ireland, to be sited in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. The assessors were Richard Stokes, Deputy Assistant, Department of the Taoiseach (chairman); Martin Burke FRIAI, Principal Architect, OPW; Aldo Van Eyck, University of Delft; Maurice Hogan MRIAI, and William Maguire MRIAI. They awarded the first prize of £6,000 to the London firm of Evans and Shalev Architects,