Trinity College Dublin Library Competition

An international architecture competition that attracted two hundred and eighteen entriees from twenty-nine different countries. The jury comprised the Earl of Ross, Vice-chancellor of the University; Professor Franco Albini, of the Instituto Universitario di Architettura, Venice; Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson; Raymond McGrath; and K. De Witt Metcalf, former Drector of Harvard University Library. The competition was won by Paul Koralek, who received a prize of £1,500, and the building now the new Library (formerly Berkeley) opened in 1967. The second premium went to Alfred Mansfeld, who received £1,000, and the third placed design by Gene J. Festa and William H. Gardner received £750.

1961 – Commended design for new Library, Trinity College Dublin

Architect: Malcolm Quantrill, Peter Faller, Howard Mason

Judged blind,

1961 – Commended entrant for Trinity College Dublin Library

Architect: Vahit Erhan, Orhan Demiraslan, Huseyin Baban, Ugur Gundes

Turkish entrant,

1961 – Competition entrant for new Library, Trinity College Dublin

Architect: Sebastião Formosinho Sanchez, Antonio Cesar Ribeiro das Neves, Alberto Camacho Ribeiro

A joint entrant by a trio of Portuguese architects,

1961 – Design for a new library, Trinity College Dublin

Architect: Barrie Dewhurst

Design #127 was commended and described as prsenting “a ‘square’

1961 – Highly commended design for new Library, Trinity College Dublin

Architect: H.J. Nicolais

One of two highly commended designs in an architectural competition to design what would eventually become the Eavan Boland (formerly Berkeley) Library.