1961 – Commended design for new Library, Trinity College Dublin
Architect: Malcolm Quantrill, Peter Faller, Howard Mason
Judged blind, design no. 179 was commended for its library planning. “The plan,
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 Berkeley Library 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 entrant for Trinity College Dublin library
Architect: Vahit Erhan, Orhan Demiraslan, Huseyin Baban, Ugur Gundes
Turkish entrant, #201, which was commended in the competition to design a new library for Trinity College Dublin.
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’ solution of excellent scale and proportions with an ingenious and not unsuccessful bridge link with the old Library.
1961 – Highly commended design for new Library, Trinity College Dublin
Architect: Michael Brawne
Highly commended design, No.86, the jury felt it was “a solution that attracted the Jury for its horizontal lines,
1961 – Koralek’s winning design for Trinity College library
Architect: Paul Koralek
The winning design, No.123, in the architectural competition to design a new library for Trinity College Dublin.
1961 – Second Premiated Design for new Library, Trinity College Dublin
Architect: Alfred Mansfeld, Dani Havkin, J. Polatsek
Second placed entry by Haifa-based architects Alfred Mansfeld and Dani Havkin. According to the architects: “In order to achieve a harmonious relationship with the existing library and the museum building and to avoid architecturally awkward connections with these old buildings,
1961 – Third premiated design for Library, Trinity College Dublin
Architect: Gene J. Festa & William H. Gardner
Designed in association with John Mesick, Thomas Ovington, and Lewis Zurlo.
1961 – Unbuilt 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 Berkeley Library.
1967 – Berkeley Library, Trinity College Dublin
Architect: Ahrends Burton Koralek
Named after Bishop George Berkeley (1687-1753), this building caused quite a stir when built inside Trinity’s grounds next to Burgh’s Library building.
