1888 – Former Masonic Boys’ School, Clonskeagh, Co. Dublin
Architect: Thomas Newenham Deane / Sir Thomas Drew
The Masonic Boys School was established for the sons of deceased,
University College Dublin
An architectural competition was announced in 1963 to design a masterplan layout for the new University College Dublin on a 200-acre site at Belfield in Stillorgan. The winner was also to design blocks for administration offices, the arts faculty, and examination halls.
The winner was announced on September 21 1964, with Andrzej Wejchert of Warsaw placing first. One hundred and five entries were received from twenty-four countries. A report in The Irish Independent the following day stated “The second prize of £2,000 was awarded to American architects Brian Crumlish (1928-97) and Don Sporleder (1929-2021) of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. The third prize £1,000 was awarded to five architects from Czechoslovakia, Vladimir Machonin (1920-90), Jiří Albrecht (1919-74), Jiří Kadeřábek, Věra Machoninová (1928-), and Karel Prager (1923-2001), all of Prague. Irish architects Messrs. Stephenson & Gibney were awarded fourth prize pf £500.”
The Administration Building by Wejchert was awarded the RIAI Gold Medal for 1971-73. The restaurant building was awarded the RIAI Gold Medal for 1968-70, and was designed by Robin Walker of what was then Michael Scott & Partners.
1968 – Science Building, University College Dublin, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin
Architects: Downes, Meehan & Robson
The Science Block was completed in 1964 and was the first of the new buildings built on the Belfield campus.Parts of the building have been redeveloped,
1969 – Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Church, University College Dublin
Architect: Vincent Gallagher
Built by the diocese,
1969 – Restaurant Building, University College Dublin, Co. Dublin
Architect: Robin Walker, Michael Scott & Partners
The UCD restaurant building was awarded the RIAI Gold Medal for 1968-70,
1970 – Arts Block, University College Dublin, Ireland
Architect: Andrzej Wejchert
In 1964, a competition was held for a masterplan for the new UCD campus at Belfield.
1972 – Administration Building, University College Dublin, Co. Dublin
Architect: Andrzej Wejchert
In 1964, a competition to design a masterplan for the UCD campus at Belfield was won by young Polish architect Andrzej Wejchert.
1973 – Bank of Ireland, University College Dublin
Architect: Andrzej Wejchert
Taking the concept of solidity and permanence for a bank branch to the extreme,
1973 – James Joyce Library, University College Dublin
Architect: John H. Glover, Spence Ferguson and Glover
Designed by John Hardie Glover of modernist Scottish firm,
1979 – School of Agriculture, University College Dublin
Architect: Rooney Associates
A strong, muscular almost brutalist facade treatment gives the Agriculture building a stern and forbidding appearance.
1994 – O’Reilly Hall, University College Dublin, Co. Dublin
Architect: Scott Tallon Walker
By the 1990s the need was recognized for an “aula maxima”
