The Irish Times

The James Ussher library is a confident structure - and the university's most important new work since the Berkeley Library was built on the campus over 30 years ago. Neatly tucked into a relatively tight space fronting primarily on to Nassau Street and College Park, the James Ussher Library somehow manages to be both discreet and supremely authoritative. The scheme was offered as a public competition in the summer of 1997 and initially attracted interest from such distinguished names as Richard Rogers and Norman Foster. In the event, the winning design came from two Dublin practices, McCullough Mulvin and KMD Architecture, which teamed up for the project.