The Irish Times

Sixteen years of thinking and planning will start bearing fruit this summer when work begins on University College Cork's first art gallery. It's a development which, in tandem with the college's first undergraduate degree in history of art, marks a new era in visual awareness at the university. The gallery, designed by O'Donnell and Twomey of Dublin and located on the site of the tennis courts, will consist of five levels with a timber façade on a limestone-clad base. Currently out to tender, the €10-million building is to begin construction this month, with a completion date 18 months later.