Small scale is beautiful for council's building by the sea

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2004 / June 3 2004: Small scale is beautiful for council's building by the sea

DFingal County Council's library and one-stop shop in Baldoyle, opening today, is a civic statement in an area that needed it. Making a contemporary civic statement in a suburban setting is something of a challenge. Bucholz McEvoy rose to it with Limerick County Hall in Dooradoyle and now FKL Architects has won an award for Fingal County Council's library and local area office in Baldoyle. The €1.1 million project, which is being officially inaugurated today, occupies a site on Strand Road with panoramic views stretching from Portmarnock Golf Club to Ireland's Eye, Howth and its harbour. Everything around is low-rise, even the village's neo-classical church.

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