The Irish Times

One of the last projects that the late Arthur Gibney was involved in has won "Best Public Building of the Year" in the latest RIAI (Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland) awards, which were handed out last night. The sloping glass-wrapped offices of Kildare County Council, designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, in association with Arthur Gibney and Partners, was said by the judges to be "an exciting yet serious building, successful on a number of levels". It's been a good year for glass in the 17th RIAI annual awards, which attracted 162 entries. There were 16 main awards, including five special awards. One project, which scooped two of these, was the Falls Leisure Centre, Belfast, by Kennedy Fitzgerald and Associates which was voted both "Best Accessible Project" (sponsored by the OPW) and "Best Sustainable Project" (sponsored by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government).