Docklands apartment scheme wins top architecture award

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2007 / March 27

Clarion Quay

Clarion Quay, a Dublin Docklands development of 186 apartments - 37 of which are "social and affordable" homes - has won the latest Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) Silver Medal for Housing, for the years 2002-2003. Architects Gerry Cahill, Michael McGarry and Derek Tynan from Urban Projects, who designed the scheme, were presented with the medal by Minister for the Environment Dick Roche at the National Housing Conference dinner last night. The jury hailed Clarion Quay as an excellent example of integrated urban design that provided for a sustainable community. It also "fully maximised" the natural features of the site on North Wall Quay, including views to the River Liffey. The Clarion Quay scheme, which includes shops at street level, is flanked by an urban space that links the Liffey to Mayor Square. Laid out around a series of private landscaped gardens, it has a wide variety of apartment types, including penthouses.

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