The landmark EXO building by Shay Cleary Architects is the tallest commercial office building in Ireland. A unique engineering challenge, the building features a distinctive and highly innovative external exo-skeleton which forms the main structure, leaving a predominantly column free floor plate and referencing the iconic blue gantries of the Dubl...
Project name
The EXO, Dublin 1
Architecture firm
Shay Cleary Architects
Location
Dublin 1, Ireland
Photography
Jamie Hackett Photography
Principal architect
Shay Cleary
Design team
Shane Fitzpatrick, Karl Tobin, John Callan
Collaborators
MCA Architects
Interior design
Shay Cleary Architects
Landscape
Cameo & Partners
Construction
Bennetts Construction Ltd
Supervision
MCA Architects
Visualization
BradyShipmanMartin, VisualLab
Tools used
Revit Architecture
Client
NAMA, Grant Thornton, SW3 Capital/ Tristan Capital Partners
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
YAC launches a competition of ideas aiming to recondition an Irish industrial archeological masterpiece into a meditation destination immersed in nature.
Organizer
Young Architects Competitions
Eligibility
Participants can be students, graduates, and freelance architects, even when they belong to a team. It is not mandatory to be experts in architectural disciplines or members of architectural associations. Each team must include at least one team member aged from 18 to 35
Register
www.youngarchitectscompetitions.com
Awards & Prizes
1st Prize: € 8,000. 2nd Prize: € 4,000. 3rd Prize: € 2,000. 2 Gold Mentions: € 500 each. 10 Honorable Mentions. 30 Finalists
Entries deadline
03/08/2022 (h 12.00 pm – midday - GMT)
This house represents the fundamental idea of a soap bubble, it rests on a rocky cliff covered with pink blossoms, overlooking the Atlantic ocean in Ireland. The spherical forms create sensuous interior spaces when they intersect, creating six bubbles with different interior spaces surrounded by transparent glass, where you can feel nature in ever...
Project name
The Bubble House
Architecture firm
Sarah Habib Designs
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Sarah Habib
Visualization
Sarah Habib Designs
Typology
Residential › House
