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February
Digicel World Headquaters -
Photgrapher Peter Cook has just completed photographing the recently opened Digicel World Headquaters.
See images here
January
Quinta do Lago -
Pratical completion of 14 San Lorenzo North villa
in Quinta do Lago, Portugal
2012
July
Kingswood Tallaght, Post Primary School Design Competition -
de Blacam and Meagher Architects - Awarded 2nd Place
'The contest, organised by the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, attracted the highest number of entries for a design competition here - with 154 submissions - including 43 international submissions from 14 countries.'
(Irish Times)
2011
December
Digicel World Headquaters on Site -
This Office Development is the corporate World Headquaters for Digicel, global telecommunications company.
It is located on a key waterfront site in Downtwon, Kingston, Jamaica. The development is currently on site and is due for completion in Summer 2012. See Digicel World Headquaters in our projects for further details.
Digicel World Headquaters - Progress on Site -
Further progress photographs of the Corporate World Headquaters for Digicel, global telecommunications company.
The Building is located on a key waterfront site in Downtwon, Kingston, Jamaica. The development is currently on site and is due for completion in Summer 2012.See Digicel World Headquaters in our projects for further details.
November
PGA Catalunya -
"of de Blacam and Meagher" in Limerick -
Opening in Limerick City Gallery of Art on 17 November, “of de Blacam and Meagher” was Ireland’s participation at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia in 2010 in Venice.
The exhibition was commissioned by the Irish Architecture Foundation and curated by Tom dePaor, Peter Maybury, Alice Casey and Cian Deegan. Two short films by Ruán Magan about the installation of the exhibition in Venice, entitled dBMgallo and dBMgalloWORDS will be screened during the exhibition.
“of de Blacam and Meagher” opens at 7pm on 17 November and continues in Limerick City Gallery of Art until 23 December.
September
PGA Catalunya -
de Blacam and Meagher PGA Catalunya house featured in Ryanair Inflight Magazine.
"of de Blacam and Meagher" Culture Night Belfast -
“of de Blacam and Meagher” exhibition will be open to the public at the Ormeau Baths Gallery Belfast from 8th September 2011 to 8th October 2011.
The exhibition concept takes the form of a book unbound, containing volumes of drawing and photographic reproductions from the archives, contemporary photography and readings of the work with commentaries. The commentaries come from a cross-generational collective, who share an encounter with the architecture of de Blacam and Meagher. Their commentaries offer a contemporary and critical view of the practice and its positioning in the wider context of Irish architecture. Two short films by Ruán Magan, one about the installation in Venice, and the other with interviews from the commissioner and curators, will also be displayed during the exhibition.
“of de Blacam and Meagher” represented Ireland at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition 2010 in Venice, Italy.
August
Coach House Dublin 6 Sunday Times Home Section -
April
"of de Blacam and Meagher" in Cork -
The Lewis Glucksman Gallery in collaboration with the Irish Architecture Foundation, presents “of de Blacam and Meagher”, an exhibition of Ireland’s participation in the 12th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, from 15 April to 22 May 2011
The exhibition is a published reproduction of the archive of de Blacam and Meagher Architects, presented on specially designed oak pallets. In this exhibition, the audience is a participant, they are invited to remove a volume from each stack, roll it or fold it and take it away. Over time the stacks will be depleted, until finally we are left only with the furniture. Eventually, the archive will, in essence, be consumed. Originally presented in the Oratory of St.Gallo, Venice in 2010, the exhibition has been reconfigured to respond to the architecture of the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, before continuing its tour to Limerick City Gallery and Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
2010
November
"of de Blacam and Meagher" returns to Ireland - Irish audiences will have a chance to see the exhibition on Irish soil when it returns to Ireland to be exhibited in Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane from March 4 to April 2, 2011. The exhibition in Dublin will also feature a short film commissioned by the Irish Architecture Foundation and filmed in Venice this year: ‘DBM Gallo’, directed by Irish filmmaker Ruán Magan.
October
PGA Catalunya -
The development at PGA Catalunya is featured in the Sunday Times
Inis Meain -Scanorama No. 10 October 2010 -
de Blacam and Meagher's Inis Meain Restaurant and Suites are featured in October's Scanorama, the SAS magazine
Open House 2010 -
de Blacam and Meagher Architects award winning Wooden Building is included in this years Open House. Tours of the Wooden Building are on the 9th of October from 2 - 5pm, last tour 4.30pm.
August
of de Blacam and Meagher , Venice Biennale 2010 -
"Of de Blacam and Meagher' is being presented in the oratory of the Irish saint St.Gall (San Gallo) near Piazza San Marco and addresses the built and unbuilt portfolio of de Blacam and Meagher Architects over the past 33 years. The exhibition concept takes the form of a book unbound, containing volumes of drawing and photographic reproduction from the archives, contemporary photography and readings of the work with commentaries." - Irish Architecture Foundation
"Minister for Culture Mary Hanafin yesterday proclaimed an 18th-century oratory as "a little piece of Ireland in Venice", at least for the duration of this years international architecture biennale. The building is now filled with stacks of paper illustrating the work of multiple-award-winning architects de Blacam and Meagher. Ms Hanafin said that de Blacam and Meagher - just like the medieval monks - had produced "magnificent manuscripts", which visitors to the exhibition can then take away". - Frank McDonald, Irish Times
July
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Mary Hanafin TD officially launched de Blacam and Meagher's participation at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale at an event in the atrium of Trinity College Dublin on Wednesday 7th July -
of de Blacam and Meagher seeks to communicate the cultural landscape of Ireland through the seminal work of de Blacam and Meagher Architects. The exhibition will address de Blacam and Meagher’s built and unbuilt portfolio of the last 33 years and will mark the donation of these documents to the Irish Architectural Archive.
of de Blacam and Meagher will open on August 27 in the eighteenth century oratory of Irish monk St. Gall near Piazza San Marco, Venice.
March
Civic Trust Award - Library, Abbeyleix
"A wonderful addition to Abbeyleix, providing a beautifully detailed public library and landscaped public square."
2009
December
Retrospective of de Blacam and Meagher's work to form main exhibit for the Irish Pavillion at the 2010 Venice Biennale - "Over 33 years this Irish architectural practice has built houses and places of work, commerce, education and worship. In turn, the influence of de Blacam and Meagher's practice has permeated the many facets of Irish life with a distinct cultural presence." (Architecture Foundation Press Release)
"We are particularly delighted to support such a strong curatorial team, which will examine the work of one of Ireland's most valued architecture practices." (Clair Doyle, the Arts Council)
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November
RIAI Holy Cross Parish Church Improvement Competition - de Blacam and Meagher - Commended
"This submission was a considered and sensitive proposal. The issue of access and movement was considered in a number of ways including the creation of a new courtyard to the side of the church between the existing railings and the Parochial House."
Assessors Report
October
Open House 2009 - de Blacam and Meagher Architects are participating in Open House 2009. Tours of the Architect's office are on Saturday 10th of October from 2 - 5pm. This also coincides with an exhibition of House Designs and Other Recent Works by de Blacam and Meagher in the Atrium of 4 St. Catherine's Lane West.
June
RIAI Awards - Library, Abbeyleix awarded Best Conservation/Restoration, Irish Architecture Awards 2009,
Country House Ibiza - Highly Commended, Best House, Irish Architecture Awards 2009
Country House, Ibiza; Sunday Times - "Many would argue de Blacam and Meagher has proved itself best all round practice in Ireland over the past 30 years. Here it shows why it is the master, with expert linking of indoor and outdoor spaces."
Mark Keenan, Sunday Times - 21 June 2009
April
World Architecture News - Education Awards 2009 - Dr. Tony Ryan Academy of Entrepreneurship longlisted for World Architecture News Education Award 2009
March
Civic Trust Award - Cork Insitiute of Technology, Administration, Student Centre and Tourism and Catering Buildings
Simon Open Door - de Blacam and Meagher's Building 4 St Catherines's Lane West is open to the public as part of Open House 2009 in association with The Simon Community
February
Image Interiors - Island Paradise - Morna, Ibiza published January/February 2009
January
The Zurich Lama Awards 2009 - Market House, Abbeyleix, Library finalist for Best Architect and Best Public Building
2008
October
Open House Dublin - de Blacam and Meagher's Buildings 4 St Catherine's Lane West and The Wooden Building, Temple Bar are open to the public as part of Open House Dublin 2008 in association with Irish Architecture Foundation
June
Library, Market House, Abbeyleix - official opening by Minister Gormley, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
May
Recent buildings by de Blacam and Meagher - Lecture given by Shane de Blacam in The American Historical Society, New York in association with The Irish Architecture Foundation
April
Wienerberger Brick Awards 2008 - Cork Institute of Technology, finalist
March
Simon Open Door - de Blacam and Meagher's Building, 4 St Catherines's Lane West is open to the public as part of Open House 2008 in association with The Simon Community
2007
RIBA European Award - Cork Institiute of Technology, Administration, Student Centre and Tourism and Catering Buildings
RIAI Award for Best Educational Building - Cork Institiute of Technology, Administration, Student Centre and Tourism and Catering Buildings
AAI Award - Cork Institute of Technology, Administration, Student Centre and Tourism and Catering Buildings
RIAI Conservation and Heritage Award Finalist - Belvedere Orphanage, Mullingar Road, Tyrellspass, Co Westmeath
AAI Award - Belvedere Orphanage, Mullingar Road, Tyrellspass, Co Westmeath, selected for exhibition
2006
October
BDA Brick Award Best International Project - Cork Institute of Technology, Administration, Student Centre and Tourism and Catering Buildings.
Opus Architecture and Construction Award Highly Commended Heritage Category - Belvedere Orphanage, Mullingar Road, Tyrellspass, Co Westmeath
June
RIAI Regional Award - Martha's Vineyard, Dalkey, Co Dublin
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