Shane O’Toole
Building StudyPSNI Memorial Garden, Belfast, by Hall McKnight Architects
A memorial garden in Belfast pays a finely judged tribute to the sacrifices of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
Building StudyMies 1:1 Golf Club Project by Robbrecht & Daem
In rolling German farmland, an unbuilt Mies van der Rohe pavilion– the fourth exhibit in MoMA’s 1932 exhibition – has been brought back to life this summer
Building StudyABK’s Library, Local Area Offices and Courthouse, in Kilmallock, County Limerick
A single-storey civic complex in Kilmallock has saved the Irish town from a grim architectural legacy of 19th century workhouses
Building StudyO’Donnell & Tuomey’s historical inspiration
A Derry cultural centre for the Irish language looks to the Middle Ages for the inspiration for its dynamic concrete form
Building StudyPawson’s Visual Centre is a temple for the senses
The new George Bernard Shaw Theatre & Visual Centre for Contemporary Art by Terry Pawson in Carlow, Ireland, is a spiritual monument for a post-religious age
Building StudyHow it all stacks up for O’Donnell & Tuomey’s Timberyard
O’Donnell & Tuomey’s Timberyard development hits upon a remarkable urban housing typology that goes some way to redress Dublin’s use of an ill-considered planning formula
Building StudyHis dark materials
Tom de Paor’s first standalone house brings a hint of aggression to a hillside in the Irish town of Dalkey. Pity about the garden, though
Building StudyCelestial vessel
Will O’Donnell & Tuomey’s remarkable Cork gallery deliver the work outside Ireland that the duo desires? Shane O’Toole reports. Photos by Morley von Sternberg