Fingal County Hall

A new county hall for Fingal County Council in Swords.

A symbol of the client’s desire for opennes`s in local government, clear in it’s relationship to the particularities of its site and providing a quality environment, on low energy principles, for both occupants and visitors.

The major emphasis was the minimisation of adverse environmental impacts, balancing embodied energy and day-to-day energy consumption, and reducing wastage.

Brief

  • to reinforce the civic character of the town centre
  • to provide the project with a literal and metaphorical transparency

Results

  • served as a catalyst for the transformation of Swords from a village to a major administrative and commercial centre
  • cited as an exemplar for future ecologically-sensitive office development
  • nominated as the “Irish Building of the Year” by the Irish Times
  • winner of special public poll in the RIAI triennial gold Medal awards

Facts

Location: Swords, Co Dublin
Client: Fingal County Council
Construction cost: €19m (euros)
Awards: 4

Integrated services

architecture (with Bucholz McAvoy Architects), environmental engineering, landscape architecture, masterplanning, lighting

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