The national architectural competition to design the proposed Ballsbridge-Dodder Pedestrian Bridge in Dublin South City has been won by Alan Dempsey, a 34-year-old Irish architect from Dublin. The pedestrian bridge project forms part of Mountbrook Group’s substantial package of social and community gain initiatives for the local area, arising from the proposed Ballsbridge Jury’s Berkeley Court development. The bridge will be located downstream from the existing Balls Bridge. A graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology, Mr. Dempsey’s design was chosen from 43 submissions, by a panel of experts from the worlds of architecture and engineering.
Lakehead University and Moriyama and Teshima today unveiled the first structure in Lakehead's new campus. This and all future buildings on the campus will be designed and constructed to achieve Canada's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum status. Located in Orillia, Ontario, the Lakehead University - Orillia campus will be a living model of healthy environments, the conservation of natural resources, a high level of energy and water efficiency, and a reduction in the production of waste and release of substances harmful to the biosphere.
Ireland The commission of an Open Ideas Architectural Design Competition to address the site of No. 16 Henrietta Street was enshrined as a policy in the Henrietta Street Conservation Plan, (2006). The competition was organised by the Royal Institutes of Architects of Ireland (RIAI). The competition aimed to establish a design framework for the development of the site, which is informed by the Conservation Plan and best architectural practice, and to generate debate and discussion on the challenge of contemporary design as in-fill in sensitive historic settings. Design approaches were open to each entrant and could include designs sympathetic to the context and setting without being archaeologically correct or historically precise, and which is not pastiche; and infill design that contrasts strongly with the architectural language, setting and context of Henrietta Street.
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