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traNSFormatioN 195 Opposite: Athlone Civic Centre, Co Westmeath Top right and left: The Marine institute, built for the Office of Public Works at Rinville, Oranmore, Co Galway CIVIC bUILDINGS One area in which Sisk built up a reputation was the building of civic offices. While many developers took advantage of the boom years to create new buildings, public authorities were also responsible for some remarkable structures. Local county offices were built countrywide, many of excellent architectural design. The bar was set pretty high early on and, luckily for ireland, most local authorities strove to meet the design standards set. An early scheme which Sisk built was the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown civic offices designed by McCullough Mulvin and RkD Architects. The building was on a corner site behind the Victorian town hall and post office and next to the former harbourmaster’s house. The final building, completed in 1996, provides 8,500sq m of office accommodation in three blocks. The £13.6 million Fingal County Hall, designed by Bucholz McEvoy with BDP, pushed out the boundaries of irish design. The building is naturally ventilated, uses lots of natural light and it includes a curved glass facade that sweeps around a 150-year-old cedar tree. Bucholz McEvoy subsequently designed the Limerick County Council headquarters, just outside Limerick city in Dooradoyle. The 7,100sq m building, completed in 2003, has a strong emphasis on eco-friendliness and an expressive facade; a 75m long, 15m high timber screen hanging from curved steel beams, at an angle of 30°. in the west, John Sisk & Son ireland, under the excellent stewardship of Noel Golden and Jim Tuohy, gained a fine reputation for complementing innovative civic building design with on time delivery and high standards of finish and workmanship.
196 BUilDiNG a BUSiNESS Civic Buildings 1. Laois County Council 2. North Tipperary County Council 3. Athlone Civic Centre 4. Limerick County Council 5. Civic Museum Galway, as seen through the Spanish Arch 1 3 2
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