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Winner – Elemental Category
Egan’s Café and Chill Out Bar was the Elemental Category Winner. The winning scheme comprises varied concrete elements executed with keen attention to detail and accuracy of construction. The aesthetic and structural qualities of concrete are exploited with a range of dynamic forms and surface finishes which enhance the spatial qualities of the scheme.
Winner – Infrastructural Category
The Water Tower at Sillogue, just off the M50, won the Infrastructural Category. Infrastructure projects can express their function with varying levels of aesthetic success. The Jury were encouraged by projects in this category which elevate the consideration of aesthetic impact. The winning scheme in this category has taken a simple function as a platform for a powerful architectural and structural concept, skilfully constructed. The Jury found the winning project to be exemplary in combining an aesthetic vision with structural rigour and excellence in construction.
Commendation for Sustainability
The Cork Civic Offices received a commendation for Sustainability. The project which the Jury felt excelled in this regard utilises the environmental benefits of low energy ecocem concrete. The environmental services are integrated in an exposed concrete structure to produce a natural cooling effect for the building in a very aesthetically pleasing way.
The New Civic Offices for Cork City Council are Highly Commended for the Use of Concrete in a Sustainable Context.
Overall Winner of the 2007 Irish Concrete Society Awards
The Overall winner, ‘Knockbo’ a private residence in Killiney, Co. Dublin, was for the Building category and the judges considered that this entry demonstrated the level to which the industry has advanced the versatility of concrete as a material used for structure, weathering, and aesthetic effects.
The building’s three-dimensional form, surface finishes and technical detail display a strong appreciation of the materials qualities. Excellence in the scheme’s design and construction is testament to the collaboration of client, designers and contractors.
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