RIAI | Irish Architecture Awards

Citation

Dublin, Over £1,000,000

This is an example of how uncompromising committment to design quality can make for real commercial success. The architects have servedtheir client (and all his clients) well in the creation of an entirely new environment. Building after building testifies to high-quality design, assembly and attention to detail. The design of the landscaping, and the way the entire complex addresses its seaward side, providing a new promenade, is of the highest standard.

Architects' Description
The design concept for East Point is one of modern flexible buildings, designed as sculptural elements within a heavily landscaped environment. Each building is different in form, reflecting the individual requirements of the occupier, but with the campus setting providing the overall identity of the development, the level of landscaping which incorporates semi-mature trees as the norm, so allowing the density of development required as a result of the city centre location, yet relating to the open aspect created by the Tolka crossing and the sea vies.

Client's Comment
East Point is the most successful business park in Ireland, with the term East POint now being the generic one for technology parks. The success of the scheme is attributable to the team of professionals who worked together and created a design that has incorporated all our functional and service requirements into a scheme which represents all that is good in Irish architecture and design. We, as developers, are extremely proud of the scheme, and believe that its design should receive the appropriate recognition, both internationally and from within our own country.