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Rathmines Square Leisure Centre and apartments

  • Architect:
    Donnelly Turpin Architects
  • Award Type:
    Best Public Building 2011
  • Location: Dublin
Rathmines Square Leisure Centre and apartments

This is a resounding piece of place-making; the ground floor swimming-pool, a beamed rooflit hall, is transparent and successfully links two new urban spaces along its length.  Skilled massing and planar control, robust and rhythmic detailing all contribute to the balance of solidity and liveliness which are at the heart of this worthwhile project.