RIAI Silver Medal for Housing (sponsored by Cedral) has been awarded to David O’Shea, ODOS Architects for Dublin’s Percy Place Development.

At the recent Joint Housing Conference hosted by the RIAI and Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in Limerick, David O’Shea, ODOS Architects was awarded the RIAI Silver Medal for Housing for Dublin’s Percy Place development.

In the image above pictured from L-R: John Bradley, Etex Ireland Country Manager; Minister Darragh O’Brien TD; David O’Shea, ODOS Architects, Recipient of the RIAI Silver Medal for Housing for Dublin’s Percy Place development, RIAI President Charlotte Sheridan PRIAI; Paul Keogh FRIAI, Chair of the Jury. (Photo credit: Liam Burke)

The RIAI Silver Medal for Housing is the highest award for housing design given by the RIAI. Cedral were delighted to have sponsored the award this year. It is a biennial award made to encourage excellence of design in housing. The medal is awarded several years after completion of a project so that the success of the building can be confirmed by the passage of time. This year’s award is for projects completed in 2015 – 2017.

‘The award-winning development, a former coal yard, has been described as a best-in-class exemplar of high density, mixed-use development on a challenging urban site.’ The Medal was presented to Architect David O’Shea of ODOS by Minister Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, at the conference along side Etex Country Manager John Bradley, RIAI President Charlotte Sheridan PRIAI; Paul Keogh FRIAI, Chair of the Jury.

This year’s housing conference, entitled Future Settlement – Living in Towns and Cities, brought together high-profile speakers from government, local authorities, industry, and practice to explore the unprecedented challenges Ireland faces in housing planning, design and delivery in the decades ahead. Opened by Minister Darragh O’Brien TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the conference included papers on recent Government initiatives such as the Housing for All, Town Centre First and Housing Typologies for Compact Growth.

The Silver Medal for Housing Jury were: Paul Keogh FRIAI (Chair), Eddie Conroy FRIAI, John Parker MRIAI, Claire McManus MRIAI and Helena McElmeel MRIAI. At the conference the jury also awarded three Highly Commended awards to the following housing projects:

• Dunluce Anglesea Road by DTA Architects
• Grattan Court East by Ailtireacht Architects/DTA Architects
• Clancy Quay by OMP with Lindsay Conservation Architects

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Source: www.riai.ie