The magnificent, late Victorian, red sandstone Bank Buildings occupy a key position in Belfast city centre. Although massive in scale, their vulnerability, like all historic buildings, was exposed by a…
Located in a central Belfast neighbourhood that has experienced many troubled times, St Comgall’s exemplifies architecture in the service of a community. The project was primarily concerned with the challenging…
The new Ulster University campus is located on the northern edge of Belfast city centre. The project is highly significant on two counts. Firstly, in the university’s bold decision to…
Situated deep within the rolling hills of mid-Ulster, Barneys Ruins is a modest project in terms of its scale, yet exceptional in its ambition and invention. Its name derives from…
Ulster Hospital’s stunning new Acute Services Block is the last phase of the South Eastern Trust’s £260m redevelopment Programme and completes a new central cluster of inpatient and emergency accommodation…
Situated between the Bog Meadows nature reserve and the terraced streets of St. James’ in West Belfast, a piece of vacant, publicly owned land was identified by local people as…
Belfast’s Grand Opera House was built in 1896 to the designs of the prolific UK theatre architect, Frank Matcham. The building has stood for 125 years as a suitably theatrical…
This monumental, colonnaded extension to the rear of a detached 1912 Edwardian house makes the kitchen a seamless link between house and garden, indoors and out, and old and new.…
The site comprised a modest single storey 1960’s house in a mature garden on the periphery of a small village located about 5 kilometres south of Belfast, and within the…
The new North Wing of the Altnagelvin Acute Hospital was designed by HLM Architects and Hall Black Douglas. The judges commented: “The new wing has achieved its goal of being…
