Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Architects Department has secured a nomination for a prestigious European award.

The Department has been nominated for the 2022 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – The Mies van der Rohe Award for its COVID-19 placemaking projects in Blackrock, Glasthule, Dundrum, Dalkey and along the new Coastal Mobility Cycle Route.

-- Advertisement --

These COVID-19 placemaking projects are among a final list of works completed between October 2018 and April 2021 in 41 countries.

The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – The Mies van der Rohe Award recognises and commends excellence in European architecture and highlights the involvement of the European Union in supporting architecture as an important element that reflects both the diversity of European architectural expression and its role as a unifying element to define a common European culture.

This prestigious nomination follows on from the COVID-19 placemaking projects securing a joint win alongside King John's Castle in Carlingford, Co Louth in the Public Space Category at the 2021 RIAI Awards.