THE DESIGN team behind the Technological University of the Shannon’s new engineering campus have collected seven awards in two prestigious national ceremonies.
Design firm BDP’s work was honoured in the Building and Architect of the Year Awards and the Irish Building and Design Awards for its innovative designs at the TUS Coonagh Engineering Campus in Limerick and the Drogheda Civic Offices in County Louth.
A brand-new engineering-focused environment for the Coonagh Engineering Campus opened its doors to students in April 2024.
The campus delivers 5,700 square metres of teaching and learning facilities, social spaces, staff accommodation, and student support areas, along with extensive public realm and parking.
Developed as the first phase of a wider masterplan, the brief was to create a landmark place that would set the standard for future development at the university’s expanding campus.
The project has now received four national awards.
At the Building and Architect of the Year Awards, the campus was named Educational Building of the Year and received the Sustainability Award for a Single Building or Development.
At the Irish Building and Design Awards, it was honoured as Sustainable Building Project of the Year and Education Project of the Year.
Elliott Ballam, architect associate at BDP, said that “winning these prestigious awards is an incredibly proud moment for our multidisciplinary design team at BDP”.
The Drogheda Civic Offices received three major accolades for BDP, including the Building Refurbishment for a Single Building or Development at the Building and Architect of the Year Awards.
