Galway Harbour Ideas Competition

Ireland, Centre Pier, Galway Harbour Ideas Competition

Deadline - Registration: 25 Sep 2009
Deadline - Entry submission: 2 Oct 2009

The RIAI (Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland) is administering a single stage ideas competition on behalf of the competition promoters, Galway Harbour Company.
Galway Harbour Company is seeking ideas for a significant building to be located on the Centre Pier, in Galway Harbour. The building should reflect Galway’s importance as a maritime and cultural city and offer a clear image and potential branding for the City of the Tribes. Competitors should assume a budget of €3,000 per m². Competitors will be asked to design a building which incorporates a public stage, exhibition area, retail space, marina facilities, tourist information kiosk and commercial offices.

There will be two separate categories for submissions.
Category A is open to architects. Category B is open to recent architectural graduates and current students.

- A Prize Fund of €10,000 is to be awarded at the discretion of the jury in Category A.
- A Prize Fund of €1,000 is to be awarded at the discretion of the jury in Category B.

Eligibility:
Architects:
The competition is open to architects holding a qualification listed in the EU Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC.

Students / Architectural Graduates
Entry is open to students who are currently pursuing an architecture degree or are recent graduates of architecture.

Jury:
Eamon Bradshaw, Chief Executive, Galway Harbour Company
Sebastian Feldmann, Senior Executive Architect, Galway City Council
John McLaughlin, Director of Architecture, Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Garry Hynes, Artistic Director, Druid
Marcus Donaghy, Donaghy + Dimond Architects
Information and details from: http://www.riai.ie/?id=7447