PROJECT NEWS
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The Irish national newspapers and RTÉ Television reported on the opening of the new Athlone Town Centre, the single biggest regeneration project of its kind undertaken in Ireland... (more)

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A recently published and ambitious €400m masterplan for lands north of Shannon Town Centre, Co Clare has had very extensive coverage in the printed and electronic media... (more)

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athlone CIT Cork School of Music was opened on Friday the 14th of September by the Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin T.D. The building has been hailed as one of Europe’s finest purpose built music conservatory... (more)
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athlone MÓL-BOCA is part of the consortium that was awarded the tender to develop a 138 bed co-located private hospital at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick with the Beacon Medical Group... (more)
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Irish Arts Review, Spring 2007 features MÓLA's development of the Carton House Hotel. This project involved the conservation and conversion of Carton House into a world-class hotel and resort within one of Ireland’s most important historic demesnes... (more)

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The Irish Times of Jan 10th 2007, noted that 'Munster aim to start work in March' on the Redevelopment of Thomond Park... (more)

On May 26th the Thomond Park Re-Development Committee unveiled MOLA’s Design for Thomond Park Rugby Stadium in Limerick... (more)

Architecture Ireland had recently featured a number of MOLA projects including: UL Thomond Student Village, Limerick in the September 2006 issue; Ballinamore Library, May 2006 and earlier this year Trinity College, Trinity Hall Student Housing, Dartry, Dublin... (more)
Business and Finance magazine, under the heading ‘Eastern Rising’ profiles MOLA’s continuing involvement in Eastern and Central Europe... (more)
 
MOLA NEWS
Sean MÓLA is delighted to announce that one of its founding directors, Sean Ó Laoire is to become the next president of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland... (more)
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Sean Kearns At the end of 2007 MÓLA was very pleased to announce the appontment of new Associate Directors, namely Sinead Hughes, Jennifer Boyer and Portia Reynolds, along with Stephen O'Driscoll... (more)
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Sean Kearns MÓLA are proud to sponsor Ireland's representative at the 52nd International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Gerard Byrne.... (more)
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Sean Along with a number of well known and eminent academics and broadcasters, MÓLA Director, Seán O’Laoire was one of the featured guests speakers at this year’s Merriman Summer School in Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare, the theme of which was titled ‘Changed Utterly? Ireland 1967–2007. ... (more)
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Fidget Feet presents 'Wired & Free' as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival 2007. This multi–media aerial spectacle is sponsored by MÓLA andtakes place at the R & H Hall on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd June at 10.30pm... (more)

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Sean Kearns The National Sculpture Factory in Cork is hosting the des/IRE Conference on the 24th and 25th of May 2007.
MÓLA Director Oisín Creagh is on the National Sculpture Factory Board of Directors and has been closely involved in the conceiving and organising of the des/IRE conference...
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
Recruitment...
MOLA's Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Moscow & Bratislava offices are currently recruiting staff. Please refer to People: Recruitment
New Contact details for MOLA's Aachen Office...
MOLA's Aachen Office has new
telephone and fax numbers:
   Tel: +49 (0)241 608 320-0
   Fax: +49 (0)241 608 320-29
Change of E-mail Addresses...
As of February 2006 everyone at MóLA now has a 'murrayolaoire.com' e-mail address... (more)
 
RECENT AWARDS
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MÓLA was honoured to be chosen as winner in the LAMA Awards '08 Best Architect catagory at the 2nd annual Local Authority Members Association Awards, held in the Citywest Hotel on the 19th January 2008... (more)

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Athlone Town Centre was presented with the Urban Design Award at the IPI National Planning Award 2008.
The judges described the project as "a new urban quarter of exceptional architectural quality and coherence”... (more)

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A number of MÓLA projects have recently received various national and international awards. The projects awarded include the multi-award winning Carton House Hotel and CIT Cork School of Music... (more)

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The Bon Secours Day Hospital and Chapel received the Best Health Building Award at the RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2007, June 26th 2007. The project was one of the four of our recently completed projects that were chosen for exhibition as part of the RIAI Awards 2007... (more)

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Four of our projects have been chosen for exhibition as part of the RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2007: - Student Residences, Broadstone, Dublin; DCC Central Laboratory, Dublin; the Mater and Children’s Hospital - Hostel Building and Bon Secours Private Hospital, Galway... (more)

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The UL Pedestrian and Vehicular Access Bridge was awarded an honourable mention at the ECSN Awards for Excellence in Concrete 2006, October 13th 2006.
The project was previously awarded in the Infrastructure Category at the 2005 Irish Concrete Society Awards, and commended in the Architectural Association of Ireland Annual Awards 2005... (more)

MOLA is ranked at 70th in the BD World Architecture 100 2008 world-wide survey of architectural practices, up each year since 2004... (more)

MOLA has received the Silver Diploma in the ‘Mixed-use Complex’ category for the scheme design of the new International Congress Centre in Rostov-on-Don at the 13th ‘Zodchestvo’ International Architecture Festival... (more)
 
COLLOQUIUM 2005
MOLA's 2005 Colloquium was held in Cork on November 17th and 18th. The theme of the colloquium, MOLA's 5th, was ‘Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Heavenly Cities’. The ambition was to reflect the practices increasing engagement with urban and urban edge projects of significant scale.
The invited guests and speakers at this unique event, included journalists, writers, academics, planners and local government officials
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DOWNLOADS
MOLA's downloads section features papers on numerous topics and a number of our sectorial newsletter.
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