Head Office Redevelopment

Design Competition

Three Irish-led architectural designs have been chosen to proceed to the final selection stage for the Head Office Redevelopment project.

A presentation was made at the recent ESB Board meeting in respect of the three architectural designs that have been selected to proceed to the next stage for the redevelopment of the Head Office site. This was an important milestone event for the proposed Head Office New Development project. As per the design competition rules a Competition Jury selected three winning designs from the shortlisted participants. Their deliberations took place in February and March.

The three winning submissions are;

  • Grafton, OMP, DEGW & BDSP
  • Henry J Lyons & Gilroy McMahon
  • Scott Tallon Walker

These architectural practices will now enter discussions with ESB on details of their designs. A final decision on awarding the design contract will be made by the ESB board later in the summer.

ESB expects to be in a position to submit a planning application to Dublin City Council in early 2011. The planning process will take in the order of 12 months.

Grafton Architects, O’Mahony Pike Limited, DEGW UK Limited & BDSP Limited
Grafton Architects received 2008 World Building of The Year Award for Universita Luigi Bocconi Milian. BDSP worked with Grafton Architects on this project.

BDSP are a multi disciplinary consulting engineering practice, specialising in the design of sustainable, energy-efficient buildings and the built environment.

O’Mahony Pike received the 2009 RIAI Silver Medal for Housing for the mixed use development at Hanover Quay at Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock.

DEGW is focused on the planning and design of workplace environments. DEGW has published many research studies and books including Design for Change, Reinventing the Workplace, The New Office, Working Without Walls, and its sequel, Working Beyond Walls.

Henry J Lyons & Partners Architects & Gilroy McMahon Architects
Henry J Lyons is one of Ireland’s largest architectural firms, established over 90 years ago, and has designed such buildings as One Warrington Place; Criminal Courts Complex, Infirmary Road; Mount St, Dublin 2 and Number One Central Park in Leopardstown.

Gilroy McMahon recently won their second RIAI Triennial Gold Medal for their work on Croke Park.

Scott Tallon Walker Limited
Scott Tallon Walker won the RIAI and AAI award in 2007 for Riverside One Sir John Rogerson’s Quay. The firm has been awarded the RIBA Gold Medal and Dr. Ronald Tallon is a twice winner of the RIAI’s triennial gold medal.

Competition Jury
The members of the competition Jury who assessed the design submissions were:

  • Lochlann Quinn, ESB Chairman
  • Owen Lewis (Architect), Chief Executive of Sustainable Energy Ireland
  • Niels Torp (Architect), Managing Director of Niels Torp AS, Oslo
  • David Prichard (Architect), Director of Metropolitan Workshop Architects, London
  • Joe Maher, Former Group Finance Director of ESB
  • John Redmond, ESB Company Secretary & Head of Corporate Affairs.