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awards

2022 RIAI Triennial Gold Medal: Shortlisted.
Gas Networks Ireland

2021 Mies van der Rohe Award: Nominated.
Gardens International

2020 AAI Awards: Award Winner.
Gardens International

2020 Civic Trust Awards (UK): Highly Commended.
Gardens International

2019 Irish Building & Design Awards: Winner ‘Architectural Project of the Year’.
Gardens International

2019 Property Industry Excellence Awards: Winner ‘Design Project of the Year’.
Gardens International

2019 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Winner ‘Workplace’.
Gardens International

2019 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Highly Commended.
Cliffs of Moher

2018 Irish Concrete Society Awards: Winner ‘Building of the Year’.
Cliffs of Moher

2018 Museums + Heritage International Award: Shortlisted.
Cliffs of Moher

2017 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Winner ‘Place of the Year’.
A Walk in the Bog

2016 Architectural Review: Winner International Work Award: Winner ‘International Work Award’.
Gas Networks Ireland

2013 Green Building Award: Runner-up ‘Best Building’.
Gas Networks Ireland

2013 Irish Concrete Society Awards: Winner ‘Best Building Award’ and Sustainability Commendation.
Gas Networks Ireland

2013 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Winner ‘Best Sustainable Building’ and ‘Best Commercial Building’.
Gas Networks Ireland

2013 CMG Building and Design Awards: ‘Building of the Year’, voted by the public.
Gas Networks Ireland

2011 Irish Georgian Society Awards: Shortlisted ‘Best Conservation’.
A Wall for the Queen

2010 CMG Building and Design Awards: Winner of the ‘Small Architectural Practice of the Year.
Tolka Rovers

2010 UK Galvanising Awards: Duplex Medal Winner.
Tolka Rovers

2010 Rural House Design Awards: Winner, ‘New-build Domestic’.
House in a Field

2010 Rural House Design Awards: Highly commended, ‘Refurbishment and Extension’.
House in a Forest

2010 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Shortlisted ‘Building of the Year’ & Commended ‘Conservation’.
A Wall for the Queen

2008 International Design Competition: Winner.
Gas Networks Ireland

2008 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Winner RIAI Regional Award.
House in a Field

2007 International Design Competition: Shortlisted.
Wexford City Council

2006 OPUS Architecture and Construction Awards: Winner.
House in a Field

2006 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Winner RIAI Regional Award.
House in a Forest

2005 Architectural Association of Ireland Awards: Winner.
Cigar Box

publications

Denis Byrne Architects / darc space Publications

Denis is a regular contributor to magazines and other publications, including most recently:

  • Dublin by Design – Architecture and The City, eds Dr Sandra O’Connell & Noel J Brady, 2020, O’Brien Press. ISBN 9781788491679

darc space is the gallery and research arm of Denis Byrne Architects; besides numerous exhibitions, it has published the following books:

  • Sparking Modernity, The Marconi Station at Derrigimlagh, Co Galway, eds Dr D Byrne, Barbara Ebert, Maggie Moran & Dr Sandra O’Connell, 2017, darc space. ISBN 9780993181511
  • Sacred Space, eds Dr Denis Byrne, Maggie Moran & Dr Sandra O’Connell, 2015, darc space. ISBN 9780993181504
  • Pause: 5 Perspectives on Unbuilt Ireland, , 2010, Gandon Editions. ISBN 9780948037757
  • Becoming: 5 Architectural Competition-Winning Projects, , 2009, Gandon Editions. ISBN 9780948037795
Dr. Denis Byrne & Maggie Moran