awards

2024 BAYA Awards: Shortlisted ‘Living’.

2023 World Architecture Festival Awards: Finalist ‘Housing’.

2023 KPMG Property Industry Excellence Awards: Winner ‘Housing’.

2023 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Winner ‘Housing’.

2023 BAYA Awards: Winner ‘Public Building of the Year’.

2022 RIAI Triennial Gold Medal: Shortlisted.

2021 Mies van der Rohe Award: Nominated.

2020 AAI Awards: Award Winner.

2020 Civic Trust Awards (UK): Highly Commended.

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

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

2019 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Winner ‘Workplace’.

2019 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Highly Commended.

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

2018 Museums + Heritage International Award: Shortlisted.

2017 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Winner ‘Place of the Year’.

2016 Architectural Review: Winner International Work Award: Winner ‘International Work Award’.

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

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

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

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

2011 Irish Georgian Society Awards: Shortlisted ‘Best Conservation’.

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

2010 UK Galvanising Awards: Duplex Medal Winner.

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

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

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

2008 International Design Competition: Winner.

2008 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Winner RIAI Regional Award.

2007 International Design Competition: Shortlisted.

2006 OPUS Architecture and Construction Awards: Winner.

2006 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards: Winner RIAI Regional Award.

2005 Architectural Association of Ireland Awards: Winner.

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