IRISH IN THE RUNNING FOR MIES AWARD
The conservation of a former tenement house at 14 Henrietta Street in Dublin’s north inner city has been shortlisted for the prestigious European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2019.
It is one of two Irish projects on the shortlist, the other being St Mary’s Medieval Mile Museum (McCullough Mulvin Architects), Kilkenny. Both were in 40 projects selected from nearly 400 nominations across Europe.
Speaking about its shortlist, the international jury chairperson Dorte Mandrup noted: “the 40 works highlight a new agenda that asks for a new way of thinking. Excellence and skillfulness are inherent in all of them, but this is not enough: it is necessary that they also make an impact and make architects themselves think differently about the profession.”
14 Henrietta Street is a prime example of this observation. Conservation and restoration work at the Dublin City Council-owned building was carried out over a 10-year period. Now a home to Dublin’s social history and open to the public since September 2018, 14 Henrietta Street tells the story of 300 years of city life, all within the walls of one address. Visitors can see what impressed the Mies van der Rohe jury as well as discovering layers of Dublin history on one of the intimate and moving guided tours.
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