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THE O’DONOGHUE CENTRE for Drama, Theatre and Performance at National University of Ireland Galway has been voted Ireland’s favourite building.
The centre won the public choice award at the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) Awards 2017.
The building was designed by Taylor Architects in association with Richard Murphy.
Now in their 28th year, the awards are the primary architectural awards in the country.
The shortlist for the public choice award included 60 projects across 13 counties and three international projects – in Hungary, Poland and Palestine – all of which have been designed by RIAI-registered architects.
There were entries from 13 counties across Ireland, including two from Northern Ireland
Over 20% of votes cast by members of the public online went to the winning project. It’s the second time in five years that Taylor Architects has been crowned as the winner in this category. Over 14,000 people voted in the public choice section.
Dublin and Cork
Second place went to the Central Bank of Ireland, North Wall Quay, designed by Henry J Lyons Architects, while third place went to a Cork project – Child’s Play Tower, designed by Kane Architects.
RIAI president Carole Pollard said the standard of entries was “very high”, adding: ”It’s a great achievement to win the public vote twice in five years.”
Eamon McCarney, managing director of Taylor Architects, said winning the award is “particularly special” as it is voted for by the public.
There are a record 18 categories in this year’s awards. The rest of the winners will be announced at a ceremony in Dublin’s Mansion House this evening.
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Good product. Well done to them.
Brilliant good news story. Well done. Great to see you bringing the jobs back to dublin. Don’t be minding the begrudgers!
Ha. A unicorn that’s (last line) “trending aggressively to becoming a profitable company”!
@Adrian: only applies to the definition of its valuation not its profitability
@Adrian: Twitter has been around over 15 years and still hasn’t posted a profit. Profitability in Tech is not as important as in traditional businesses
@ForeverFeel1ng: You’re joking right? Twitter surviving for 15 years without making a profit hints that it’s being kept afloat for other reasons, just like loss making newspapers.
@ForeverFeel1ng: Said no investor ever. Twitter is being kept afloat like a newspaper making losses: it’s a great propaganda and political agitation tool.
Intercom, isn’t that a communication device used in shopping centres. A mic and a speaker. The simple things, eh! Wish I thought of it.
@Paddy O Sullivan: That’s a tannoy.
Very interesting and innovative business model!
Finally, a powerful, scalable, efficient, growth supporting, and cost effective management tool / business platform capable of capturing and pulling together all channels of communications between likely participators in the global marketplace seeking the particular product or service and the firm offering same.
Early days, but with 25,000 customers already contributing $50 mil in annual Revenues, outlook is excellent for Intercom. Tenfold increase in customer base is a distinct possibility, which would comfortably justify existing valuations mentioned. Clearly, with $241 m invested already, someone has lots of faith!
Congratulations to all concerned!
And btw what is it? A messaging service wow, probably a advanced data collection service. That’s were the money is, apparently. Well done Irish guys! You’ve sold your soul for a few bob.
@Paddy O Sullivan: Jesus you’re some begrudger. They’re making money and putting Ireland on the tech map globally. Selling their souls? Would you rather them be on the dole? They’re working.
@Paddy O Sullivan: Close…but no cigar. It is customer service software actually with plenty of uses. Instead of whinging about it familiarise yourself with the company and the software it provides
I’m a bit uncomfortable with these valuations on, thus far, unprofitable companies.
The FAANG companies are already responsible for a huge proportion of market valuations. I hope we’re not heading for another dotcom bubble.
I wouldn’t be investing in them, they are swelled with VC money, $50mil Revenue is peanuts and VC money will need to be paid back sometime. Their product is essentially a chatbox which is tiresome for website visitors and very expensive compared to free alternatives (Drift etc)
They will be bust in a couple of years, big valuation comes with a price… But hopefully they will make a lot of moneys for them self’s.
This is the type of homegrown success and entrepnurial spirit we need to foster.
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