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Healy Partners Architects wins Building of the Year Retail at Building and Architect of the Year Awards 2026
Looking back at the Building and Architect of the Year Awards 2026, Healy Partners Architects delivered one of the year's most assured pieces of retail architecture, earning Building of the Year in Retail for Keanes Jewellers Limerick through a design language defined by restraint, craftsmanship, and enduring character. As the profession looks ahead to the 2027 cycle, their work stands as a benchmark for how retail architecture can elevate a streetscape while reflecting the precision and quality of the brand it houses.
Donegal's Moment: Why Sustained Price Growth and Acute Supply Constraints Are Creating a Generational Brief for the Building Sector
Donegal house prices rose 3.5% in Q2 2026 and are still 65% above pre-Covid levels. For building and architecture firms, constrained supply and cross-border demand are creating the region's most compelling residential pipeline in a generation.
Plus Dane secures £30m Principality facility to deliver 1,120 affordable homes by 2030
UK housing association Plus Dane has secured a £30 million (€35.7 million) 25-year debt facility from Principality Commercial to fund delivery of 1,120 affordable homes by 2030. The deal forms part of a broader £100 million funding programme.
MHK Architecture plans four-storey mixed-use building on triangular West End infill site
US firm MHK Architecture is proposing a four-storey mixed-use building on a 0.09-acre triangular infill site in Greenville, drawing design inspiration from a 1950s predecessor on the same plot. Design Review Board consideration is expected in August or September.
Cairn appoints Sean Gavin as director of commercial and procurement to scale delivery model
Cairn has appointed Sean Gavin as director of commercial and procurement, bringing 30 years of residential development experience from Berkeley Group, Ballymore, and London Square. The hire strengthens Cairn's commercial leadership as it scales its national delivery model.
Latt Properties lodges plans for 20-unit residential scheme on Cavan town site
Cavan-based Latt Properties has lodged plans for a 20-unit residential scheme on a two-acre site at Swellan Upper, adjacent to the Oak Tree Park development. A planning decision is expected by mid-August.
Twinlite wins approval to convert Phibsborough Shopping Centre into hotel and student housing
Dublin property group Twinlite has won permission to convert Phibsborough Shopping Centre into a 150-bedroom hotel and 411-bed student accommodation scheme. The €3.09 million planning contribution requirement reflects the scale of the mixed-use regeneration.
Hassett Leyden Flynn wins Social Impact Award at Building and Architect of the Year Awards 2026
Looking back at the Building and Architect of the Year Awards 2026, Hassett Leyden Flynn stood out as a practice that proved architecture can be a genuine instrument of social change, earning the Social Impact Award for their housing developments in Ennis, Co. Clare. As the profession looks ahead to the 2027 cycle, their work sets a compelling benchmark for what inclusive, community-centred design can and should achieve.
Two Speeds, One Opportunity: How Ireland's Diverging Housing Market Reshapes the Building Sector's Strategic Priorities
Daft Q2 2026 data reveals a two-speed Irish market: Dublin prices cooling as supply recovers while rural Ireland runs hot. Building and architecture firms that read the regional split will capture the decade's most durable pipeline opportunity.
SM Offices builds tower to expand Quezon City campus
Philippine office developer SM Offices is constructing a new office tower in Quezon City to expand commercial capacity. The building and architecture project adds 31,000 square metres of workspace within the SM North EDSA mixed-use estate.
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