A serene, pale house in Maghera, near Newcastle, Co Down, has won the Liam McCormick prize in the RSUA (Royal Society of Ulster Architects) Design Awards.
The house, which enjoys the Mournes as a backdrop, is modern while employing traditional forms such as using gables to address the road.
The Liam McCormick prize was awarded to McGonigle McGrath architects for, say the judges, best demonstrating “design excellence in all its attributes”.
Impressive conservation projects
Other awards, across a total of 12 categories, were given to impressive conservation projects, including turning an industrial building in Belfast, due for demolition, into offices; the conversion of a Presbyterian church in Portferry, Co Down; and the refurbishment of the neo-Gothic Lynn Building at Queen’s University Belfast.
A footbridge over the Lagan also won an award, as did a house made with shipping containers in Co Derry.
