Paul Dillon Architects, Galway, Ireland
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| Architecture Firm | Paul Dillon Architects |
| People | Paul Dillon, Eanna McManus, Brendan Horan, Melanie Rogan, Martina Fahy |
| Address | 21 Eyre Square |
| Galway, Ireland | |
| Telephone | 00 353 (0) 91 563332 |
| Fax | 00 353 (0) 91 563310 |
| info@pauldillonarchitects.com | |
| Web Site | http://www.pauldillonarchitects.com |
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Architecture, Design
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Residential, Commercial, Mixed-Use
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Paul Dillon has made a significant contribution to the architectural landscape of Galway with his design of the recently completed Briarhill Shopping Centre.
The building is located on the eastern boundary of Galway, at the Briarhill roundabout. The project acts as a gateway to the city for traffic coming from the airport, Dublin, Limerick and Cork. It was the energy and innovation that Dillon brought to his first projects around Galway that promptly led to him receiving the commission for the Briarhill Shopping Centre with a relatively large budget of €30 Million.
Paul said: for me the most satisfying aspect of the completed shopping centre is the way the building understands it’s place making responsibility in the context of a major urban interchange on the edge of the city. The building embraces the roundabout and the reality of the car culture, reclaiming a functional piece of road engineering as part of the urban fabric of the city
Born in Ireland, Paul studied architecture in New York under Victor Dadras and in Los Angeles under Sigrid Miller Pollin and Judith Sheine. His time in Los Angeles, where he received the Richard Neutra Award for his Master’s thesis, in particular has had a lasting influence on his method of working. He learned that no matter how small or large a commission it allows an opportunity for experimentation and invention, which in turn necessitates an element of risk-taking. His method of approaching each commission afresh, allows him freedom to react to the unique challenges that each client, environment, and project presents.
