Archinect - News2024-12-04T04:27:25-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150291366/o-donnell-tuomey-architects-founders-honored-with-riai-gold-medal-for-belfast-s-lyric-theatre
O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects founders honored with RIAI Gold Medal for Belfast's Lyric Theatre Josh Niland2021-12-15T19:26:00-05:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a0/a002ecd394abe2ecb6200f3316b7b55a.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Following news this morning about the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150291274/photos-first-v-a-east-building-tops-out-in-east-london-ceremony" target="_blank">topping out</a> of one of the firm’s highest-profile projects in recent memory, Dublin-based <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/109716704/o-donnell-tuomey-architects" target="_blank">O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects</a> has been awarded the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland’s Gold Medal for their 2012 Lyric Theatre project in Belfast.</p>
<p>Featuring a brilliant CLT auditorium, the building is sited on a slope along the River Lagan and is defined by a distinctive irregular shape and time-tested materials that respond to the area's contrasting brick streetscape and lush green parkland which surrounds the 54,100-square-foot structure on either side.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/66/6681549e1e5a202d031c481456514a43.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/66/6681549e1e5a202d031c481456514a43.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption> The Lyric Theatre by O Donnell + Tuomey. Photo: Dennis Gilbert</figcaption></figure><p>The RIAI’s Peter Hynes commended the theater as a “deeply considered and exquisitely crafted building which responds to and engages with its physical and cultural contexts and enriches both,” adding that “it combines the welcome of arrival with the drama of movement and the surprise of discovery on many levels. It integrates public funct...</p>