2024-11-15T02:50:25-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/79911281/limerick-s-medical-school-architecture-with-a-scalpel Archinect 2013-08-20T13:18:00-04:00 >2013-08-20T14:08:35-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8z/8zidyavc2gnggl5g.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The project &ndash; also comprising student accommodation in the form of gently angled big brick structures that meander down the hillside &ndash; is the work of Dublin-based Grafton Architects. The firm have created a sublime ensemble that's now in the running for best building of the year, having been shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling prize. It would be my choice to win, given how radically it has reinvented two building types often consigned to dismal mediocrity.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Click <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/77385157/2013-riba-stirling-prize-shortlist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to see other contenders for this year's RIBA Stirling Prize.</p> <p> Grafton Architects are also being featured in the upcoming exhibit <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/79859022/sensing-spaces-architecture-reimagined-at-the-royal-academy-of-arts-in-2014" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined</em></a> at London's Royal Academy of Arts.</p>