North East design practice FaulknerBrowns Architects has opened a new studio in Dublin.
The Dublin office becomes the Killingworth company’s third base, alongside its existing offices in Vancouver and Tyneside.
The new office will be led by partner Niall Durney, who was born in Dublin and joined the practice in 2018 with extensive international experience. A number of staff have relocated from FaulknerBrowns’ Newcastle studio to join Mr Durney, who is also recruiting in Ireland.
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Based on Leeson Street, the new studio will support existing and new projects, including its role as masterplan and lead architects of the Guinness Quarter, a sustainable new urban quarter at St James’ Gate in Dublin.
The 12-acre site was home to the Guinness Brewery for over 261 years and represents one of the city’s most significant development and regeneration opportunities.
The studio will also support FaulknerBrowns’ role in designing a mixed-use masterplan and new facilities for the Sport Ireland Campus in western Dublin, the home of Irish sport.
Niall Durney, partner at FaulknerBrowns, said: “We are really excited about the unique proposition FaulknerBrowns is bringing to Dublin and Ireland, combining the experience of a larger practice with a quality and design-led approach to architecture.
“This new studio will allow us to better collaborate with the local community as we craft a major new piece of Dublin city centre at the Guinness Quarter.”
Ben Sykes, partner at FaulknerBrowns, added: “International work is an important part of our identity.
“Since the practice was founded in 1962, we have delivered architecture across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Canada. 60 years later, the Dublin studio is an exciting step in supporting existing clients in Ireland and developing new opportunities.”
Earlier this year the North East office received approval for its plans for the £500m expansion of Pinewood Studios, which will lead to the creation of Screen Hub UK, with studio production space, a new film-inspired visitor attraction, a business growth hub and an educational training hub.
The studio has also submitted its plans for Culture House, an ambitious new cultural hub in Sunderland city centre, which will host performance spaces, exhibition and gallery spaces, libraries for children, young people and adults, a local studies and archives centre, creative labs, spaces for instructed learning and play and a cafe.
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