Civic Pride Traditional Cache
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Civic Pride
Fingal County Hall is not what one would expect from a County Council Headquarters. It's a contemporary beautiful structure which is highly energy efficient and located in the heart of Swords, Co. Dublin. In late 2000, Fingal County Hall officially opened it's doors for business.
The building was designed by the architects Bucholz and McEvoy on foot of a public competition. It was built on the site of Swords House, an 18th century residence which stood until the 1980's. The huge evergreen oaks and cedars that were once part of Swords House garden still remain in front of the new offices, integrating the building into it's environment.
The County Hall is a long, thin, curved building, five storeys high with wings projecting to the rear in the shape of an E. The entire front of the building is concave in shape and completely screened in glass. On top of the curved glass wall facade lies a sweeping timber roof, which is visible from both inside and out. On the inside, the glass fronted wall is supported by high tension cables, all of which sit seamlessly into the building itself.
The design and construction of the glass wall was the work of Rice Francis Richie, a company formed by an Irish engineer who carried out similar work on the Louvre pyramid, the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Sydney Opera House.
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