House, East Coast and House, West Coast have both been featured in the RIAI house + design magazine Issue 09 – 2024

Restoration of 19th century lodge works underway.

Argillan Glasshouse has been highly commended in the Conservation, Adaptation and Re-use category at the RIAI Awards 2024.

Donnybrook Gardens has been commended at the RIAI Awards 2024.

Ardgillan Glasshouse is featured in the RIAI Architecture Ireland Magazine,  Jan / Feb 2024

15 storey office development (144,500 sq.ft)

Stair and lift cores reach roof level.

Works completed on renovation of 3 former farm buildings.

‘The Yard Hub’ is a co-working hub and community space beside the Royal Canal Greenway in Abbeyshrule, Co. Longford.

Finalist SEAI Energy Awards 2023.

The former Royal Hotel, Boyle reopened as a cultural hub.

After falling into disrepair, extensive work was carried out to restore the original structure. The redevelopment includes exhibition spaces, work hubs and a new civic space.

The Royal Academy Architecture Prize 2023 has been awarded to Shane de Blacam.

The jury was impressed by his commitment to creating communal spaces. They also highlighted his remarkable craftsmanship and the pleasure he takes in joinery and detail.

de Blacam founded the architectural practice de Blacam and Meagher with John Meagher in 1976. de Blacam’s buildings are characterised by their simplicity and their celebration of local materials. Throughout his career, he has been concerned with creating spaces for people to come
together, including the sensitively restored Abbeyleix Library in Laois and the elegant Samuel Beckett Theatre at Trinity College, Dublin.

Before forming his practice with Meagher, de Blacam worked in London with the architects if the Barbican Centre, Chamberlain, Powell and Bon. He then travelled to America where he worked with Louis I. Khan for two years on the Mellon Centre for British Art and British Studies, Yale
University, New Haven Connecticut.

New school in Monasterevin completed for September 2023. The building is sited in Moore Abbey Demesne in a rural landscape and is designed for 850 pupils.