Educational

Location – National University of Ireland, Galway Status – Completed 2021 Value – €200,000 Aras Cairns is a protected structure on the North Campus of the University in Galway City. The School of Law at NUI Galway required a moot courtroom on campus. Mooting simulates a court hearing and provides a realistic setting for students […]

Location – Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Ireland Status – Completed 2020 Value – €2.5m This project required two compatible but distinct parts – A large multi-purpose room and seven new classrooms as an extension to a protected structure, on a very restricted and sloping site. We used the slope of the site to our advantage and

Location – Dungloe, County Donegal, Ireland Status – Completed 2017 Value – €0.7m Awards – RIAI Irish Architecture Award 2018: Exhibited The challenge was to design a modestly sized extension onto a large secondary school building.  Our response to the brief was to place a two-storey extension onto one of the main circulation routes, to

Location – Westport, Ireland Status – Completed 2019/20 Value – €1.6m Seven general classrooms, a science room and an upgrade of parts of the existing school. The new two-storey extension sits on the hidden south side of the existing building, set apart from the existing school and linked back with a coloured glass transition, to

Location – Kylemore Abbey, Ireland Status – Completed 2016 Value – €3.2m The University of Notre Dame appointed Axo Architects to convert and remodel the former 1959 Benedictine Monastery on the east side of the main Kylemore Abbey to create one of the university’s global centres.  The accommodation comprises mainly student dorms (for 50 students),

Location – Kylemore Abbey, Ireland Status – Completed 2017 Value – €4.2m Awards – RIAI Irish Architecture Award 2018 – Exhibited The University of Notre Dame converted the former 1959 monastery on the east side of the main abbey building in 2016 to create one of the university’s global centres.  The accommodation comprised mainly student

Location – Newport, County Mayo, Ireland Status – Completed 2018 Value – €0.7m Awards – RIAI Irish Architecture Award 2019: Exhibited A 1960s modular concrete framed building nestles into the southern bank of Barrack Hill, overlooked by Saint Patrick’s Church. Our project was two-fold – Firstly to add a two-class Autism Unit and secondly to