Recognition

Design Awards

2021
Architectural Association of Ireland Awards, Special Mention for Extension to Briarhill National School, Galway

Irish Architectural Awards, Best Educational Building, Highly Commended for Extension to Briarhill National School, Galway
 
2020
Architectural Association of Ireland Award for Art Room, Coláiste Naomh Éinne, Inis Mór, Aran Islands, Galway

2019
Mies van der Rohe Award 2019, Nomination for Coláiste Naomh Éinne, Inis Mor, Aran Islands, Galway

Irish Architectural Awards, Best Educational Building, Commended for Extension to Coláiste Naomh Éinne, Inis Mór, Aran Islands Galway 

2018
Architectural Association of Ireland Award for Extension to Gairmscoil na bPiarsach, Rosmuc, Galway

2017
Irish Architectural Awards, Best Educational Building, for Extension to Gairmscoil na bPiarsach, Rosmuc, Galway 

Irish Architectural Awards, Best Educational Building, Highly Com-mended for Extension to Kilrickle National School, Galway 

Architectural Association of Ire-land, Special Mention for Extension to Kilrickle National School, Galway 

2013
Irish Architectural Awards 2013, Best Educational Building, Commended for Extension to Carnaun National School, Galway 

2011
Irish Architectural Awards, Best Commercial Building, for Drive-Through Restaurant, Galway 

2008
Architectural Association of Ireland Award for Site 7, Briarhill Business Park, Galway 

1994
Richard Neutra Design Award, for Masters Thesis on transit based housing in Los Angeles, USA 

Selected Design Publications 

2021
Architecture Ireland, feature on Briarhill National School p. 46-53, AI 319, September / October 2021, reviewed by Doireann de Courcy Mac Donnell 'All Playing Together',

New Irish Architecture, Architectural Association of Ireland, featuring Briarhill National School (pending)

2020
Architecture Ireland, feature on Coláiste Naomh Éinne, p. 38-43, AI 309, January / February 2020, reviewed by Helena McElmeel, 'Stately and familar',

New Irish Architecture, Architectural Association of Ireland, featuring Coláiste Naomh Éinne (pending)

2019
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, feature on Coláiste Naomh Éinne, p. 47 & 370, published in Barcelona 2019.

Plan, 'Lessons In Design', feature on Coláiste Naomh Éinne, p. 24-27, September/October 2019.

Irish Architecture, The RIAI Annual Review, Volume 8, 2017/2018, feature on ‘Extension to Gairmscoil Na bPiarsach’, reviewed by Dr. Denis Byrne, p. 118-125.

New Irish Architecture, Gandon Editions, featuring ‘Extension to Gairmscoil Na bPiarsach’ (pending)

The Architectural Review, feature on two schools, Gairmscoil Na bPiarsach and Coláiste Naomh Éinne, p. 76-85, Issue 1462, June 2019.        

Building of the Month, June 2019, Coláiste Naomh Éinne, Inis Mór, Aran Islands Galway. 'Curated by architect and critic, Shane O'Toole, Building of the Month - Classic Irish Architecture from the Tegral Archive, features the best of fibre cement architecture built in Ireland during recent decades.'

2018
A+D Architecture + Detail, feature on ‘Extension to Gairmscoil Na bPiarsach’ p. 50-55, No. 50, 2018

Building of the Month, April 2018, Gairmscoil Na bPiarsach, Rosmuc, County Galway. 'Curated by architect and critic, Shane O'Toole, Building of the Month - Classic Irish Architecture from the Tegral Archive, features the best of fibre cement architecture built in Ireland during recent decades'.

New Irish Architecture, Gandon Editions, featuring ‘Extension to Kilrickle National School’ (pending)

2017
Architecture Ireland, feature on ‘Extension to Gairmscoil Na bPiarsach’ p. 58-63, AI 295, September- October 

Architecture Ireland, feature on ‘Extension to Kilrickle National School’ p. 64-67, AI 295, September- October 2017

2013
The RIAI Annual Review, feature on ‘Extension to Carnaun National School’, Galway, p 88-91Volume 4, 2013/2014.

Architecture Ireland, feature on ‘Extension to Carnaun National School’, p. 34-35, AI 271, September- October 2013.

A10, New European Architecture, ’Eurovision Ireland’, an overview of current themes in Irish architecture, including the work of Paul Dillon Architects, p 48, Issue #53, September 2013.

2012 
Passive House Plus, feature on Kingston Road House, review by John Hearne ‘Super-Sized Galway House with Fun Size Heating Costs’, p. 57-63, Issue 12, Volume 5, 2012.

The RIAI Annual Review, feature on ‘Drive-Through Restaurant, Galway’, reviewed by Caomhán Murphy ‘An Idea about Simplicity’, p. 56-59, Volume 3, 2012/2013

Construction Ireland, feature on Kingston Road House, p. 29, Volume 15, Number 03, 2012

2011 
Architecture Ireland, feature on ‘Drive Through Restaurant’ p. 52-53, AI 258, September 2011

2010 
Architecture Ireland, feature on ‘Briarhill Shopping Centre’, p. 42-43, AI 251, 2010

2008 
New Irish Architecture, Gandon Editions 2008, feature on ‘Site 7, Briarhill Business Park’, p. 100-107

Architecture Ireland, feature on ‘Site 7, Briarhill Business Park’, p. 48-51, September 2008

2005 
The Sunday Times, ‘More than just another stock home’, a Private House Galway, cover feature in the Home Section, May 8, 2005
 
"IRELAND Architecture, 200+ Buildings since 1990", Seán Antóin Ó Muirí ISBN 978 0948037 597. Publisher: Gandon Editions. Four Buildings by Paul Dillon Architects featured (Pending)
Awards

2021
Architectural Association of Ireland Awards, Special Mention for Extension to Briarhill National School, Galway

Irish Architectural Awards, Best Educational Building, Highly Commended for Extension to Briarhill National School, Galway
 
2020
Architectural Association of Ireland Award for Art Room, Coláiste Naomh Éinne, Inis Mór, Aran Islands, Galway

2019
Mies van der Rohe Award 2019, Nomination for Coláiste Naomh Éinne, Inis Mór, Aran Islands, Galway

Irish Architectural Awards, Best Educational Building, Commended for Coláiste Naomh Éinne, Inis Mór, Aran Islands, Galway

2018
Architectural Association of Ireland Award for Extension to Gairmscoil na bPiarsach, Rosmuc, Galway

2017
Irish Architectural Awards, Best Educational Building, for Extension to Gairmscoil na bPiarsach, Rosmuc, Galway 

Irish Architectural Awards, Best Educational Building, Highly Commended for Extension to Kilrickle National School, Galway 

Architectural Association of Ireland, Special Mention for Extension to Kilrickle National School, Galway 

2013
Irish Architectural Awards 2013, Best Educational Building, Commended for Extension to Carnaun National School, Galway 

2011
Irish Architectural Awards, Best Commercial Building, for Drive Through Restaurant, Galway 

2008
Architectural Association of Ireland Award for Site 7, Briarhill Business Park, Galway 

1994
Richard Neutra Design Award, for Masters Thesis on transit based affordable housing in Los Angeles, USA 


Selected Design Publications 

2021
Architecture Ireland, feature on Briarhill National School p. 46-53, AI 319, September / October 2021, reviewed by Doireann de Courcy Mac Donnell 'All Playing Together',

New Irish Architecture, Architectural Association of Ireland, featuring Briarhill National School (pending)

2020
Architecture Ireland, feature on Coláiste Naomh Éinne, p. 38-43, AI 309, January / February 2020, reviewed by Helena McElmeel, 'Stately and familar',

New Irish Architecture, Architectural Association of Ireland, featuring Coláiste Naomh Éinne (pending)

2019

European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, feature on Coláiste Naomh Éinne, p. 47 & 370,  published in Barcelona 2019.

Plan, 'Lessons In Design', feature on Coláiste Naomh Éinne, p. 24-27, September/October 2019.

Irish Architecture, The RIAI Annual Review, Volume 8, 2017/2018, feature on ‘Extension to Gairmscoil Na bPiarsach’, reviewed by Dr. Denis Byrne, p 118-125.

The Architectural Review, feature on two schools, Gairmscoil Na bPiarsach and Coláiste Naomh Éinne, p. 76-85, Issue 1462, June 2019.        

Building of the Month, June 2019, Coláiste Naomh Éinne, Inis Mór, Aran Islands Galway. 'Curated by architect and critic, Shane O'Toole, Building of the Month - Classic Irish Architecture from the Tegral Archive, features the best of fibre cement architecture built in Ireland during recent decades.'

New Irish Architecture, Architectural Association of Ireland, featuring ‘Extension to Gairmscoil Na bPiarsach

2018 
A+D Architecture + Detail, feature on ‘Extension to Gairmscoil Na bPiarsach’ p. 50-55, No. 50, 2018

Building of the Month, April 2018, Gairmscoil Na bPiarsach, Rosmuc, County Galway. 'Curated by architect and critic, Shane O'Toole, Building of the Month - Classic Irish Architecture from the Tegral Archive, features the best of fibre cement architecture built in Ireland during recent decades.'

New Irish Architecture, Architectural Association of Ireland, featuring ‘Extension to Kilrickle National School’

2017
Architecture Ireland, feature on ‘Extension to Gairmscoil Na bPiarsach’ p. 58-63, AI 295, September- October 2017 

Architecture Ireland, feature on ‘Extension to Kilrickle National School’ p. 64-67, AI 295, September- October 2017

2013
Irish Architecture, The RIAI Annual Review, Volume 4, 2013/2014, feature on ‘Extension to Carnaun National School’, Galway, reviewed by Orla Murphy ‘To School Under A Big Sky’ p 88-91.

Architecture Ireland, feature on ‘Extension to Carnaun National School’, p. 34-35, AI 271, September- October 2013.

A10, New European Architecture, ’Eurovision Ireland’, an overview of current themes in Irish architecture, including the work of Paul Dillon Architects, p 48, Issue #53, September 2013.

2012 
Passive House Plus, feature on Kingston Road House, review by John Hearne ‘Super-Sized Galway House with Fun Size Heating Costs’, p. 57-63, Issue 12, Volume 5, 2012.

Irish Architecture, The RIAI Annual Review, Volume 3, 2012/2013, feature on ‘Drive-Through Restaurant, Galway’, reviewed by Caomhán Murphy ‘An Idea about Simplicity’, p. 56-59.

Construction Ireland, feature on Kingston Road House, p. 29, Volume 15, Number 03, 2012

2011 
Architecture Ireland, feature on ‘Drive Through Restaurant’ p. 52-53, AI 258, September 2011

2010 
Architecture Ireland, feature on ‘Briarhill Shopping Centre’, p. 42-43, AI 251, 2010

2008 
New Irish Architecture, Gandon Editions 2008, feature on ‘Site 7, Briarhill Business Park’, p. 100-107

Architecture Ireland, feature on ‘Site 7, Briarhill Business Park’, p. 48-51, September 2008

2005 
The Sunday Times, ‘More than just another stock home’, a Private House Galway, cover feature in the Home Section, May 8, 2005
 

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