A question of taste: Louise Cotter

LOUISE COTTER is originally from Tralee in Co Kerry, but lives in Cork. She is one of the lead architects and co-founder of Carr Cotter Naessens (CCN) Architects, the firm that has won several awards for its work on dlr Lexicon, the library and cultural centre in Dún Laoghaire.

Best recent book: Tender by Belinda McKeon. It’s a well structured book, bittersweet but funny.

Best recent film: Unusually I’ve had a run of three great films in a row: IDA, by Pawel Pawlikowski, which is totally absorbing; Phoenix with Nina Hoss in the lead; and before that Force Majeure.