CROWDS of people turned up last weekend for the showhouse opening of the Lavallin development in Whitechurch, Co Cork.

A CORK-BASED architectural practice has scooped four accolades, including the top prize at the Institute of Designers in Ireland Awards.

Tommy Barker says Langford Hall apartments will suit owner occupiers.

YOU could be forgiven for thinking you’d walked on to a movie set — say, the Great Gatsby — when you pull up at the entrance to the Capella Castlemartyr Resort: it is a set-dressed timepiece and package, aimed at the wealthy and those seeking to unwind, and prepared to pay for the privileges.

Tommy Barker visits a very modern villa in Cork’s genteel Montenotte.

THE first thing you notice about Ireland’s newest maternity hospital is its shape, a sweeping expanse of limestone, steel and glass that adorns the southern approach to Cork University Hospital in the city’s Wilton area.

CORK city is to get a brand new public library, twice as large as its current facilities, on its existing Grand Parade site.

IT was honours even for the four provinces last night at the RIAI’s 2006 Irish Architecture Awards when Environment Minister Dick Roche presented the four main prizes to projects in Cork, Galway, Belfast and Kildare.

HUNDRED of millions of euro have flowed and will continue to follow in train in new developments in Cork’s affluent western suburbs.

TWO of the country’s strongest architectural practices have merged in a move which will up the input of Dublin design firms in Cork’s future development.