St Angela’s ambitious school building project is a lesson in building a new dimension for education

Cork school’s renaissance is a showcase for architectural excellence, writes Eoin English

ONE of the country’s most ambitious, complex and challenging school building projects has been named amongst the world’s top 30 buildings, and been shortlisted for a prestigious national and global award.

Sixteen years in the making, the mammoth €9.2m redevelopment of the historic St Angela’s College campus in the spiritual heart of Cork city, is in the running for the People’s Choice award in the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland’s (RIAI) Irish Architecture Awards — Irish architecture’s equivalent of the Oscars.