Cork library and square are people’s choices at architecture awards

Architects working in the public sector have been hailed after civic schemes scooped the top three awards in the popular vote section of Ireland’s architecture Oscars.

The Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland (RIAI) announced the people’s choice winners yesterday ahead of the unveiling in Dublin today of the full list of winners in its 2016 Irish Architecture Awards.

In the ninth year of the public choice section, the RIAI said it received over 14,000 votes for the shortlisted schemes — the highest number in the history of the category.