Pictures: Cork student hub wins major architectural prize

UCC's student hub, a conversion of the college's old anatomy school, emerged victorious at the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland Awards for 2021

The Student Hub, UCC, by O'Donnell Tuomey Architects. Picture: Jed Niezgoda

A Cork building has won the prestigious top prize for reusable design at the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) Awards for 2021.

University College Cork’s new Student Hub, a conversion of the college’s old anatomy school, emerged victorious in the awards' ‘Adaptation and Re-Use’ category, which focuses on sustainable responses by architects to climate change.