THE EXO BUILDING | Dublin, Ireland | 2014

Architects: Shay Cleary Architects 
Client: Grant Thornton
General Contractor: Bennett Construction
Photographers: CGI's by Visual Lab

The EXO building is a major new office development at the eastern edge of Point Square, a significant emerging civic space in the city.

The name of the building is derived from the large-scale exoskeleton steel structure which will be a defining element of the building’s iconography.

In its form and arrangement, the scheme fulfills two complimentary roles.

Its northern end is seventeen stories high and marks Point Village Square to the wider city, while more locally, in tandem with an adjacent 10.5m high cubic glass bar and restaurant it forms the enclosure to the eastern edge of the square.

This open composition of a tall iconic form juxtaposed with a lower glass element gives the eastern edge of the square a particular character while also inviting exploration onwards to the port.

Furthermore, on the East Wall Road frontage, the continuously uplit undercroft of the building with its dramatic support structure of three elliptical mega columns adds new vibrancy and life a major city thoroughfare.