Palas Cinema wins international architecture award

Yay! Fair play!

Here's hoping it leads to the proliferation of more adventurous architecture in Galway

Galway’s Palás cinema was one of the big winners at the World Architecture Awards this weekend.

The arthouse cinema designed by architect Tom dePaor won Best Use of Colour at the architecture awards in Amsterdam on Saturday.

Full article - https://www.galwaydaily.com/news/palas-cinema-wins-international-architecture-award/

jenno86

About time!

ratracer

Ah stop.... please don’t encourage anymore of this depressingly communist era architecture. It’s hideous (IMO)

fergiesfolly

It won for it's use of stained glass windows to bring colour to the interior.
Is this visible from the outside at night.
Would look nice if it did.
It's a rather drab building otherwise.

Arghus

I've used it loads since it's opened and I'm glad it exists, but anyone who says it's anything except ugly and poorly laid out is talking complete nonsense.

biko

"Best use of colour"? It's fecking grey!

VeVeX

ratracer wrote: »

Ah stop.... please don’t encourage anymore of this depressingly communist era architecture. It’s hideous (IMO)

Communism is the new craft beer.

Sycamore Tree

Very surprised by that.

It's a shambles inside and outside.

buzz11

Read the article in the Galway Advertiser about this award, what a load of nonsense - its an award given by other architects/designers, in other words industry buddies extolling the 'beauty' of the building...oh please--vomit

Ficheall

I thought this was a Waterford Whispers article..

buzz11

buzz11 wrote: »

Read the article in the Galway Advertiser about this award, what a load of nonsense - its an award given by other architects/designers, in other words industry buddies extolling the 'beauty' of the building...oh please--vomit

Much like the Oscars

_Whimsical_

If anything it's actually detracted from the city. It's like some old factory you'd expect there to be a petition to knock down and rebuild as something attractive. It's never going to be in a tourism brochure, or gain any traction on social media from tourists or locals, no ones going to boast about being there, no ones ever going to actively really want to visit it.
If it was even a proper much hated, standout talking piece, but its not even that. I just don't understand how it can tick any boxes as successful architecture.

what_traffic

biko wrote: »

"Best use of colour"? It's fecking grey!

Galway Cathedral wins that award in Galway City, especially if the judges are observing at mass times.

Tombom1

It's a big block of concrete ****e, should be demolished