Dublin City Council has been awarded the RIAI Silver Medal for Conservation and Restoration for its 14 Henrietta St project, recognising projects of exceptional merit.
The 14 Henrietta St museum, opened in 2018, showcases the social history of Dublin’s North Inner City from 1877 to the late 1970s when it was a tenement building, featuring restored rooms illustrating life from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
Lord Mayor of Dublin, Daithí de Róiste, highlighted the extensive conservation and refurbishment work that has made the building accessible to both Dubliners and visitors.
Visitors to 14 Henrietta St can explore the tenement history of Dublin across three floors, experiencing rooms recreated from different time periods, from the late 1740s to the 1970s, when it ceased being a tenement. The project has received other architectural awards and has been guided by the Henrietta Street Conservation Plan and Shaffrey Architects. The last Dublin City Council project to be awarded the Silver Medal for Conservation was City Hall, which won for the time period 1999 – 2001.
Charles Duggan, Heritage Officer with Dublin City Council said “This is the third major architectural prize awarded to the 14 Henrietta Street project. In 2018 it won two RIAI awards, Best Conservation Project and Best overall project nationally. The Silver Medal for Conservation is a wonderful recognition of the City Council’s work to save, restore No.14 and create the museum there over a ten-year period guided by the Henrietta Street Conservation Plan and by Shaffrey Architects, and their team.”
