The AAI is delighted to announce the winning projects from the 2025 Maurice Craig Award.
The Maurice Craig Award is geared towards architectural graduates who have completed their fifth year of study. Graduates from all universities on the island of Ireland are eligible. The jury for the 2025 AAI Awards assessed the submissions for the Maurice Craig Award and chose one winner, and two special mentions. The Jury were seeking strong architectural ideas, that consider community, sustainability and the environment, as well as excellent architectural communication and presentation skills.
Comhghairdeachas to the winners, and our sincere thanks to all the graduates who entered. The winners will be invited to our annual awards night, and their work will be published in our annual awards publication, alongside comments from the jury. We look forward to celebrating with you.
Winner
No Eschaton! Mortalities in Architecture, by David Conway – University of Limerick
Special Mentions
While the following two projects received Special Mentions:
Invisible Value – David Bell – Technological University Dublin
Ecological Urbanism in Rural Irish Towns – Oisín Fee – Technological University Dublin
Adjudication + Jury
The adjudication occurred in City Assembly House Friday, April 18th 2025. Many thanks to our generous hosts, The Irish Georgian Society.
We also want to thank the jury for their generous commitment to this process and their insightful commentary and debate. We hope that it will make for an interesting read.
Critic and Chair:
Samia Henni – Historian and Teacher at McGill University’s Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture in Montreal
Irish Architects:
Jennifer O’Donnell of Plattenbaustudio
Michelle Fagan of FKL Architects
Neasa Hourigan – Sustainability Expert
International Architect:
Anna Puigjaner of MAIO Architects
Distinguished Non-Architect:
Rosie Lynch – Creative Director of Workhouse Union