County Hall, Swords

County Hall (Irish: Halla an Chontae, Sord Cholmcille) is a municipal building in Swords in the county of Fingal, Ireland.

County Hall, Swords
Halla an Chontae, Sord Cholmcille
County Hall
County Hall
Location within Ireland
General information
AddressMain Street
Town or citySwords
CountryIreland
Coordinates53.4590°N 6.2192°W / 53.4590; -6.2192
Completed2000
Design and construction
ArchitectBucholz & McEvoy

History

Following the implementation of the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, which created Fingal County Council, the county council initially met at the former offices of the abolished Dublin County Council, an office block at 46-49 O'Connell Street, Dublin.[1][2] The new building, which was designed by Bucholz & McEvoy in association with the Building Design Partnership, was purpose-built for the county council and completed in 2000.[3] It has full-length glass wall engineered by RFR, a French firm who also carried out the engineering for the Louvre Pyramid.[3] There is a 150-year-old Himalayan Cedar tree growing in the centre of the building.[4]

References
  1. "Fingal council to build new county offices in Swords". Irish Times. 4 September 1996. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. "Local Authorities". Oireachtas. 26 May 1982. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. "Fingal's offices are greenest of all". Irish Times. 9 November 2000. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  4. "2002 – Fingal County Hall, Swords, Co. Dublin". Archiseek. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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