Despite stiff competition, Aviva Stadium has taken the Overall Award and Best Building Award for 2010 at the Irish Concrete Society Awards.

The awards ceremony took place on Saturday night, 26th March in the Conrad Hotel, Dublin.

The Irish Concrete Society Awards recognise excellence in the design or construction of a completed concrete building, structure or element.

• Client: Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company
• Architect: Populous & Scott Tallon Walker Architects
• Engineer: Buro Happold
• Contractor: John Sisk and Sons Limited
• Major Concrete Supplier: Kildownet/Banagher/ Techcrete/ Cemex

The competition has been running since 1979 and attracts a wide range of entries from small and large projects alike. The awards are open to Clients, Architects, Consulting Engineers, Materials Suppliers, Contractors or others directly involved with the nominated project and must refer to completed work, located in Ireland.

The Irish Concrete Society was established in 1973 to cater for the needs of all who have an interest in concrete, in its widest sense. It is the primary organization in Ireland concerned with the technical aspects of design and construction in concrete.

Scott Tallon Walker Architects has been shortlisted in two categories for the Green Awards 2011

The shortlist for the 2011 Green Awardsis now published. The awards ceremony will take place at the Burlington Hotel on Thursday, April 14th 2011.

Scott Tallon Walker Architects has been shortlisted in two categories.

In the Green Building Award category, we have been shortlisted for the Department of the Environment Decentralised Offices, Wexford and the Point Vilage. Populous & Scott Tallon Walker Architects have been shortlisted for Aviva Stadium.

Scott Tallon Walker Architects has also been shortlisted for The Green Professional Services Award.

The aim of the Green Awards is to celebrate excellence in sustainability and to encourage green best practice amongst organisations and individuals.

The awards are in 7 categories that broadly reflect an organisations commitment to sustainability, it's key sustainability aspects (waste, energy, chemicals), innovation for sustainbility and the entrants influence on engaging it's supply chain in sustainability programs.

The promotion of environmental sustainability within our practice is one of the key principles central to our philosophy and design approach. The realization of responsible, dynamic, and environmental design is, we believe, central to the creation of healthy, uplifting buildings and environments that benefits us all as a global community.

In 2010 Scott Tallon Walker Architects were awarded certification for their Environmental Management System in compliance with ISO 14001:2004 in the Dublin, Cork Galway and London offices including both design responsibility as well as our office management. Scott Tallon Walker Architects were the first major Architectural Practice to achieve this certification in Ireland.

Staff at Scott Tallon Walker Architects are Qualified Assessors in BREEAM and are Qualified Members of BER (Buildings Energy Rating) and IBEM (Irish Building Energy Model).