COMPETITION
2ND PLACE FATHER COLLINS PARK DUBLIN 2004
WITH LOCI DESIGN, BRUCE NEWLANDS AND NORD ARCHITECTS
Our design for a £8M park at the heart of a new community on the outskirts of Dublin featured a central lake and strong axis, and incorporated lively forms reminiscent of Miro.
Graphics by Bruce Newlands.
Model by Nord Architects.
2ND PLACE ROBIN HOOD GARDENS COMPETITION LONDON 2014
WITH BRUCE NEWLANDS, KRAFT ARCHITECTURE
The project re-imagined a softer and more engaging re-use of the Smithsons’ Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in London, without losing the essential qualities of the original architecture, but gaining much in improved public space.
Graphics by Bruce Newlands of Kraft Architecture.
COMMENDATION GEORGE SQUARE CAFE COMPETITION GLASGOW
WITH STUDIO KAP ARCHITECTS
COMMENDATION URBAN EYRIE COMPETITION LONDON
A fantasy world imagining life in a giant nest!
GRAND ARMY PLAZA
New York 2013
Our proposal aimed to transform a space currently dominated by surrounding traffic, drawing people in to a playful and exciting experience.
Not placed.
REDFORD GARDEN COMPETITION QUEBEC 2009
Ethereal garden of pastel-coloured planting and water features aimed to allow a healing experience between mankind and the natural world.
Not placed.
SHORTLISTED Docklands Play Area Dublin 2011
WITH ARTIST JUDI LEGG AND ARCHITECTS PAGE AND PARK.
This was a competition to design an innovative play space for a new dockland community in Dublin, themed as an urban wilderness.
Graphics by Page and Park.
SHORTLISTED Velocity Glasgow 2013
WITH ARTISTS DAVID HARDING AND PETER MCCAUGHEY
The aim of the proposal was to stimulate the ‘Flowering of the East’ through community-based environmental action along a key route to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The project also included a temporary forest in the Briggait, which would be transported in a ceremonial event along London Road.
Graphics by Wave.
WESTER ROSS SHELTERS COMPETITION WINNER 2016
From 60 entries MHLA were one of three short listed to develop the design for imaginative new visitor display shelters at three locations in the Western Highlands. The elements for stone, steel and wood are put together as a deconstructed croft. MHLA were subsequently voted the winning entry, at least 3 of the shelters will now be built in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands
