Liberty Corner, an arts and dance centre by Horan Keoghan Ryan Architects in Dublin's north inner city, has a considered sense of rhythm, counterpointed elements and is of a human scale. A mixed development, it includes 65 apartments along with the facilities for the creatve arts. It was realised as a Public Private Partnership scheme between Dublin City Council and McCabe builders, meaning that the sales of the apartments effectively enabled the arts and dance spaces to happen. While design and build projects have been the bane of many an architect's life, David King-Smith, director of this project, says that this build couldn't have been realised without it. He points to the established relationship HKR Architects has with McCabe, having worked on commercial projects together, and the fact that Dublin City Council, along with HKR Architects, pushed for quality where it mattered.
