We’re so pleased the Milk Market Limerick has won the prestigious ‘Public Choice Award’ at the RIAI Irish Architecture Awards 2011. The award was presented to Healy Partners Architects at a special awards ceremony in Dublin on July 11. Thank you to all who voted for us!

It’s always nice to be recognised and so we are particularly pleased that it was the ‘Public Choice Award’. Congratulations to Healy Partners Architects and to all our own team involved in bringing the  project to fruition.”

Our vision was to enhance the historic market, weather-proofing it so that it would work better as a markets and event venue, all year-round. The design solution of creating Ireland’s largest tensile structure to cover the courtyard, while still retaining an outdoor atmosphere, has been transformational.

The new Milk Market is open just over a year and, since then, we have been attracting increasing numbers of visitors to a wider range of markets and events. In addition to extending the number of markets from one to three per week, and almost doubling attendances, we have successfully staged concerts, recitals, craft fairs, fashion shows, family-fun events, product launches, charity events and more, all adding to the vibrancy of the City and supporting a broad base of business, including an increasing number of market traders.

There were 134 events vying for the 2011 ‘Public Choice’ Architectural Award with 38 projects short-listed, including the magnificent Aviva Stadium in Dublin. While we are honoured, we are not surprised that the Milk Market won out in a ‘Public Choice Award’, capturing 33% of the votes cast.  In a very tangible way you have been “voting for” the Milk Market since it opened, by visiting it, by revisiting it, by staging events and by positively spreading the word.  We appreciate it and will never take your support for granted.