The EXO, Dublin Commercial Complex, Ireland, Irish Office Building, architecture design, Photography
The EXO in Dublin 1, Ireland
30 Nov 2022
Design: Shay Cleary Architects
Location: Dublin 1, Ireland, Republic of Ireland

Photos: Jamie Hackett
The EXO, Ireland
The landmark EXObuilding by Shay Cleary Architects is the tallest commercial office building in Ireland. A unique engineering challenge, the building features a distinctive and highly innovative external exo-skeleton which forms the main structure, leaving a predominantly column free floor plate and referencing the iconic blue gantries of the Dublin docklands. The building features an extensive 1,000m2 landscaped roof garden to which all tenants have access.

Its pristine form responds to its unique location adjacent to the 3Arena, extending the public realm at ground floor under and around the structure. A highly sustainable commercial development, it was the first building project in Europe to achieve LEED V3 Platinum certification ahead of practical completion.
As an iconic piece of contemporary commercial architecture and the tallest commercial building in Ireland, the building has already become a new urban marker in the developing Dublin docklands area.
Shay Cleary Architects were appointed in 2015 to carry out this project following an invited competition in late 2014. The brief was to provide a large commercial office building on a prominent site in Dublin Docklands within the North Docks Strategic Developme...