UCD ALUMNI AWARD IN ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE 2025
OCTOBER 2025
In October Níall was awarded with the UCD Alumni Award in Engineering and Architecture. The UCD Alumni Awards were established to honour the extraordinary accomplishments of the UCD alumni community. Since their inception in 2014, the Awards have recognised individuals who exemplify excellence and embody the values of UCD through their work and contributions to society. Each year, these honours spotlight alumni who have made a significant impact across a wide range of fields – including business, industry, healthcare, science, culture, sport, and the arts.
RIBA + VITRA TALK: NURTURING SPACES: DESIGNING FOR DEMENTIA
OCTOBER 2022
On the 4th October at London's RIBA Níall and Yeoryia Manolopoulou will present the Losing Myself project, a time-based drawing they collaborated on for the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, which represented the plan of a building as it may be experienced by different people with dementia. Also talking will be Frank van Dillen, founder of DVA Dementia Village Associates, who will present on the very first Dementia Village in The Hogeweyk in The Netherlands. The talk can be viewed here.
This talk is part of the RIBA Well Being : Well Built series, sponsored by VitrA Bathrooms.