Circular Living Advocate Award

Congratulations to Ciarán for winning the 2026 Award for Circular Living Advocate from www.circular.ie yesterday. The event at Visual Carlow was heartwarming, bringing together evidence of all the effort being made to challenge wasteful behaviours by groups and individuals across Ireland. It was especially nice to hear the judges' comments on why Ciarán won the award: his challenge to the construction industry to reject the demolition bias, as well as the creativity he brings to this work, helping the public engage with this complicated topic and how learning from international partners is a worthwhile pursuit. Hearing these words and seeing the exhibition developing at Visual Carlow gives the team at Demolition Take Down the courage of our convictions to continue challenging our colleagues in the construction industry to resist the current demolish & replace culture, and to treat architecture as a form of material stewardship rather than a cycle of consumption and demolition. 

Our thanks to all of the people who have collaborated with us over the 3 years since we started this project. We look forward to our partnership with the School of Architecture, Building and Environment at TU Dublin and the cross-departmental support from Fingal County Council as we seek to transform circularity in construction from an abstract principle into a local reality in Balbriggan.