PJ Hegarty is an accredited heritage contractor and we carried out all works using Best Practice Historical Restoration methods. The National Gallery of Ireland houses the National Collection of European and Irish Fine Art and the building remained open to visitors during construction. This required close liaising between our team and the gallery management to coordinate significant pedestrian and vehicular traffic, as well as to maintain the gallery’s strict security protocols.
The new glass roof is supported on triple-laminated toughened glass fins that span the 7m gap between the two wings of the building, construction of which was designed to minimise the visual impact of the structure and achieve a more open, courtyard-like quality in the gallery space below.
