The Office of Public Works and Reddy A+U have taken Building of the Year Industrial at the Building and Architect of the Year Awards 2026, earning recognition for a project that demonstrates what is achievable when strong engineering capability, effective cross-sector collaboration, and considered architectural design are brought together at significant scale.

Rosslare EuroPort Terminal 7 secured the judges' attention through the ambition and complexity of its delivery. Infrastructure projects of this scale present challenges that go well beyond the purely technical, coordinating public and private sector stakeholders across a live operational port environment demands a level of project management discipline that few commissions require. The judges recognised that the design and delivery team met those demands with strength and coherence, producing a result that reflects effective collaboration rather than the compromises that large-scale infrastructure projects too often produce.

The architectural quality of the development reinforces that achievement. Well-detailed buildings and integrated soft landscaping bring a level of care and consideration to an environment where design quality is rarely prioritised. That decision to invest in the quality of the built and landscape environment at a working port speaks to a broader ambition for the project, one that extends beyond functional delivery to the long-term character and experience of the terminal as a place.

In a category where scale and complexity are the primary measures of achievement, Rosslare EuroPort Terminal 7 stands out for delivering on both while maintaining a consistent standard of design and detail throughout. It is the kind of project that demonstrates how industrial architecture, at its best, need not choose between performance and quality. As the 2027 cycle opens, it raises the bar for what the Industrial category can and should expect from future entries.

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