The Distillers Building, Smithfield, Dublin 7 with structural design by PUNCH Consulting Engineers is a mixed-use development of c.20,000 sq.m. that occupies a key location, framing the Smithfield plaza and bounded by New Church Street, Bow Lane and Phoenix Street North. It ranges from 4 to 7 stories with its mass successfully disaggregated to provide variety and appropriate scale on the differing elevations.

The dismantling, careful retention and re-use of the Bow Street boundary wall provides continuity of memory and urban fabric and links the development to its 20th century neighbour.

In engineering terms, the double-basement construction close to active Luas lines required imagination, assurance and close co-operation with TII. The narrow but impressive atrium has an impressive cantilever at its base, enlarging its footprint at ground level and it is capped by a deceptively simple glass roof.