Surfing Centre

Manalo & White won the competition to design a new surfing and coastal community centre in Strandhill, County Sligo, Ireland. The development creates a distinctive new facility for the surf club, and a vibrant and unifying new central hub for the village of Strandhill.

The building’s upper floor and roof were intended to be clad in black rubber, and the full-height concrete panels of the perimeter walls are etched with wild Celtic seascapes and surf scenes by pioneering Donegal surfer and graphic artist Barry Britton.