University College Cork is the location of Ireland's most intriguing new art space. Designed by O'Donnell + Tuomey, the Lewis Glucksman Gallery—named after the Wall Street trader and patron who owns a holiday house in the region— has been awarded a whole rake of prestigious honors, including a RIBA Stirling Prize nomination, the United Kingdom's most prestigious architecture award. The gallery is one of the few cultural institutions that stand apart from the current worldwide crop of celebrity architect-designed extravaganzas that so often overshadow the art they are meant to house.
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