Punchestown Race Course, Kildare
Client: Punchestown Race Course
Architect: James Toomey Architects
Contractor: Rohcon
Cost: €55 m
Completion: 2002
Complete redevelopment of the famous Punchestown Racecourse which included viewing terraces,Arena with 70m spans and a state of the art effluent treatment plant.
Punchestown is the home of Irish National Hunt Racing for more than 150 years and is not only the home of the most valuable National Hunt Festival in Ireland but also the home of a host of very competitive and exciting race days. It has successfully managed to expand in order to cope with the 80,000 strong crowds which visit throughout the Irish National Hunt Festival.