Heneghan Peng
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Heneghan Peng architects is an Irish
Ireland
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 architecture firm. The company was established in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 in 1999 but relocated to Dublin in 2001. It was founded by Roisin Heneghan and Shi Fu Peng.

Although a small firm, it has won some significant commissions, including the Grand Museum of Egypt
Grand Egyptian Museum
The Grand Egyptian Museum , also known as the Giza Museum, is a planned museum of artifacts of ancient Egypt. Described as the largest archaeological museum in the world, the USD 550 million museum is scheduled to open in 2013...

, Aras Chill Dara in Kildare
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, Ireland
Ireland
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, the Giant's Causeway
Giant's Causeway
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 Visitor Centre and new footbridges at the London Olympic park. To win the Egyptian Grand Museum, the firm won a design competition with 1557 entries, despite having only five staff members at the time. The firm now has 34 members of staff.

Roisin Heneghan addressed the 2007 RIBA
Riba
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 conference in Paris
Paris
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 together with Tony McLaughlin from Buro Happold
Buro Happold
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, on the topic of the ongoing collaboration between the two firms and the design of the Egyptian Grand Museum.

In 2009 the company won three competitions: for the Araabsati headquarters in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

 and the Mittelrheinbruecke competition to build a bridge over the Rhine between St.Goar and Goarshausen in Germany
Germany
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, and the competition to build a faculty building and library for the University of Greenwich's
University of Greenwich
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 Department of Architecture and Construction in London
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.

Awards

The Aras Chill Dara project in Kildare, one of the firms few completed projects, won a 2006 RIBA European Award.

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