Expressions of interest were submitted by leading Architectural firms from five continents.
Fitzgerald Kavanagh + Partners in association with Behnisch Architekten,
Stuttgart were the only Irish architectural firm included in a shortlist of 5 comprising
Zaha Hadid, Michael Hopkins, Ingenhoven and Snohetta invited to prepare design
proposals.  In July 07 the winning submission was selected by an International jury
from a final 3 which included the FKP/BA submission.