The striking landmark building was designed by world renowned Pritzker prize winning Irish architect Kevin Roche. The building will be a significant iconic addition to the Liffey scape, joining the Four Courts and the Custom House.

At almost half a million square feet (44,000m²), the NCC is the largest single-use building constructed in Dublin in decades, and indeed the first major public access building since the foundation of the State. The brief was to provide a building with a 100 year life span.

The NCC will be owned by the Office of Public Works and is being designed, built and financed by SDCCD Ltd who are also contracted to manage and maintain the centre for 25 years under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Agreement.
The Sisk/Treasury joint venture company CMP are the D&C contractors for the €215m project with an overall 40 month programme, opening in 2010.