Faulkner Browns Architects has submitted its proposals to transform Dublin’s historic St James’s Gate brewery into a new urban neighbourhood for planning permission.

Its vision for the home of Guinness would deliver 336 new homes, hotels, a 300-seat performance space, a “destination” food hall showcasing the best of Irish and international cookery, a marketplace and new commercial space.

Faulkner Browns’ scheme, drawn up for developer Ballymore, will retain the site’s unique built heritage but make use of space that has been freed up by Guinness owner Diageo’s modernisation of the 4.8ha brewing campus.

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