Pol Gallagher

The Stratford-based company team, led by Pol Gallagher with Wykean Lee, Xin Suan and Patryk Baczkowsi – proposed a wheelchair-accessible treehouse for Donegal, Ireland. It is understood to the be the only UK-based winner from the architecture sector.

The OMG! Fund competition set out to select 100 teams to design, deliver and host a ‘jaw-dropping’ structure to provide overnight accommodation for customers using the online platform, which was founded 15 years ago and has an annual revenue of around $4.81 billion (£3.92 billion).

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Professional and aspiring architects and designers were invited to draw up ‘offbeat’ concepts for the $10 million (£8.14 million) competition. The winning concepts will be listed in the website’s OMG! category, featuring 30,000 unique holiday homes.

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/uk-practice-among-airbnb-omg-fund-holiday-cabin-contest-winners