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Thu 06 Jun 2004Small scale is beautiful for council's building by the seaFingal County Council's library and one-stop shop in Baldoyle, opening today, is a civic statement in an area that needed it, writes Frank McDonald, Environment Editor.Making a contemporary civic statement in a suburban setting is something of a challenge. Bucholz McEvoy rose to it with Limerick County Hall in Dooradoyle and now FKL Architects has won an award for Fingal County Council's library and local area office in Baldoyle.