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The design of our cities stems from long-standing patriarchal power systems that govern urban development, influence financial allocation, compound social inequality, and subjugate women. These inequalities are further amplified at nighttime. Within a patriarchal planning system, how can we design safe, inclusive and accessible urban spaces which remain agile to the demands of all genders?
ReadIn this article, Kate Crowley continues our mini-series ‘Drafting Identity’ which focuses on the experience of women in Architectural Education from both personal and professional perspectives, supporting the FIAE movement. Kate discusses ‘crit culture’ in architectural education and the impact that dynamic has on women, in particular.
ReadIsabel Hamilton reviews Francis Matthews’ recent exhibit, EXT/INT, at the Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.
ReadOveruse and misuse of 'participatory' terms to describe design processes with limited stakeholder power has devalued these terms, and led to scepticism around the processes described. In deciding how to maintain, repair, and retrofit Dublin's social housing complexes, it's imperative that residents are meaningfully included in decision making, and doing so begins with open, accessible communication, argues Irene Barrenetxea Arriola.
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2ha #05 considers the relationship between language and suburban space. Three essays respond to the fractured process of translation that has come to define the territory of suburbia.
Beginning in 1972, the RIAI Bulletin was a monthly newsletter to inform Institute members of the wide range of matters with which the RIAI was involved.
Beginning in 1972, the RIAI Bulletin was a monthly newsletter to inform Institute members of the wide range of matters with which the RIAI was involved.
Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #276 focuses on the theme of 'school design'.
Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #289 focuses on current RIAI news, projects such as the Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, and London Design Week.
First published in 1978, Architecture in Ireland was a magazine which featured ‘news, views and reviews’, architecturally significant buildings, and descriptions and illustrations of proposed developments.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #285 focuses on topics such as the RIAI Annual Awards and commercial architecture.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #282 focuses on the theme of 'architecture and community'.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #299 focuses on architecture in the West of Ireland.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #283 focuses on the theme of 'Strength, Utility and Grace'.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #310 focuses on the theme of ‘obsolescence’.
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Financed by Irish Raleigh Ltd., this report is a general study of the efficiency, usage, and safety of the bicycle as a mode transport. As well as bicycle safety, this study considers housing estate layout in suburban areas and how it can minimise the adverse impact of motorised traffic on urban neighbourhoods.
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An annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.
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This publication documents a two-day conference from 1973 discussing office location and regional development. Topics include reviewing the existing pattern of office location, considering future policies, and referencing international practice.
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An annual yearbook featuring staff and student work from the UCD School of Architecture.
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This book was the first in a series on development planning by An Foras Forbartha, and followed the first conference on regional planning ever to be held in Ireland, in May 1965.
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This publication seeks to explore some of the hidden architectures that influence and condition life in the city on a daily basis, beginning within the servicing of the house and expanding over a square kilometre of city fabric.
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