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Are we delivering housing that is suitable for our current infrastructure, while still endeavouring for a better future? The built environment is estimated to account for more than 36% of the overall annual greenhouse gas emissions in Ireland with transport emissions accounting for a further 17%. In light of the UN’s recent report on our “woeful progress” on reducing carbon emissions, we need to interrogate how and where we are building.
ReadHas our way of making a city changed in the last two decades? Comparing two city blocks — one on the south-side of Dublin, in the Docklands Strategic Development Zone (SDZ), the other on the north-side, developed as part of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) masterplan in 1997 — reveals how recent schemes offer more depth for a pedestrian explorer.
Read“Think big but always remember to make the places where people are to be, small” – Jan Gehl makes a simple and direct guideline regarding the creation of new public space. However, in order to stimulate the successful design of our cities, we must first be able to identify and interrogate the strengths and flaws of existing public space.
ReadWe know that the greenest building is the one that already exists. Yet in a country with a huge vacancy rate, facing into a housing and climate crisis, Ireland is experiencing a shortage of skilled craftspeople to do conservation work. A dedicated state-funded craft skills training centre could be one solution to ensuring this knowledge is maintained, alongside our old buildings.
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Rural is a collection of projects and essays on contemporary issues facing rural modes of inhabitations and ways to reimagine their potential future.
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Domestic is a reflection on the design of domestic spaces by architect Dominic Stevens.
Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
Read moreArchitectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
Read moreArchitectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
Read moreArchitectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #303 focuses on the theme of ‘health and wellbeing’.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #304 focuses on the theme of ‘local authority’.
Read moreRural is a collection of projects and essays on contemporary issues facing rural modes of inhabitations and ways to reimagine their potential future.
Read moreDomestic is a reflection on the design of domestic spaces by architect Dominic Stevens.
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Celebrating Pugin features a selection of drawings by 19th-century architect A. W. N. Pugin, displayed as part of an exhibition in the Irish Architectural Archive marking the bicentenary of his birth. The book also includes an essay by Roderick O'Donnell providing an overview on the role of Pugin in Ireland.
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House and Home features over forty original architectural drawings, as well as publications, models and photographs, for residential projects in Ireland. Reflecting the chronological spread of the Irish Architectural Archive’s holdings, the works range from the mid 18th century to the late 20th.
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Free Market News is a study of market towns in Ireland, featuring a collection of essays from a broad range of experts on the past, present, and future of these small-scale settlements. The book was published as part of Free Market, the Irish Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia 2018.
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