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Modernism is Almost All Right #5: James Joyce, Adorno, and the Silicon Docks: Modernism against Technocracy

Felix McNamara considers what James Joyce and Theodor Adorno might teach us about the glib sloganeering and corporate technologism of contemporary property development in the Silicon Docks.

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Pivot Points

Máirtín D’Alton reviews Pivot Points, an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Square.

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Modernism is Almost All Right #4: Abundance, with Concision and Equality: The Values of Ludwig Hilberseimer’s Rational Modernism

If discussed at all today, Ludwig Hilberseimer's late European and American work is identified as a precursor of contemporary ecological approaches to the city. Scott Colman suggests that his theory of architecture and his approach to design have broader implications – not because Hilberseimer was free of modernist problematics, but because he squarely confronted them.

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Absolute Wasters / Outside In

Peter O’Grady reviews 'Absolute Wasters', a panel discussion between Tanad Aaron, Ciarán Cuffe, Jane Larmour, Ste Murray and Orla O’Kane. The discussion was chaired by Professor Hugh Campbell and organised by UCD student curators. The event was held on Friday May 22nd as part of the opening night of 'Outside In', the UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy’s annual end-of-year exhibition.

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RIAI Bulletin 53

Editor: J. Owen Lewis.
Journal
€ 4.75 

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.

Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, competition, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, AAI, Architectural Association ireland, practise notice, UCD, University College Dublin, Bolton Street, concrete, materiality, design, detail, specification, CIF, Sir Peter Swimmerton-Dyer, Chairman, University Grants Committee, Ted Nealon, TD, Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Grand Opera House, Belfast, Robert McKinstry, Melvyn Brown, Tollymore Forest Park, Teahouse, Ian Campbell, Diamond Redfern Anderson, The Watershed Restaurant,
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2ha: the journal of suburban design #02

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 4.00 

2ha #02 explores the relationship between photography and suburban space. Three essays respond to the intimate link between the medium of photography and the spaces we occupy.

photography, suburbia, representation, visual essay, Garry Winogrand, Stephen Shore, America, medium, technology, The Cedar Room, a machine for seeing in
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A Guide to Modern Architecture in Dublin

Editor: Tomás O'Beirne.
Book
€ 9.00 

Featuring projects from 1953 to 1977, this book lays out 109 examples of modern architecture in Dublin, varying in occupation and scale, from small housing schemes and churches, to masterplan university development and city office blocks.

Ordnance Survey, Brendan Byrne, Aras Mhic Dhiarmada, Michael Scott, Scott Tallon Walker Architects, Housing at St. Brigids Park, Cornelscourt, Dermot Smyth, School at Emmet Road, Inchicore, Robinson Keefe Devane, Housing at St. Patrick's Park, Stepaside, St Raphael’s College of Physical Education, Blackrock, Pearse Mac Kenna, Kevin Fox, St Gabriel’s Church, Clontarf, Peppard and Duffy, CPC Factory, Brown and Polson Factory, Bord Failte Building, Robin Walker, Church of Our Lady, Mother of Divine Grace, Raheny, Lyons Factory, Kidney Burke-Kennedy and Doyle, Dublin Corporation Flats, Cuffe Street, Aungier Street, Niall Montgomery, Liberty Hall, ITGWU, Headquarters, Desmond Rea O’Kelly and Associates, Embassy of the United States of America, USA, John McL. Johansen, Hume House, Ballsbridge, Lardner and Partners, Four Apartments at Simmonscourt Castle, Tyndall Hogan and Associates, St. Stephens Green House, Earlsfort Terrace, Boyle & Delaney, Bank of Ireland National, Suffolk Street, National Bank of Ireland, Head Office, Dun Laoghaire Industrate Estate, Our Lady, Queen of Heaven Church, Dublin Airport, Office Building, First National City Bank, Stephenson Gibney and Associates, Abbey Theatre, Company Office Headquarters Building, Mount Carmel Hospital, Rathgar, 8 Bungalows, Hill of Howth, Michael F. Phillips, Trinity College Library, Ahrends Burton and Koralek, TCD, Trinity College Dublin, UCD, 56 one-room apartments at Mespil Estate, Tyndall Hogan and Associates, Lansdowne House, Stillorgan Shopping Centre, John Costello and Associates, Church at Gonzaga College, St Patrick’s training centre, Drumcondra, Duke House, Peter Legge and Partners, Phibsboro Shopping Centre, David Keane and Partners, Tayto Factory, Coolock, David W. Cronin, Church of the Holy Spirit, Ballyroan, R. F. MacDonnell, Our Lady of Victories church, Ballymun, Patrick Moloney, Central Remedial Clinic, Clontarf, Office Building at No. 2 Burlington Road, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, UCD, Michael Delvin Memorial Church, Vincent Gallagher and Associates, Wesley College, Dublin, Arts and Commerce Building, UCD, Andrzej Wejchert, Northside Shopping Centre, Head Office, Electricity Supply Board, ESB, Irish Base Metals office, Patrick Rooney and Associates, Marianist College, Loughlinstown, Patrick V. Moloney, James O’Beirne, Guy Moloney and Associates, Office Building at No 8. Burlington Road, Tyndall Hogan Hurley, Phoenix House and 6 South Leinster Street, John Costello and Associates, Restaurant Building, University College Dublin, Towercourt, Sandymount, Cathal O’Neill, City of Dublin Vocational School, The Church of the Holy Spirit, Greenhills, Peppard and Duffy, Office Building, Leinster Street, Kidney Burke-Kennedy and Doyle, Institute of Advanced Studies, St Brigid’s National School, Castleknock, Egan Wholesale, Nazareth House, Malahide Road, Stephen Court, Dublin, St Andrew’s College, Ahrends Burton and Koralek, Administration Building, New Terminal Building, Dublin Airport, Leo M. Carroll, Alexandra College, Ryan and Hogan, International Airport Hotel, Grattan House, Carrick House, Burlington Road, Bank of Ireland Head Office, Oldbrook House, Pembroke Road, Patrick Rooney and Associates, The Paddocks housing development, Dalkey, Commended design, RIAI Triennial Housing Awards, Raymond F. MacDonnell, Elm House, Mespil Road, Bank of Ireland Computer Centre, T. P. Bennett and Son, University Library, James Joyce Library, Sir Basil Spence, Glover and Ferguson, Irish Farm Centre, Becton Dickinson & Co LTD Medical Instruments and Head Office, Commended Design RIAI Triennial Medal, Peter Legge & Partners, Bank of Ireland Building, St. Michael’s Parish Church, Dun Laoghaire, Pearse Mac Kenna, Sean Rothery, Molyneux House, Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Office Block, Shelbourne Road, Canada House, Earlsfort Terrace, Earlsfort House, Costello, Murray and Beaumont, Norfin House, Our Lady of Dolorus, Glasnevin, Vincent Gallagher and Associates, Lisney Building, Stephens Green, RTE Centre, Donnybrook, Lombard and Ulster House, The Deerpark Hotel, Howth, Ryan & Hogan, Joint Headquarters; Irish Shipping LTD and Coras Trachtala, Management Training Centre, Dundrum, Office Building, Kildare Street, Trinity Hall Development, Patrick Rooney and Associates, St. Broc’s Welfare Home, Clonskeagh, Merrion Court, Ailesbury Road, Holland, Savage and Partners, Dartmouth House, Grand Parade, Ship Street - Office Building, New Medical School, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Frank Foley, Head Office, Educational Building Society, Greenhills College, Walkinstown, Delaney MacVeigh and Pike, Housing at Stepaside, Norwich Union, corner development, Dawson Street, Scoil Lorcain, Monkstown, Pearse MacKenna, Michael Brock, Church of St. Oliver Plunkett, Francis Xavier National School, Setanta Centre, Clanwilliam Court, Austin C. Murray, Claremont Court, Diamond Redfern Anderson, Housing at Darndale Carryard House, Glasnevin Filling Station, Niall Montgomery and Partners, Dun Laoghaire Centre, Costello Murray and Beaumont, Housing at Glasnevin, Irish Life Centre,
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Back to the Street

Author: Gerry Cahill.
Book
€ 6.00 

Jointly published by the Housing Resarch Unit at the School of Architecture in University College Dublin and Cement-Roadstone Holdings Ltd., Back to the Street records Dublin inner-city housing at the beginning of the 1980s and proposes a strategy of urban renewal through the provision of housing to deal with city dereliction and decay.

School of Architecture, University College Dublin, UCD, neighbourhood, The Liberties, Dublin, Dublin Corporation, DCC, density, planning regulation, housing conference, urban living, the devaluation of the street, the role of the street, land use, building condition, condensation,
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Architecture in Ireland - vol. 1, no. 4

Editor: Tomás O’Beirne.
Journal
€ 5.95 

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.

RIAI Annual Conference, The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Design Seminar, Draft Provisional Standards, School and Community, No ifs or buts, Thermal Performance and Energy Use in Housing, UCC Appoints Architects, New Information Centre, Housing Needs; Foras Course, Derry Church Commended, Modular Dictionary, Chamber of Commerce on Urban Problems, York Courses, Small Firms in the Inner City, Thermal Performance and Energy Use in Housing, Department of Education, housing, news, Taoiseach’s Residence, Phoenix Park, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Institute for Industrial Research and Standards, OECD, School building, UCC, A&D Wejchert, Murray and Murray, Building Information Centre, Liam McCormick, Steelstown Church, Modular dictionary, Downes Eire, Jerome O’Connor, South Dublin Construction Co., Tidy Towns Competition, Avanti, Dux, Klaessons, Supertube, Joseph McCullough and Partners, JV Tierney & Co, Seamus Monaghan, M Loughnane, Competition for Taoiseach’s Residence, Society of Designers, Thomas Davis Memorial, Downes Eire, Jerome O’Connor
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Architecture Ireland 293

Editor: Dr. Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #293 focuses on the theme of 'designing Ireland's commercial infrastructure'.

architecture review, book review, interview, infrastructure
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RIAI Bulletin 40

Editor: J. Owen Lewis.
Journal
€ 4.75 

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.

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2ha: the journal of suburban design #02

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 4.00 

2ha #02 explores the relationship between photography and suburban space. Three essays respond to the intimate link between the medium of photography and the spaces we occupy.

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Architecture Ireland 308

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #308 focuses on the theme of ‘tenure and type’.

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2ha: the journal of suburban design #11

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 4.00 

2ha #11 considers the idea of architectural failure in the popular perception of suburban worlds.

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Architecture in Ireland - vol. 1, no. 1

Editor: Tomas O’Beirne.
Journal
€ 5.95 

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 in Ireland - vol. 1, no. 5

Editor: Tomás O’Beirne.
Journal
€ 5.95 

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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DSA 2020

Editors: Stephen Allen, Mark Chester, Romy Marren, Lasairíona Power.
Book
€ 0.00 

An annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.

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streets for living: a conference on residential road design

Editor: Eoghan Brangan.
Book
€ 7.95 

Organised by an Foras Forbartha, this paper documents the proceedings of a conference on residential road design from Jury’s Hotel in Dublin in May 1976.

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The Bicycle: A study of efficiency, usage, and safety

Author: Dr. D. F. Moore.
Book
€ 7.95 

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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Back to the Street

Author: Gerry Cahill.
Book
€ 6.00 

Jointly published by the Housing Resarch Unit at the School of Architecture in University College Dublin and Cement-Roadstone Holdings Ltd., Back to the Street records Dublin inner-city housing at the beginning of the 1980s and proposes a strategy of urban renewal through the provision of housing to deal with city dereliction and decay.

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The Dublin Region: Advisory Plan and Final Report (Part I)

Author: Myles Wright.
Book
€ 7.95 

The first of the two volumes, The Dublin Region: Advisory Plan and Final Report (Part I) examines the social, economic and physical resources of county Dublin and its environs with a view to guide the use of land and public and private building works for the following thirty years.‍

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House and Home

Editor: Colum O'Riordan.
Book
€ 10.00 

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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