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Dublin's remaining Victorian pubs

Known mostly for its grand civic buildings, the architecture of Victorian Dublin is rarely appreciated for one if it's most enduring spaces - the pub. Inspired by Dublin’s sixteen remaining Victorian pubs, this article offering a unique lens through which to view the city's architectural and cultural history.

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Open Space

Whose home? Let's discuss homeownership ideology

In the attempt to understand today’s housing challenges, it is worthwhile to explore the concept of homeownership Ideology and critically assess its role in shaping an undiversified housing landscape.

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Working Hard / Hardly Working

The map and the story: theatre, the built environment, and the potentials of collaboration

The connection between theatre and architecture may, at first glance, appear tenuous. Theatre operates in the fantastical, the fictitious, and the playful whereas architects tend to concern themselves with the tangible, the spatial ,and the concrete. This article suggests that their connection is more important than initially meets the eye, but what can the world and narrative building practices of theatre offer to built environment practices and, crucially, could this enable possibilities for participation and imagination?

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Present Tense

Re-thinking the construction of the coastal edge

Saltmarshes are complex wetland ecosystems which perform a vital role in attenuating wave action, sequestering carbon, and buffering the coastal edge. Human-instigated overgrazing and climate change have accelerated the depletion of Ireland's wetlands. But by carefully studying and adapting our historic coastal infrastructure, we can work with natural processes to preserve these crucial landscapes.

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One Good Idea

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Architecture Ireland 300

Editor: Sandra O’Connell.
Journal
€ 9.50 EUR

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #300 focuses on the theme of ‘FREESPACE, La Biennale di Venezia'.

Women in Architecture, Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement, WAF, 2018 Stirling Prize, Arsenale, Giardini, Philip Vivian, Sadie Morgan, Jennifer McElwain, Exhibition, Biennale, Italy, Venice, Castello, Photo Essay, review, education, study trip, urbanism, In the mail, Proportional Tricks, Star Apartments, Saorspás, The Factory Floor, Thresholds, Collateral Events, Sounds and Vision, After-Party, A More Feminine Biennale, 1985, Free Market Square, After a Long Day’s Work, Irish Design Everywhere, Elephant in the Room, Marina Tabassum, Diversity and Craft, Immersion
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Architecture Ireland 301

Editor: Sandra O’Connell.
Journal
€ 9.50 EUR

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #301 focuses on the theme of ‘Community & Place’.

Vlondertaerrassen, Paint the town, Rotterdam, bin collection, Werner Mantz, photography, education, sport, stadium, playing field, pitch, pavilion, temporary architecture, port, commercial, exhibition, expo,
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Architecture Ireland 324

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 EUR

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #324 focuses on the theme of ‘Galway’.

urbanism, urban design, city growth, urban growth, density, residential, school, education, university, theory, review, exhibition, town, city
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Architecture Ireland 323

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 EUR

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #323 focuses on the theme of ‘labour’.

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Architecture Ireland 322

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 EUR

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #322 focuses on the theme of ‘density’.

urbanism, urban design, city growth, urban growth, density, residential, school, education, university, theory, review, exhibition.
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Architecture Ireland 321

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 EUR

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #321 focuses on the theme of 'wood'.

environment, conservation, bio, eco materials, environmentally friendly, clt, cross-laminated timber, wood, timber, construction, studio, unviersity, TUD, school, residential, commercial, detail, London, Victoria & Albert, Museum, book, review,
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Architecture Ireland 300

Editor: Sandra O’Connell.
Journal
€ 9.50 EUR

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #300 focuses on the theme of ‘FREESPACE, La Biennale di Venezia'.

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Architecture Ireland 301

Editor: Sandra O’Connell.
Journal
€ 9.50 EUR

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #301 focuses on the theme of ‘Community & Place’.

Read more

Architecture Ireland 324

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 EUR

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #324 focuses on the theme of ‘Galway’.

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Architecture Ireland 323

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 EUR

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #323 focuses on the theme of ‘labour’.

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Architecture Ireland 322

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 EUR

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #322 focuses on the theme of ‘density’.

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Architecture Ireland 321

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 EUR

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #321 focuses on the theme of 'wood'.

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UCD Architecture 2008

Editor: Pierre Jolivet.
Book
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An annual yearbook featuring staff and student work from the UCD School of Architecture.

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UCD Architecture 2007

Editors: Brian Ward, Pierre Jolivet, Gerry Hayden.
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An annual yearbook featuring staff and student work from the UCD School of Architecture.

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UCD Architecture 2006

Editors: Gary A. Boyd, Hugh Campbell, Pierre Jolivet, Jim Murphy, Elizabeth Shotton.
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An annual yearbook featuring staff and student work from the UCD School of Architecture.

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streets for living: a conference on residential road design

Editor: Eoghan Brangan.
Book
€ 7.95 EUR

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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Office Location and Regional Development: Proceedings of a Conference

Authors: Dr. D. F. Moore, Michael B. Lawless, Michael J. Bannon, John Goddard, Bertil Thorngren, Jan Toby, George Yannopoulos.
Book
€ 7.95 EUR

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

Author: Dr. D. F. Moore.
Book
€ 7.95 EUR

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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