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Drafting Identity: The Crit as Performance

In 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.

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Present Tense

EXT/INT

Isabel Hamilton reviews Francis Matthews’ recent exhibit, EXT/INT, at the Molesworth Gallery, Dublin.

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the write-up

Towards care and repair of Dublin’s flats

Overuse 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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One Good Idea

Modernism is Almost All Right Issue #1: Introduction

Throughout the twentieth century, modernism reconceptualised and reestablished the practice of architecture to address the key societal and environmental issues of its period. One of its central precepts was the conception of architecture as an instrument capable not only of expressing the human condition but also of actively transforming it. The male-dominated, western-centric, and energy intensive universalism of modernism has latterly been exposed, catalogued, and rightly critiqued. While acknowledging the importance of this critique, this series of articles explores the continuing relevancies of modernist architecture.

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Modernism is Almost All Right
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Architecture Ireland 298

Editor: Sandra O'Connell.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #298 focuses on the theme of 'adaptive reuse'.

building review, book review, interview, adaptive reuse, venice biennale
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RIAI Bulletin 49

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.

Council, Annual Conference, Building Exhibition, Extraordinary General Meeting, Southern Report, Northern Report, Western Report, Hardcore, Council, Joint Labour Committee: Labour Court Inquiry, RIAI Press Statement, Southern Report, Western Report, Midwest Report, Mahon, Cork, Specifying Homegrown Timber, Annual Conference 1984, Blue studio, Sheila O’Donnell, Valerie Mulvin, Building Repair and Maintenance, Building Industry in Ireland, An Taisce ‘Context’ Awards, UCD Sports Buildings, St. Brigid’s Nursery Mountjoy Square, St. Stephen’s Church Killiney, National College of Art and Design, NCAD, Market Place Kinsale, Gouganbarra Public Toilet, Teahouse Tolleymore, Killinarden Heights, Local Authority Housing Maudlin Street Kilkenny, Coney Island Four Houses, Bord na Mona Head Office, The Granary Limerick, Life Association Ireland Office, AnCO Industrial Training Centre, IDA Development, 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, Timber strength, moisture content, timber specification, materiality, Code of Practice, regulation, timber stress, fire, street, Venice, Paris, discrimination, decline, Holy Cross Parish Church, Holy Cross Church Mahon, Cork and Ross, Home-grown Timber, Annual Conference, Structural Timber, City Quays, ContemporÉire, Overseas Employment, RIAI Budget Submission, Cork and Ross Church Competition, My Consulting Engineer and I, Urbanism, Dublin - A Tale of two Cities, Graduate Employment Opportunities Overseas, Rebuilding Dublin, Murray & Murray, Murphy & Partners, City Architecture Studio, A. & D. Wejchert, Cork County Council Architects Department, Ian Campbell & Partners, Peter & Mary Doyle, Burke-Kennedy Doyle & Partners, McKenna Brock, Liam McCormick & Partners, Dublin Corporation’s Housing Architect’s Department, John Thompson & Partners, Neil Hegarty, Kenny & Keappock, Lindsay Johnston, Stephenson Associates, Tom Breen, Turlough McKewitt, Ryan O’Brien Handy Associates,
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RIAI Bulletin 8

Editor: Peter Ferguson.
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.

Ordinary General Meeting, OGM of the RIAI, President’s Report, Honorary Secretary’s Report, Revision of By-Laws, Maintenance of Historic Buildings, Housing Conference, Housing Competition, The Architect and the Environment, RIAI Visiting Boards, National Prices Commission Study, Architects in Nepal, Seminar on Architecture and Urban Planning, UIA Seminar at Kazimierz, International Public Health Seminar, Local Government, Planning & Development Act, Hospital Building Programme, CBAE, EEC, New Office Block, National Prices Commission, Lecture by Mr Massoth, Cattle Market site, Commonwealth Association of Architects, Architectural Education, Reciprocity and Interrecognition, Professional Practice, Professional Organisation, CAA Finance and Organisation, EEC Matters, Council Matters, Local Government Bill 1973, Hospital Building Programme, Prices Variation Clause Claims, library, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, AGM, minutes, meeting minutes, exhibition, competition, symposium, materials, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, CAA, members, Election, report, EEC, housing, public relations, Reinstatement, Resignation, Transfer of Class, Seminar on Architecture and Urban Planning, UIA Seminar at Kazimierz (Poland), International Public Health Seminar, Short Courses at the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, York, Local Government (Planning Development) Bill 1973, Local Government Re-Organisation, RIAI Conference 1974, Hospital Building Programme, Prices Variation Clause-Claims, Revision of Time Chart for Principals, National Prices Commission Study, Library, Architects Required in Nepal, Summer work required by Technician Students, International Conference on Registration, Nomination of the International Jury, Travelling Scholarships, Combined Prize, Visiting Board to Technician Course, College of Technology, Bolton St., Dublin, Joint RIAI/RIBA Visiting Board to UCD, RIAI Visiting Boards, The Architect and the Environment, Architectural Education, Reciprocity and Interrecognition, Professional Practice, Professional Organisation, CAA Finance and Organisation Honorary Treasurer’s Report, Presentation of Certificates, Revision of By-Laws, President’s Report, Committees and Representatives, Technician Representative on Council, RIAI Conference and Dinner/Dance, Maintenance of Historic Buildings, Housing Conference, Housing Competition, Final Examination, Local Government (Planning & Development) Act 1963, Local Government Re-organisation, Hospital Building Programme, CBAE, EEC, New Office Block, 8 Merrion Square, National Prices Commission, Lecture by Mr. Massoth, Cattle Market Site, The Influence of the Institute, Public Relations, President’s Inaugural Address
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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.

No Poverty, The Democratic Space, Antithesis to Suburbia, Zero Hunger, Good Health+Wellbeing, Quality Education, Marion Mahony Griffin: Tracing an Irish Line through her Animism, Clean Water + Sanitation, Affordable + Clean, Environmental comfort and energy efficieny in TU Dublin, Decent Work + Economic Growth, Outreach and sustainability - drivers of a new timber technology degree programme, Industry, innovation + infrastructure, reduced inequalities, Professional practice work placement, Sustainable cities + communities, Thesis from climate active architecture, Speculative Realism and the pursuit of a Subjectless, Post-Anthropocene Architecture, Responsible Consumption + Production, Climate Action, Life Below Water, Life on Land, Peace, Justices + Strong Institutions, Jeremy Till: Climate Action, Architectural Education + the Future of the Profession, Worldskills International Competition 2019, Partnerships for the Goal, Transform-EDU Project, Sustainability Education Context, Covid-19, ASA, Architectural Students Association, Research, Healthcare Facility, Primary Care Centre, FARM, Welcomed Intruders, Informality, Dorset Street, community centre, Semester two, projects, exemplars, BArch, MArch, Masterplan, Pembroke, accommodation, housing, The Bactrian Estate, Matlandsby, Malahide, office, gym, building energy analysis, construction skills, door, office desk, table, CNC machined lounge chair, Timber PassivHaus, timber, concrete, architectural technology, urban school, primary school, The value of Roughness, Unfolding Eden, Labyrinthine Village, Depth through layering, limits of necessity, designing in the dark with night vision goggles, research, Window degradation, Environment, solar panels, Clay materials, thermal mass, detailing, freehand, sectional model, mews house, revit, observe, record, communicate, unlocking the urban fabric, bio-beacon, aquaponics, Milford mill river, research facility, townscape, treescape,
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Department of Architecture and Town Planning, DIT Bolton Street, 1992-1994

Editors: Edmund O’Shea, Noel Jonathan, James Horan.
Book
€ 0.00 

The first publication by the Department of Architecture and Town Planning at DIT Bolton Street celebrates the work of both staff and students during the academic years 1992/93 and 1993/94.

Yearbook, thesis, student work, staff work, project, idea, Bolton street, design technology, freehand drawing, graphics, geometrical drawing, descriptive geometry, analysis, perception, model, drawing, study, precedent, Study Sheets, Vernacular Architecture, Keith McMullin, Aidan Nolan‍, Form Study, Rory Brady, Judith Ryan, ‍Graphics, Eoin Kingston, Edel Collins, ‍Still Life, Ultan Donagher‍, Spatial Study, Edel Collins, ‍House Project, ‍Cubic Study, Rosemary Costello, Deirdre McManus, John Smyth, Measured Drawing, Liam McLoughlin, Alan Furlong, Aidan Nolan, Ultan Donagher, Sharon O’Brien, Sinead Bourke‍, Medical Accommodation, Michael Ring, T.G. Flynn, Fergal Fitzpatrick, Ruth Herman, Rory Brady, ‍Brick Pavilion, Michael Ring, Fergal Fitzpatrick, Eoin Kingston, ‍Timber Pavilion, Conor Moriarty, Susan Dawson, Oisin Clancy, Rory Brady, Sinead Bourke, Michael Ring, Fergal Fitzpatrick, Eoin Kingston, ‍Lifeguards’ Tower, Eamon Gogarty, ‍Futuristic Leisure Centre, ‍Kindergarten‍, Study Sheets: Bordeaux, Berlin, Chicago, Louis Kahn, Adolf Loos, ‍Water Testing Station, Thomas Sexton, Patrick Harrington, Darragh Murphy, ‍Yacht Repair Facility, Michael Ring, Rosemary Bradley, Sinead Hughes, ‍Vertical Composition, Jennifer Lynch, Sinead Hughes, Sinead Cullen, Ann Canning, ‍Urban Projects at Smithfield, Amiens Street Station, Grand Canal Dock, Parnell Street, Christchurch, Patrick Street, Seamus Hanrahan, Sue Stringer, Gerard Harvey, Sharon O’Brien, Rossa Prendergast, ‍Artists’ Gallery Annascau, Thomas Sexton, Darragh Murphy‍, Artists’ Retreat Inistioge, Veronica Blake, Gerard Harvey, ‍Interact 1993 Student Accommodation, Aoife O’Donnell, Donal Hickey, Keith Graham, ‍Interact 1994 School of Music, Rossa Prendergast, Eleanor Masterson, Fergal Fitzpatrick, David Dwyer, Sterrin O’Shea, Eleanor Donnelly, Jennifer Clarke, Gerard Harvey, Sinead Hughes, Sheep Farmer’s House, Alan de Lacy, ‍Yacht Club, Donal Hickey, Martin Colreavy‍, Chapel and Cemetery, R. Quinn, Gary Mongey, ‍Galway Courthouse, Eithne Moran, David Creighton, Gary McGinty‍, RIAI Headquarters, Temple Bar, Hugh Kelly ‍Kilkenny Railway Station, Keith Graham, B.A Dowdall, Martin Colreavy ‍RIAI Travelling Scholarship – Rural Resource Centre, Raphoe‍, RIAI Travelling Scholarship – Research and Development Centre, Limerick, Patrick Harrington, Donal Hickey, Marcus Reid, Peter McGovern‍, Thesis: National Opera HouseDavid Mansfield 1993‍Thesis: Chester Beatty Library, Stephen Roe 1993‍, Thesis: Oceanarium and Research Centre, Joanna Maher 1993‍, Thesis: International Advertising Agency, Jacques D’Arcy 1994‍, Thesis: Dublin Stock Exchange, Alan Begley 1994‍, The work of staff, Lego Architecture, J. Neil Downes‍, Sculpture and House, Eamonn O’ Doherty‍, Cliffs of Moher Competition, Niall McCullough, Valerie Mulvin‍, Athlone Library, Neil Sholdice, ‍Graphics, Ditte Kummer-O’Connor‍, Mews House, Cathal Crimmins
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Architecture Ireland 291

Editor: Dr Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #291 focuses on the theme 'can architecture save housing?'.

architecture review, book review, interview, housing
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Architectural Survey 1954

Editor: Luan P. Cuffe.
Journal
€ 4.75 

Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.

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Architecture Ireland 294

Editor: Dr Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #294 focuses on the theme of 'conservation + reuse'.

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RIAI Bulletin 55

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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Empirical: 2019-2020

Editor: Kirk McCormack.
Journal
€ 11.00 

Empirical is an annual architectural research journal by TU Dublin architectural technology students exploring environmental design, digitalisation, materials, and building performance.

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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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Architecture Ireland 306

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #306 focuses on the theme of 'Waterford'.

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

Author: Myles Wright
Book
€ 7.95 

The second of the two volumes, The Dublin Region: Advisory Plan and Final Report (Part II) 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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LINE 01

Editors: Caoimhe Power, Gabriella Brady, Helen McFadden, Lauren Forde.
Book
€ 0.00 

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

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The Relative Importance of Elements of Low Rise Housing Environments

Author: Ray Mulvihill.
Book
€ 7.95 

This working paper documents research undertaken to discover residents’ views on their housing environments to identify those elements associated with overall satisfaction and to make such information available to designers and policy makers.

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Post Industrial

Editor: Miriam Delaney.
Book
€ 0.00 

Post Industrial features a series of essays discussing the physical and material world of Irish industrial settlements; how these villages as worked a social spaces, while at the same time highlighting future conservation priorities.

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Rural

Author: Dominic Stevens.
Book
€ 5.90 

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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UCD Architecture 2008

Editor: Pierre Jolivet.
Book
€ 0.00 

An annual yearbook featuring staff and student work from the UCD School of Architecture.

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