RTÉ's historic Donnybrook studio complex, a landmark of late modern architecture, faces an uncertain future. Despite its cultural and architectural significance, financial woes and organisational changes threaten its existence. This essay argues for preserving and modernising the site to sustain Ireland’s media heritage and cultural legacy.
ReadAt just 6%, Ireland currently has the lowest share of renewable heat generation across the EU and is almost totally reliant on imported fossil fuels to meet its heat demand. This article discusses the benefits of South Dublin County Council’s recently commissioned district-heating scheme, its complex structure and procurement of same, and the role of the architect in such decarbonisation projects.
ReadA key aim of the 2022-2028 Dublin City Development Plan is the fostering of a positive urban realm; striving to “ensure that Dublin City is a real and vibrant city where people live and work, not merely a tourist destination”. Now two years into this Development Plan’s six-year strategy, this article maps a primary pedestrian route along popular city streets, presenting a micro case study of the contemporary urban condition.
ReadDublin is a city where (for certain people and certain uses) space is limited, and often inflexible. The City Elsewhere, a research project activated through a construction workshop, acted as an opportunity to think about our public spaces outside the confines of Dublin’s frequently slow, permission restricted construction processes.
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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.
2ha #07 considers the impact of cinema - as both medium and architecture - on shaping the suburban condition. Three essays respond to the temporal and physical spaces afforded by the motion picture.
An annual yearbook featuring staff and student work from the UCD School of Architecture.
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.
Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
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.
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.
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 moreEmpirical is an annual architectural research journal by TU Dublin architectural technology students exploring environmental design, digitalisation, materials, and building performance.
Read moreFirst 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.
Read moreBeginning 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.
Read moreThis regional report examined 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.
Read moreTwenty twentieth-century Irish buildings that students of architecture should know, as chosen by TU Dublin fourth-year architecture students.
Read moreThis paper documents the proceedings of a colloquy on Ireland in the Year 2000, held in Kilkea Castle in February 1980.
Read moreA pamphlet documenting the papers presented at the National Housing Conference held at Leopardstown, Co. Dublin, in October 1974.
Read moreMapped is the outcome of a Dublin School of Architecture research project interested in the origins and morphology of Irish villages. The book is intended as a guide to planned villages; those distinctly formed by the actions of landlords, religious groups, and entrepreneurs.
Read moreHouse 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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