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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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Modernism is Almost All Right

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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Is creativity what makes us human?

Creativity has long been the human capacity we considered beyond the reach of any machine. Most can agree that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has crossed the threshold of being on the periphery to our work and is now embedding itself into our thinking, our workflows, and our society. As these shifts begin influencing the creative industries, we have to ask: what truly changes, and is creativity still what makes us human?

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Future Reference

Drafting Identity: My job is not my hobby

In this article, Ciara O’Connell closes 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. Ciara explores the pressures a career in architecture places on life outside of work, and the significant material impacts that places on women, in particular.

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Present Tense
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RIAI Bulletin 39

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.

Comment, RIAI Report, Diary, Cryptoporticus and Partners, Hardcore, Liability, Architects and Certification, Annual Conference, Kevin Roche: A commentary, alternative architects’ conference, library service for professional journals, Composition of Council, Architects Fees for Schools, Confederation of Irish Industry, Northern Report, Southern Report, Membership, National Heritage Bill 1982, Polish Architects’ Visit, Architectural Association of Ireland, Irish materials, Mountjoy Square competition, new information service, NRB building design award scheme, Jury’s Hotel, Cork, Burke-Kennedy, Doyle and Partners, Ballyfermot Public Library, Mc Mahon, Bloomer, O’Hara, Scoil Mhic Shuihbne, Cork, O’Flynn, Green, McCarthy, Stansfeld, housing prize, Paula Mary Murphy, Ponte dei Pugni, Venice, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, competition, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, AAI, materials, prize, school, library, Ballyfermot, journal
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RIAI Bulletin 31

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.

Comment, RIAI Report, Diary, Cryptoporticus and Partners, Hardcore, Landscape Architecture, Building Regulations, Reviews, Presentation of the Triennial Awards, Northern Notes, Southern Notes, Landscape Architecture, New life in old places, Stirling in Dublin, Rural Planning, Berlin 1984, Let’s finish the Church of firminy, Irish Houses, Reveiw: Solar Architecture, Triennial Awards, World Solar Architecture, Solar Houses in Europe - How They Have Worked, Passive Solar Housing in the UK, S.V. Szokolay, W. Palz and T.C. Steemers (Ed.), David Turrent et al, Conference, Heat Pumps and Hot Water, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, competition, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
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Architecture Ireland 288

Editor: Sandra O'Connell, Noel Brady
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #288 focuses on the theme of 'place and urban design'.

urban design, masterplanning, town planning, civic architecture, architecture review, interview, book review, project review
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Architecture Ireland 277

Editor: Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #277 focuses on topics such as the housing crisis, and celebrating O'Donnell and Tuomey's Royal Gold Medal.

architecture review, book review, irish architecture, housing design
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Architecture Ireland 317

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #317 focuses on the theme of ‘housing as a public good’.

Designing for the public good - embedding spatial thinking in the development process, Housing as a public asset - Valuing our social housing stock, Housing as a social good - A strategy for ending homelessness, Housing First is clear in what it requires; how does architecture help deliver? Housing as a human right - Designing for diversity, Planning for the collective good - Castle Rackrent 2.0, Remembering John Meagher, Remembering Paddy Cahill, Designing together in COVID times, Construction contracts and dispute resolution news, Ireland’s Collaborative Town Centre Health Check (CTCHC) Programme - Putting Town Centres First, Working by design - An introduction to collective bargaining, Opportunity and preparedness - An interview with Gerry Cahill on his first five years in practise, Dublin by Design: Architecture and the City, Architecture Is a Social Act, Reinventing housing, Pilgrimage church in Neviges by Gottfried Bohm - A narrative to building, I saw a vision, Design for a labourers’ cottage, Cashel Rural District Council, Co.Tipperary, Joseph Connolly
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Architecture Ireland 275

Editor: Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #275 focuses on topics such as Irish modernism and contemporary Irish design.

architecture review, book review, irish modernism, irish architecture, commercial architecture
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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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RIAI Bulletin 34

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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Architectural Survey 1960

Editor: Patrick M. Delany.
Journal
€ 4.75 

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

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Architectural Survey 1961

Editor: Patrick M. Delany.
Journal
€ 4.75 

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

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2ha: the journal of suburban design #07

Editor: Michael K. Hayes. Guest Editors: SET Collective.
Journal
€ 4.00 

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.

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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.

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UCD Architecture 2007

Editors: Brian Ward, Pierre Jolivet, Gerry Hayden.
Book
€ 0.00 

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

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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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Accuracy and Dimensional Control in Building

Author: Nicholas M. Ryan.
Book
€ 7.95 

This paper explains the nature of dimensional deviation in prefabricated elements and that the development of designs should include a clear approach to accommodate or control deviations when they do occur.

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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.

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Mapped: a study of planned Irish villages

Editor: Miriam Delaney.
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Mapped 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.

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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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