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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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Architecture Ireland 276

Editor: Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #276 focuses on the theme of 'school design'.

architecture review, school design, book review, urban planning, town planning, sustainable design
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2ha: the journal of suburban design #11

Editors: Michael K. Hayes, René Boer, Michiel van Iersel, Mark Minkjan.
Journal
€ 4.00 

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

failure, suburbia, decentralisation, supply chains, globalisation, urban sprawl, morphology, Arcadia, American dream, a state of a nation
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Architectural Survey 1971

Editor: Patrick M. Delany.
Journal
€ 4.75 

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

UCD, university, belfield, brutalism, church, religious, ecclesiastical, reconstruction, refurbishment, NGI, gallery, art gallery, school, education, residential, social housing, public housing, council house, ESB offices, Georgian Dublin, demolition, factory, industry, industrial, offices
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Architectural Survey 1965

Editor: Patrick M. Delany.
Journal
€ 4.75 

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

Church, Hospital, Commerce, Health, Industry, Education, Religion, Housing, Public Service, Recreation, school, extension, political, embassy, chancellery, Bank, offices, hotel, Louis LeBrocquy, Patrick McElroy, Desmond Kinney, mural, tapestry, art, pub, social housing, flats, private house, residential, factory, stained glass, oisin Kelly, Royal Hospital, Belfast, Church, Sion Mills, Tyrone, Murlough, Donegal, Cooleragh, Tec, School, extension, secondary school, Leix, Clogher Road, Harold’s Cross, Crumlin, carlow, offices, insurance, Dame Street, US Embassy, embassy, Ballsbridge, grand parade, airline, aviation, Westmoreland Street, Newforge Lane, Bank, Suffolk Street, Shaftesbury Square, hotel, Tivoli, Cork, Louis LeBrocquy, Patrick McElroy, Desmond Kinney, Bronze Mural, Decoration, Carrickmacross, Concrete Mural, Mural, Belfast, Hotel Extension, Anglesea Street, Municipal Housing, Bridgefoot Street, social housing, flats, Housing scheme, estate, Ennis Road, Limerick, Private House, housing, Clondalkin, Baltimore, Annadale Road, Factory, Baldonnel, Factory, Inchicore, Shelter, Moran Park, Dun Laoghaire, DLR, People’s Park, Municipal Baths, baths, sea bathing, Bray, Wicklow, Public House, Ormeau Road, pub, bar, frieze, Patrick McIlroy, Patrick Pollen, Werner Schurmann,
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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.

Comment, RIAI Reports, Diary, Cryptoporticus and Partners, Hardcore, Review, Europa Nostra Award, Architect in Government, Murray Collection, UIA, Mont Kavanagh Award, A Dialogue, Plants and Buildings, Northern Report, Kenneth Frampton, Pre-Budget Meeting, RIAI Council 1983, Postscript, International Architectural Event for Dublin, National Heritage Bill 1982, RIAI Comments, Theft at RIAI, Ballot for Fellows, Council, Liffey Quays, David Watkins, Athenian Stuart: Pioneer of the Greek Revival, John Harris, William Talman: Maverick Architect, James Gandon, Francis Johnston, Royal Hiberinian Academy, Abbeville, Irish Concrete Society Awards 1983, Irish Concrete Society 1982 Award for Irishenco Site Team, Arts Award 1982, ARCO, Second European Passive Solar Competition 1982, Henry Aaron Baker, St George’s Church, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, competition, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, AAI, awards, news, concrete
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Architecture Ireland 279

Editor: Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #279 focuses on the theme of ‘healthcare design’.

architecture review, book review, healthcare design, hospital design
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Architecture Ireland 309

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #310 focuses on the theme of ‘obsolescence’.

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Architecture Ireland 276

Editor: Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #276 focuses on the theme of 'school design'.

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Architecture Ireland 270

Editor: Sandra
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #270 focuses on the theme of 'reuse and adaptation'.

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Architecture Ireland 300

Editor: Sandra O’Connell.
Journal
€ 9.50 

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 in Ireland - vol. 1, no. 2

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 311

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #311 focuses on the theme of 'data'.

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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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The Antique Pavement

Author: Derry O'Connell.
Book
€ 4.75 

An illustrated guide to Dublin's street furniture.

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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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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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Dublin School of Architecture Yearbook 2018

Editors: Carol Lawlor, Deimante Paplauskaite, Alice George, Paris Brown, Conor Grossman.
Book
€ 0.00 

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

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20 Irish Buildings You Should Know

Editors: Róisín Bean, Tim Connell, Brian Gargan, Paul Kelly, Adam McLoughlin, Jack Prendergast.
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€ 0.00 

Twenty twentieth-century Irish buildings that students of architecture should know, as chosen by TU Dublin fourth-year architecture students.

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