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Angst: Longford’s urban iconography

In this article Luke Reilly examines Longford, his home town, noting that its character is indebted to the uncertainty it feels towards its own identity. Through providing a rich personal take on the town's history, Reilly offers a series of generous assumptions, aiming to portray that within these moments that are hardly working, there are opportunities for the town to hardly have to work at all.

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Working Hard / Hardly Working

Claiming urban design as landscape architecture

The practice of landscape architecture is well-equipped to respond to the challenges of climate adaptation, yet its role in the design of Ireland's cities, towns and public spaces remains underutilised in Ireland. Rather than professionally sealed silos, Irish urbanism would benefit much more from integrating landscape architecture into how we can understand and reimagine the future of our built environment.

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Open Space

Dublin city: reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated

Dublin city is messy and challenging, however accounts of its economic decline and its surges in crime are not always reflected in reality. This article argues that braver interventions in traffic planning and management could benefit the city’s economy, environment, safety, and community.

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Future Reference

Ireland creates a new Building Regulator: will it be enough to change our building culture?

With the recent announcement that a national Building Regulator is to be established, Dr. Deirdre Ní Fhloinn examines what led us here, and pathways to improved regulatory control.

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Present Tense
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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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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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2ha: the journal of suburban design #01

Editor/Author: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 4.00 

2ha #01 explores the potential of mapping in understanding the suburban condition.

suburbia, mapping, route, speed, movement, car-scape, walking, Goatstown, Dundrum, Dublin, a stranger in a strange land
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Architecture Ireland 320

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #320 focuses on the theme of 'education + practice'.

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RIAI Bulletin 53

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.

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, concrete, materiality, design, detail, specification, CIF, Sir Peter Swimmerton-Dyer, Chairman, University Grants Committee, Ted Nealon, TD, Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Grand Opera House, Belfast, Robert McKinstry, Melvyn Brown, Tollymore Forest Park, Teahouse, Ian Campbell, Diamond Redfern Anderson, The Watershed Restaurant,
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UCD Architecture 2006

Editors: Gary A. Boyd, Hugh Campbell, Pierre Jolivet, Jim Murphy, Elizabeth Shotton.
Book
€ 0.00 

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

Architecture student, exhibition, Richview, Architecture, Landscape, Civil Engineering, material, structure, environment, detail, strategy, thesis, organisation, urban space, drawings, collage, photography, cultural concerns, Timothy Brick, Lisa Cassidy, Claire Chawke, Ciaran Conlon, Alexander Crean, John Crowley, Brendan Dalton, Rachel Delargy, Michael Doherty, Leonie Fitzgerald, Denis Forrest, Alessandra Fugazzi, Katy Giblin, David Hannon, Riona Hartman, Carla Harte Hayes, Leah Hogan, Alison Hyland, Rachel Jennings, Elaine Johnson, Fergal Joyce, Sorcha Kenneall, Anthony Lambert, Elspeth Lee, Cillian Magee, Alva Maguire, Brian Massey, Meabh Mc Carthy, Patrick Mc Glade, Laura Moran, Conor Morrissey, Maria Mulcahy, Mark Murphy, Kieran Murray, Matthew Nagle, Banbha Nic Canna, Aisling Ni Dhonnchu, Aedamair Ni Ghallchoir, Donncha O Brien, Maurice O Brien, Samuel O Brien, Luke O Callaghan, Jennifer O Leary, Conor Pendergrast, Patrick Phelan, Orla Phillips, Sarah Prendergast, Patrick Roche, Conor Rochford, Cian Scanlon, Sean Schoales, Enida Skalonjic, Ruth Stewart, Robert Tobin, David Walsh, Su Wang, Tiago Faria, Mary Laheen, Fiona McDonald, Max O’Flaherty, Mark Price, Brian Ward, Caroline Constant, Christopher Cuniffe, Jamie Doyle, Yvonne Farrell, John Feehan, Amanda Gibney, Anna Hanley, John McLaughlin, rural, farmer’s market, midlands, domesticity, Matthew Beattie, Gary A. Boyd, Gerry Cahill, Kevin Donovan, Niamh Hogan, Fiona Hughes, Michael Pike, Simon Walker, Alan Atlee, Carlos Casablancas, Yvonne Farrell, Mike Haslan, Orla Murphy, John Parker, Matthias Reese, John Tuomey, Brian Barber, Gillian Brady, Elizabeth Burns, Blaine Cagney, James Casey, Amelie Conway, Peter Cosgrave, Cait Elliott, Dara Farrell, Sean Finegan, Amy Fitzgerald, Joseph Flood, Padraig Flynn, Paul Flynn, Danielle Fox, Shea Gallagher, Patricia Gavin, Edin Gicevic, Ciara Grace, Aideen Hannon, Eimear Hanratty, John Horrigan, Patrick Hunt, Raphael Keane, Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kiernan, Dominic Lavelle, James McBennett, Dermot McGlade, Liam McInerney, Claire McMenamin, Padraig McMorrow, Steven McNamara, Sarah Maguire, Beatrice Moran, Eoin Murphy, Niamh Murphy, Enda Naughton, Roisin Ni Bhuadain, Aine Nic an Riogh, Ronan O’Boyle, Colm O’Brien, Iseult O’Clery, Tapologo Odubeng, Lisa O’Kane, Blathmhac O’Muiri, Hugh Queenan, Alison Rea, Cliodhna Rice, Katya Samodurova, Deirdre Spring, Joseph Swan, Martin Tiernan, St. John Walsh, Brendan Ward, James Young, project, social, technical, aesthetic, LUAS Red line, Connolly Station, Tallaght, left-over space, community sports centre, spatial planning, Madrid, thresholds, Roisin Aherne, Jennifer Belton, Timothy Blackwell, Maurice Brooks, Myles Burke, Elizabeth Casey, William Casey, Shuo Chen, Elizabeth Clyne, Anna Cooke, Bokao Ditlhong, James Doran, Melissa Doran, Paul Durcan, Morwenna Gerrard, Alice Gibson, Faela Guiden, Elaine Hanna, Damien Hannigan, Elaine Harris, Timothy Hartnett, David Healy, Jack Hogan, Helen Kelly, Siobhan Kelly, Shane Kennedy, Ronan Kenny, David Ledwith, Joanne Lyons, Aoife Magner, Aisling Maher, Elizabeth Matthews, Anne Mc Getrick, Lynn Mc Mahon, Paul Murray, Emma Murtagh, Elaine Ní Dhonnchadha, Michael Nolan, Therese Nolan, Laura O Brien, Ivan O Connell, Donal O Herlihy, Sorcha O Higgins, Aoife O Kelly, Sean O Neill, Lucy O Reilly, Ekaterina Papkovskaia, Kevin Quinlan, Michael Stack, Timothy Varian, Aisling Walker, Aoife Warren, Brendan Whelan, Patrick White, Julia Barrett, Edith Blennerhassett, Michelle Fagan, Mary Laheen, Alan Mee, Niall McCullough, Michael McGarry, Finola O’Kane Crimmins, Liam Ronayne, Emmett Scanlon, Sarah Sheridan, John Tuomey, Wendy Barrett, Rachael Chidlow, Will Dimond, Eileen Fitzgerald, John-Barry Lowe, Jim Murphy, Ruth O’Herlihy, Sarah Sheridan, Cork, city library, utopian, history, theory, ecology, Ancient Greece, modern architecture, political context, cultural context, house, garden, city, Gary Boyd, Vandra Costello, Loughlin Kealy, John Olley, Finola O’Kane Crimmins, vernacular evolution, climate, comfort, thermal and auditory environments, ventilation, indoor air quality and health, Paul Kenny, Irena Kondratenko, Patxi Hernandez, Daniel Sudhershan, Vivienne Brophy, Tiago Faria, Brian Gallagher, Jeana Gearty, Pierre Long, Andrew Morrison, John Parker, Seoirse MacGraith, Joseph Gannon, Paul Hughes, Michael Murphy, Building Technology, Building Laboratory, mass production, Amanda Gibney, Mark Richardson, structural design, Newtons Laws, equilibrium, limit-state design, eccentric pads, strips, combined bases, rafts and piles, sizing, Chris Boyle, Peter Cody, Philip Comerford, Peter Carroll, Miriam Dunn, Sheila O’Donnell, Ryan Kennihan, Emmett Scanlon, Peter Tansey, Roland Bosbach, Pat Boyle, Gerry Cahill, Hugh Campbell, Michelle Fagan, Dermot Foley, Noel French, Elizabeth Hatz, Mark Hennessey, Paul Kelly, Andrew McLaren, Tom de Paor, John Tuomey, Finbarr Wall, Jerome Breslin, Niamh Burke, Sinead Cahill, Fiona Carroll, Gordon Chrystal, Sinead Collins, Ann Marie Cooke, Maire Costello, Jacinta Curley, Jose de Groot, Opelie Etang Sale, Evis Etelaniemi, Andreas Fah, Matthew Fagan, Graham Fitzpatrick, Alan Flood, Piers Floyd, Brian Flynn, Francois Gleyze, Brian Hagan, Eimear Hassett, Justin Hayes, Gary Hoban, Gary Holt, Mathias Holzer, Sinead Hugh, David Hutter, Deirdre Keeley, Orla Kennedy, Edwina Kinsella, Hilda Markey, Mercedes Martinez, Aoghan Mac Domhnaill, Barry McNaboe, Olivier Mie, Marcus Mulvihill, Trevor Nolan, Mark Noonan, Lucy O’Connor, Ronan O’Connor, Cathal O’Fearghail, Suzy O’Leary, Nicholas O’Shee, Nicola Power, Richard Quirke, Brendan Redmond, Robert Salmon, Tina Schia, Clara Seeballuck, Sandra Sibley, Milosz Stopinski, Paul Van Den Berg, Lily Vechulst, Christopher Whelan, Ruth Wiberg, decentralisation, work, living, OPW, Office of Public Works, Trim, Meath, RIAI Travelling Scholarship, M50 motorway, Sinead Burke, Sarah Carolan, Clodagh Cawley, Louise Clavin, Isabel Cogan, Maria Conroy, Paul Conway, Desmond Cooper, Daniel Costelloe, Lorraine Couglan, Barry Downes, Eoin Egan, Eamon Fitzpatrick, Sinead Gargan, Declan Hackett, Leonie Heskin, Grace Hickey, Christine Kennelly, Danyal Ibrahim, Paul Jeffries, Laura Johnstone, Eamon Keane, Michael Knight, Jane Larmour, William Lavelle, Siobhan McCafferty, Eoin McCarthy, Roisin McDowell, Aoife McTague, Ronan Maguire, Damian Meehan, Michael Mescal, Enda Nolan, Tobias Nystrom, Kate O’Daly, Claire O’Donnell, Susan O’Driscoll, Padraigh O’Flynn, Niall O’Healaithe, Karol O’Mahony, Orla O’Kane, Catherine Opdebeeck, Hala O’Reilly, Óran Ó’Siocháin, Diarmuid Phelan, Justin Power, Vicky Shields, Louise Souter, Anna Stawjewska, Chris Thompson, Kathleen Tierney, Cillian Warfield, Hugh Campbell, Colin Caprani, Peter Cody, Tom de Paor, Michelle Fagan, Tiago Faria, David Leatherbarrow, Donal Lennon, Ciaran McNally, Conor Moloney, Aoibheann Ni Mhearain, Michael Murphy, Finola O’Kane Crimmins, John Parke, Michael Pike, Bob Sheil, Stephen Tierney, Dominic Stevens, Chris Boyle, Miriam Delaney, Feargal Doyle, Brian Gallagher, Roisin Henegan, Mary Laheen, Shelly McNamara, Ken Meehan, Jim Murphy, Shi Fu Peng, Max O’Flaherty, Esmonde O’Briain, John Olley, Mark Price, Anna Ryan, John Tuomey, Simon Walker, Marcus Donaghy, Elizabeth Shotton, Exodus, polemical investigation, 2:1:2, Les Grandes Ateliers, Trangression from Drawing to Making, charette, conversion, Peter Flynn, Emmett Scanlon, Irena Kondratenko, Paul Kelly & Gary Lysaght, FKL Architects, Aidan Madden, Arups Consulting Engineers, Brian O’Brien, Solearth, Conservation Techniques, Advanced Facade Design, Advanced Materials, Heavyweight Structures, Performance Analysis, Dorothy Jones, Paul Arnold, Ed Burke, John Cahill, Mary Clark, Jackie Donnelly, Lisa Edden, Jason Ellis, Dr Aubrey Flegg, David Griffin, Aideen Ireland, Frank Keohane, Donal Lennon, Alistair Lindsay, Charlie Lyons, Daniel McInervey, Paul McMahon, M. McParland, Emily Moore, Rachel Moss, Conor Murphy, Ciaran O Brien, Dr Freddie O Dwyer, Mona O Rourke, Aighleann O Shaughnessy, Sara Pavia, Margaret Quinlan, Noel Riordan, Susan Roundtree, Pat Ruane, Linzi Simpson, David Wall, Hugh Brady, Peter Clinch, Philip Geoghegan, Loughlin Kealy, Alan Mee, Conor Norton, Derry O Connell, Michael Creegan, Douglas Gordon, Seamus Mc Gearailt, John Prosser, Sarah Rock, Aine Ryan,
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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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2ha: the journal of suburban design #11

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 4.00 

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

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RIAI Bulletin 50

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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2ha: the journal of suburban design #06

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 4.00 

2ha #06 considers the relationship between typology and the architecture of suburbia. Three essays respond to the evolving spatial types that define the suburbs as a coherent condition.

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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.

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Architecture Ireland 319

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #319 focuses on the theme of 'public space'.

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The Square Kilometre: Naked House Naked City

Editors: Gary A. Boyd, Greg Keeffe, Rebecca Jane McConnell.
Book
€ 0.00 

This publication seeks to explore some of the hidden architectures that influence and condition life in the city on a daily basis, beginning within the servicing of the house and expanding over a square kilometre of city fabric.

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UCD Architecture 2007

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

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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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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.

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Carlow Carbon Futures: vol. 1

Editors: Sean Brunswick, Orla McKeever, Sam Carse, Juliette Bosschaert.
Book
€ 0.00 

Fuelled by love, rage, and imagination, this publication displays the wide variety of student work produced as part of a regional vision for a zero-carbon County Carlow by 2050.

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Mapped: a study of planned Irish villages

Editor: Miriam Delaney.
Book
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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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