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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Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
UTOPIA 7 is a published a study of utopian settlements in Ireland by students in the Dublin School of Architecture.
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.
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.
Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #304 focuses on the theme of ‘local authority’.
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 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 moreArchitecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #319 focuses on the theme of 'public space'.
Read moreArchitectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
Read more2ha #02 explores the relationship between photography and suburban space. Three essays respond to the intimate link between the medium of photography and the spaces we occupy.
Read moreFree Market News is a study of market towns in Ireland, featuring a collection of essays from a broad range of experts on the past, present, and future of these small-scale settlements. The book was published as part of Free Market, the Irish Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia 2018.
Read moreDomestic is a reflection on the design of domestic spaces by architect Dominic Stevens.
Read moreThis publication documents a 1983 colloquium concerned with the need for an Irish national strategic plan to provide the physical, economic, and social infrastructure required by the end of the 20th century.
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.
Read moreAn annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.
Read moreThis publication documents a two-day conference from 1973 discussing office location and regional development. Topics include reviewing the existing pattern of office location, considering future policies, and referencing international practice.
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