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Blockchain: the other AI revolution

Blockchain can offer a secure, transparent way to record agreements, and therefore holds potential across construction and property sectors, enabling real-time verification, automating payments, and improving data reliability. Yet its adoption in this context remains limited. In this article, Garry Miley discusses the possible impacts and limitations to the technology’s implementation.

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Open Space

 The potential of political design

Highly visible and emotionally charged, electoral campaigns are often the first instance in which a state’s people encounter their elected representatives. In this article, Anna Cassidy, designer for Catherine Connolly's presidential campaign, examines how political design is indispensable to the democratic process.

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Future Reference

Fellow humans

In May 2024, the Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys installed a portal between Dublin and New York. In this article, Felix Hunter Green explores how the portal (the third of its kind at the time) introduced a new form of present tense, a remote urbanism, to the fabric of North Earl Street.

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Present Tense

Happy the city where citizens participate

Ciarán Ferrie makes the case for more citizen participation in city life, culture, community, and democracy.

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One Good Idea
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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.

RIAI Annual Conference, The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Design Seminar, Draft Provisional Standards, School and Community, No ifs or buts, Thermal Performance and Energy Use in Housing, UCC Appoints Architects, New Information Centre, Housing Needs; Foras Course, Derry Church Commended, Modular Dictionary, Chamber of Commerce on Urban Problems, York Courses, Small Firms in the Inner City, Thermal Performance and Energy Use in Housing, Department of Education, housing, news, Taoiseach’s Residence, Phoenix Park, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Institute for Industrial Research and Standards, OECD, School building, UCC, A&D Wejchert, Murray and Murray, Building Information Centre, Liam McCormick, Steelstown Church, Modular dictionary, Downes Eire, Jerome O’Connor, South Dublin Construction Co., Tidy Towns Competition, Avanti, Dux, Klaessons, Supertube, Joseph McCullough and Partners, JV Tierney & Co, Seamus Monaghan, M Loughnane, Competition for Taoiseach’s Residence, Society of Designers, Thomas Davis Memorial, Downes Eire, Jerome O’Connor
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Architectural Survey 1972

Editor: Patrick M. Delany.
Journal
€ 4.75 

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

Sculpture, sculptor, art, Ian Stuart, fountain, Stephen Court, library, questionnaire, submission, residential, education, schools, shopping centre, ESC, district, offices, public toilets, public bathrooms, social housing, public housing, computers, BOI, bank, hospitality,
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Architecture Ireland 294

Editors: Dr Sandra O'Connell, Emma Gilleece, Michael K. Hayes
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #294 focuses on the theme of 'conservation + reuse'.

architecture review, book review, conservation, reuse, preservation
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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.

Earlsfort Terrace, Masonic Boys School, Richview, drawing, collage, photography, studio, technology, scale, light, movement, functional, social, technical, aesthetic, environmental, urban, suburban, Cork city, Sculptor’s house, Sligo, 20th century housing, exhibition space, library, social architecture, Tiago Faria, Irena Kondratenko, Mary Laheen, Max O’Flaherty, Mark Price, Brian Ward, Shane DeBlacam, Noel Dowley, Jamie Doyle, Loughlin Kealy, Jim Murphy, Peter Tansey, John Tuomey, David Ahearne, Aisling Ahern, Eimear Arthur, Marian Balfe, Leila Budd, Moira Burke, Emma Byrne, Jarlath Cantwell, Rachel Carmody, Niall Carroll, Claire Cleland, Daniel Collins, Alan Coughlan, Eimear Daly, Christina Devereaux, Raymond Dinh, Andrea Doyle, Rachel Dudley, Megan Etherton, Edward Feeney, Kate Griffin, James Hayes, Michael Hayes, Matthias Horn, William Hutch, Jonathan Janssens, James Kennedy, Shirley Kenny, Hyung Joon Kim, Damien King, Philip King, Donal Lally, Colm Mac Eochagáin, Sarah Madigan, Conor Maguire, Jennifer Martin, Suzanne Maverley, Ciara Mc Curtin, Aonghus Mc Donnell, Kevin McGonigle, Patrick McGrath, Sarah McKendry, Louise Moriarty, Scott Morton, Sorcha Murphy, Stephen Murray, Sean Naughton, Christina Ní Riain, Fiona Nulty, Caitriona O'Connor, Jennifer O'Donnell , Aoife O'Leary, Aisling O'Sullivan, Darren Snow, Patrick Stack, Patrick Stokes- Kelly, Albert Tobin, Vivienne Brophy, Gerry Cahill, Kevin Donovan, Fiona Hughes, Stephen Mulhall, Orla Murphy, Michael Pike, Daniel Sudhershan, Simon Walker, John Tuomey, Shelley McNamara, Peter Tansey, Brian Ward, John Casey, Sterrin O’Shea, Rahman Salma Abdel, Timothy Brick, Lisa Cassidy, Claire Chawke, Ciaran Conlon, Alex Crean, John Crowley, Brendan Dalton, Rachel Delargy, Michael Doherty, Leonie Fitzgerald, Sean Finnegan, Padraig Flynn, Denis Forrest, Alessandra Fugazzi, Katy Giblin, David Hannon, Riona Hartman, Karla Hayes, Leah Hogan, Eoin Horner, Mary Hughes, Alison Hyland, Rachel Jennings, Elaine Johnson, Fergal Joyce, Sorcha Kenneally, Anthony Lambert, Elspeth Lee, Meabh McCarthy, Patrick McGlade, Padraig McMorrow, Cillian Magee, Alva Maguire, Brian Massey, Caitriona Moloney, Laura Moran, Conor Morrissey, Maria Mulcahy, Mark Murphy, Kieran Murray, Matthew Nagle, Banbha NicCanna, Aisling NiDhonnchu, Aedamair NiGhallchoir, Donncha O Brien, Maurice O Brien, Luke O’Callaghan, Jennifer O Leary, Caoimhin O’Maollaigh, Patrick Phelan, Orla Phillips, Sarah Prendergast, Hugh Queenan, Patrick Roche, Conor Rochford, Cian Scanlon, Sean Schoales, Enida Skalonjic, Ruth Stewart, Robert Tobin, David Walsh, Su Wang, Wendy Barrett, Will Dimond Eileen Fitzgerald, John-Barry Lowe, Jim Murphy, Ruth O’Herlihy, Julia Barrett, Miriam Fitzpatrick, Seán Harrington, Mary Laheen, Pierre Long, Michael McGarry, Alan Mee, Andrew Morrison, Orla Murphy, Liam Ronayne, Emmett Scanlan, Sarah Sheridan, Gillian Brady, Elizabeth Burns, Blaine Cagney, James Casey, Amelie Conway, Peter Cosgrave, Cait Elliott, Dara Farrell, Amy Fitzgerald, Joseph Flood, Paul Flynn, Danielle Fox, Shea Gallagher, Patricia Gavin, Edin Gicevic, Ciara Grace, Aideen Hannon, Eimear Hanratty, Patrick Hunt, Raphael Keane, Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kiernan, Ronan Kenny, Dominic Lavelle, James McBennett, Dermot McGlade, Liam McInerney, Claire McMenamin, Steven McNamara, Sarah Maguire, Beatrice Moran, Eoin Murphy, Niamh Murphy, Enda Naughton, Roisin Ni Bhuadain, Aine Nic an Riogh, Colm O’Brien, Iseult O’Clery, Tapologo Odubeng, Lisa O’Kane, Blathmhac O’Muiri, Alison Rea, Cliodhna Rice, Katya Samodurova, Deirdre Spring, Joseph Swan, Gabriel Sweeney, Martin Tiernan, Aisling Walker, St John Walsh, Brendan Ward, James Young, John Olley, Finola O’Kane, Brian Ward, Loughlin Kealy, Paul Kenny, Irena Kondratenko, Vivienne Brophy, Tiago Faria, Brian Gallagher, Joseph Gannon, Anne Gorman, Paul Hughes, Irena Kondratenko, Pierre Long, Seoirse MacGraith, Andrew Morrison, Michael Murphy (Senior Technician – Building Laboratory), Daniel P Sudhershan, Holger Falter, Amanda Gibney, Mark Richardson, Pierre Jolivet, Bill Hasting, Chris Boyle, Peter Cody, Merlo Kelly, Sheila O’Donnell, Emmett Scanlon, Stephen Tierney, Hugh Campbell, John Tuomey, Andrzej Wejchert, Edward Jones, Hugh Campbell, Michael Pike, Daniel Rosbottom, Shelley McNamara, Alan Mee, Philip Nolan, Michael Bambrick, Darragh Brogan, Ignacio DeMema, Christiansen Finn, Brian Collins, Christopher Collins, Cathal Curtin, Joaquin Dabezies, Catherine DeGroot, John Dobbin, Tara Doherty, Hugh Dolan, Michael Duffy, Clement Duranton, Cormac Fahey, Paul Finn, Graham Fitzpatrick, Moritz Fritz, Neil Gleeson, Brian Guckian, Brian Hagan, Clare Heffernan, Heikki Karppinen, Orla Kennedy, Pascale Klaunig, David Leyden, John Lineen, Matthew McCrum, Aoghan MacDomhnaill, Deirdre McKenna, Claire Meunier, Emma Murtagh, Celine NiChonchuir, Conor O’Brien, Kitty O’Brien, Sorcha O’Higgins, Orla O Loinsigh, Carl O’Reilly, Kevin O’Sullivan, Neal Patterson, Kaisa Paavilainen, Magdalena Paskiewicz, Alice Platriez, Jan Patalon, Patrick Quinlan, John Quinn, Kate Rhatigan, Shane O’Reilly, Andreu Santacreu, Janette Scott, Mark Skehill, Laura Sloan, Caroline Stieghorst, Bryan Tormey, Tim Varian, Sonja Waloszek, Bent Westendorp, Ruben Weyers, Patrick White, Marcus Donaghy, John Parker, Elizabeth Shotton, Chris Boyle, Michelle Fagan, Tiago Faria, Brian Gallagher, Roisin Henegan, Mary Laheen, Tom Maher, John McLaughlin, Shelly McNamara, Jim Murphy, Shi-Fu Peng, Michael Pike, Esmonde O’Briain, Mark Price, Jimmi Sheilds, John Tuomey, Hugh Campbell, Peter Cardew, Adam Caruso, Tom de Paor, Michelle Fagan, Tiago Faria, Francois Fleury, Brian Gallagher, Alan Jones, Donal Lennon, Aidan Madden, Laura Mays, Fiona McDonald, John McLaughlin, Ciaran McNally, Roger Mullin, Jim Murphy, Michael Murphy, Max O’Flaherty, Finola O’Kane Crimmins, Michael Pike, Mark Pimlott, Jimmi Sheilds, Peter Tansey, John Tuomey, Jerome Breslin, Niamh Burke, Elizabeth Burns, Sinead Cahill, Fiona Carroll, Aoife Cleary, Gordon Chrystal, Cillian Collins, Sinead Collins, Anne Marie Cooke, Maire Costelloe, Jacinta Curley, Sarah Curran, Una Daly, Robert Denvir, Matthew Fagan, Brian Flynn, Alan Flood, Kate Gannon, Cillian Gray, Eimear Hassett, Justin Hayes, Zoe Hayes, Gary Hoban, Gary Holt, Sinead Hugh, Paul Jeffries, Dierdre Keeley, Jennifer Kenefick, Brian Mallon, Hilda Markey, Mercedes Martinez, Ashling McCoy, Jill McGovern, Barry McNaboe, Owen McSwiney, Brendan Money, Marcus Mulvihill, Trevor Nolan, Mark Noonan, Paul O’Brien, Lucy O’Connor, Ronan O’Connor, Cathal O’Fearghail, Suzy O’Leary, Nick O’Shee, Nicki Power, Brendan Redmond, Robert Salmon, Clara Seeballuck, Sandra Sibley, Niall Small, Padraic Ward, Chris Whelan, Paul Arnold, Pierre Jolivet, Loughlin Kealy, Paul Kenny, Donal Lennon, Michael Murphy, Elizabeth Shotton, Aidan Madden, Graham Fitzpatrick, Peter Flynn, Dorothy Jones, Hugh Brady, Philip Geoghegan, Loughlin Kealy, Alan Mee, Derry O Connell, Michael Creegan, Douglas Gordon, Seamus Mc Gearailt, John Prosser, Sarah Rock, Aine Ryan, Paul Arnold, Loughlin Kealy, Finola O Kane Crimmins, 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, John Olley, Mona O Rourke, Aighleann O Shaughnessy, Sara Pavia, Margaret Quinlan, Noel Riordan, Susan Roundtree, Pat Ruane, Linzi Simpson, David Wall
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RIAI Bulletin 4

Editor: Peter Ferguson.
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.

Ordinary General Meeting, OGM of the RIAI, EEC, Architectural Heritage Year, President’s Report, Honorary Fellowship Award to Dr. Maurice Craig, Competitions, General Information, Courses Lectures Conferences, HEA report, RIAI Finances, RIAI Premises, RIAI organisation, Eileen Gray, Honorary Fellowship, Architectural Competition, RSAU Visit to Dublin, International Prize for Architecture of the Belgian National Housing Institute, RIAI Conference, International Conference, Textiles in Construction & Architecture, Honorary Fellowship, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committees, AGM, minutes, meeting minutes, exhibition, competition, symposium, textile, materials, conference, course, lecture, RIBA, Honorary Fellowship Award to Dr. Maurice Craig, Community Schools, General Secretary, New Committee Structure, RIAI Conference, Symposium on Building Industrialisation, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Seminar on Architecture and Urban Planning in Finland, 1973, Advanced Architecture Studies, York, International Conference on “Textiles in Construction & Architecture”, Fifth International Public Health Seminar, International Prize for Architecture of the Belgian National Housing Institute for 1973, RIAI Conference, Architectural Competition, New Law Courts, Eileen Gray Exhibition, Honorary Fellowships, Constitution Committee, Mews Development, Reciprocity, Suspension of Members, Presentation of Certificates to New Members, Other Business, RSUA Visit to Dublin, Department of Transport & Power - Meteorological Service, Group Disability, Pension Scheme, E.E.C Affairs, Architectural Heritage Year 1975, RIAI Finances Premises & Organisation, Presidents’ Report, Architectural Heritage Year
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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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2ha: the journal of suburban design #08

Editor: Michael K. Hayes. Guest editors: DoCoMoMo Ireland.
Journal
€ 4.00 

2ha #08 considers the legacy of modernism in forming the contemporary suburb. Three essays respond to the functions, scales, and personal expectations that a modern ideology makes possible.

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Architecture Ireland 293

Editor: Dr. Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #293 focuses on the theme of 'designing Ireland's commercial infrastructure'.

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Architecture Ireland 299

Editor: Sandra O'Connell.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #299 focuses on architecture in the West of Ireland.

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RIAI Bulletin 25

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 #01

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

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

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RIAI Bulletin 23

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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Dublin School of Architecture Yearbook 2016

Editors: Philip Duffy, Anne-Lise Olivier, Julia Vivien Rober, Colin Mac Suibhne, Stephen Johnston.
Book
€ 0.00 

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

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DSA 2020

Editors: Stephen Allen, Mark Chester, Romy Marren, Lasairíona Power.
Book
€ 0.00 

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

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This is Content. This is Theory. This is Craft.

Editors: Tim Connell, Emma Kavanagh, Peter MacClancy, Adam McLoughlin, Michael Sykes.
Book
€ 0.00 

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

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Regional Planning: a review of regional studies

Author: Henk van der Kamp.
Book
€ 7.95 

Carried out by An Foras Forbartha, this study was conducted to develop linkages between local, regional, and national planning in Ireland.

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Thirty-Three Churches

Authors: Sophie Kelliher, David Lawless.
Book
€ 0.00 

Thirty-Three Churches explores the potential of altering Dublin’s existing stock of church buildings to include housing, while still functioning as a place of worship. Published as part of the Housing Unlocked exhibition in 2022.

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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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