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The impact of AI on the basic planning application

Artificial Intelligence is set to transform the planning processes. This article explores how emerging AI tools can streamline approvals, improve consistency, and reshape diverse planning systems, offering both technical potential and social challenges for design and planning practices in Ireland and internationally.

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Open Space

From colonial remnants to community spaces

Ireland’s towns and villages reflect a rich but complex architectural legacy shaped by colonial history, post-independence ambivalence, and modern neglect. This articles argues for a socially engaged approach to heritage – one that embraces ethical remembrance and reclaims built environments as living spaces central to community, identity, and sustainable development.

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Open Space

The housing market: an unnatural disaster?

While issues of climate change, disease, or even conflict may be explained away by sceptics as natural phenomena, the global shortage of accommodation can only ever be man-made. This article considers the contemporary discourse around housing in Ireland, calling attention to inherent contradictions both in our diagnosis of the problem and in our prescribed treatments.

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Future Reference

A collision in the field of architecture

In this article Kristyna Korcakova discusses the preparation education provides architectural graduates, and explores whether this is the most accurate preparation for architecture in practice.

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Present Tense
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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’.

Conceptions of change: An architectural history of obsolescence, Calculating the cost of building: Obsolescence, architecture and the climate crisis, Thinking about the future: Designing buildings for retrofit, Non-linear thinking: Obsolescence within a circular built environment, Expiry date unknown: The precious persistence of Phibsboro Centre, Detail: Bear Market Coffee, DUA, Flexibility and workplace resilience, That moment between the complexities of the past and an unknown future, A return to ‘happy mistakes’: How 3D printing can influence the architectural design process, Housing, Architecture, and the Edge Condition: Dublin is Building, 1935-1975, Housing in Ireland: The A-Z guide, Eutopian Worlds, Tactful Confidence, Keeping Ireland Modern, Architecture as a story-telling art, Early Buildings Conference, Brutal(ist) Nostalgia, Poetic Pragmatism, RIAI Gandon Medal, Learning from Peter Rice: Reflections on a collaborative student project, Measuring embodied carbon: Translating information into action, Between Gandon and Grafton, Premises for Mr R.J Duggan: no.32 Dame Street Dublin, David Adjaye, Ellen Rowley, Traumnouvelle, Lorcan Sirr, Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter
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Architecture Ireland 321

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #321 focuses on the theme of 'wood'.

environment, conservation, bio, eco materials, environmentally friendly, clt, cross-laminated timber, wood, timber, construction, studio, unviersity, TUD, school, residential, commercial, detail, London, Victoria & Albert, Museum, book, review, Trevor White, David Dickson, Graham Hickey, Merlo Kelly, Kathryn Milligan, Diarmuid Ó Gráda
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Architecture Ireland 313

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #313 focuses on the theme of 'Limerick'.

Settlement, building, segregation: A history of Limerick city, Fundamental base: Thinking of the city from the ground up, Urban innovation: Realising the potential of Limerick’s Georgian neighbourhood, +Limerick: Innovation and infrastructure in the positive energy city, Many Limericks: The edge of the city, From Mellick to Bohane: Limerick and its literature, Ireland House Tokyo competition, Remembering Brian Hogan, Remembering Ian Campbell, Setting the scene, Future proofing your business for the ‘blended workplace’ of the future, Open Heart City, The Construction Contracts Act 2013 and insolvency: will they work together?, Publication of sanction decision, Space for Architecture: the work of O’Donnell + Tuomey, Cork: City and County, RIAI Women in Architecture 2020, Making space happen
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RIAI Bulletin 7

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, President’s Report, Honorary Treasurer’s Statement, Presentation of Certificates, Revision of By-Laws, Adoption of new entry forms, President’s inaugural address, Annual Report of Council, Ideas Competition, Hospital Building Programme, Annual Conference, Election of Vice President, Technician Representative on Council, Commonwealth Board of Architectural Education, Housing Conference, Housing Competition, Hospital Programme in the Dublin Area, Maintenance of Historic Buildings, EEC Affairs, Coras Trachtala Design Scholarship, International Symposium, International Ideas Competition, ISAGA Conference, READAPT, Council for 1974, Nelson’s Pillar, 8 Merrion Square, International Union of Architects, National Economic and Social Council, European Architectural Heritage Year, CAA Ottawa Conference, CAA Board of Architectural Education, Brussels Meeting, EEC Liaison Committee, Scrutioneer’s Report, Accreditation Board, Institute Dinner-Dance, parking policy, chief fire officer, Georgian Society Records, EEC Booklet, Europe in the 1980s, Seminar on Electrical Installations, Management and Business Studies, UIA Seminar, Employees Pension Fund, Seminar on Architecture, Urban and Regional Research, Design of Nursery School Buildings, Aspects of Architectural Research, Arbitration Seminar, Design Economics, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, AGM, minutes, meeting minutes, exhibition, competition, symposium, materials, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, CAA, members, Election, report, EEC, housing, Maintenance of Historic Buildings, Institute Dinner-Dance, EEC Affairs, Change in Telephone Numbers, Missing Package, Architect Grade I. Dublin Corporation, Parking Policy in Central Dublin, Chief Fire Officers Association, Western Architects Group, Georgian Society Record, Paintings for Institute Rooms, New Office Block, EEC Booklet “Europe in the 1980’s”, Seminar on Electrical Installations, Management and Business Studies, UIA Seminar, Employees Pension Fund, Election of Vice Presidents, Technician Representative on Council, Accreditation Board, Commonwealth Board of Architectural Education, Housing Conference, Housing Competition, Hospital Programme in the Dublin, Coras Trachtala Design Scholarships, International Symposium, International Ideas Competition, ISAGA Conference, Seminar on Architecture, Urban and Regional Research, Design of Nursery School Buildings, Aspects of Architecture Research, Arbitration Seminar, Design Economics, READAPT, Council for 1974, Board of Architectural Education, Professional Conduct Committee, Public Affairs Committee, Professional Practice Committee, House Committee, Accreditation Board, An Foras Forbartha, RIBA Council, Annual Report of Council, Honorary Treasurer’s Report, Auditors Report, Nelson Pillar Fund, Adoption of Auditors Report and Accounts, New Office Block, 8 Merrion Square, President’s Report, Hospital Building Programme, Annual Conference, International Union of Architects, National Economic and Social Council, European Architectural Heritage Year, CAA Ottawa Conference, CAA Board of Architectural Education, Brussels Meeting, New Pictures, Election of Council for 1974, President’s Address, President Elect in the Chair
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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.

Yearbook, thesis, student work, staff work, project, idea, Bolton street, design technology, freehand drawing, graphics, geometrical drawing, descriptive geometry, analysis, perception, model, drawing, study, precedent, Study Sheets, Vernacular Architecture, Keith McMullin, Aidan Nolan‍, Form Study, Rory Brady, Judith Ryan, ‍Graphics, Eoin Kingston, Edel Collins, ‍Still Life, Ultan Donagher‍, Spatial Study, Edel Collins, ‍House Project, ‍Cubic Study, Rosemary Costello, Deirdre McManus, John Smyth, Measured Drawing, Liam McLoughlin, Alan Furlong, Aidan Nolan, Ultan Donagher, Sharon O’Brien, Sinead Bourke‍, Medical Accommodation, Michael Ring, T.G. Flynn, Fergal Fitzpatrick, Ruth Herman, Rory Brady, ‍Brick Pavilion, Michael Ring, Fergal Fitzpatrick, Eoin Kingston, ‍Timber Pavilion, Conor Moriarty, Susan Dawson, Oisin Clancy, Rory Brady, Sinead Bourke, Michael Ring, Fergal Fitzpatrick, Eoin Kingston, ‍Lifeguards’ Tower, Eamon Gogarty, ‍Futuristic Leisure Centre, ‍Kindergarten‍, Study Sheets: Bordeaux, Berlin, Chicago, Louis Kahn, Adolf Loos, ‍Water Testing Station, Thomas Sexton, Patrick Harrington, Darragh Murphy, ‍Yacht Repair Facility, Michael Ring, Rosemary Bradley, Sinead Hughes, ‍Vertical Composition, Jennifer Lynch, Sinead Hughes, Sinead Cullen, Ann Canning, ‍Urban Projects at Smithfield, Amiens Street Station, Grand Canal Dock, Parnell Street, Christchurch, Patrick Street, Seamus Hanrahan, Sue Stringer, Gerard Harvey, Sharon O’Brien, Rossa Prendergast, ‍Artists’ Gallery Annascau, Thomas Sexton, Darragh Murphy‍, Artists’ Retreat Inistioge, Veronica Blake, Gerard Harvey, ‍Interact 1993 Student Accommodation, Aoife O’Donnell, Donal Hickey, Keith Graham, ‍Interact 1994 School of Music, Rossa Prendergast, Eleanor Masterson, Fergal Fitzpatrick, David Dwyer, Sterrin O’Shea, Eleanor Donnelly, Jennifer Clarke, Gerard Harvey, Sinead Hughes, Sheep Farmer’s House, Alan de Lacy, ‍Yacht Club, Donal Hickey, Martin Colreavy‍, Chapel and Cemetery, R. Quinn, Gary Mongey, ‍Galway Courthouse, Eithne Moran, David Creighton, Gary McGinty‍, RIAI Headquarters, Temple Bar, Hugh Kelly ‍Kilkenny Railway Station, Keith Graham, B.A Dowdall, Martin Colreavy ‍RIAI Travelling Scholarship – Rural Resource Centre, Raphoe‍, RIAI Travelling Scholarship – Research and Development Centre, Limerick, Patrick Harrington, Donal Hickey, Marcus Reid, Peter McGovern‍, Thesis: National Opera HouseDavid Mansfield 1993‍Thesis: Chester Beatty Library, Stephen Roe 1993‍, Thesis: Oceanarium and Research Centre, Joanna Maher 1993‍, Thesis: International Advertising Agency, Jacques D’Arcy 1994‍, Thesis: Dublin Stock Exchange, Alan Begley 1994‍, The work of staff, Lego Architecture, J. Neil Downes‍, Sculpture and House, Eamonn O’ Doherty‍, Cliffs of Moher Competition, Niall McCullough, Valerie Mulvin‍, Athlone Library, Neil Sholdice, ‍Graphics, Ditte Kummer-O’Connor‍, Mews House, Cathal Crimmins
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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.

typology, suburbia, semi-detached, terraced, housing, Greece, Dom-ino, Adamstown, low-rise, urban design, architecture, a moveable type
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Architecture in Ireland - vol. 1, no. 7

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 301

Editor: Sandra O’Connell.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #301 focuses on the theme of ‘Community & Place’.

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RIAI Bulletin 37

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 1966

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 1972

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 1971

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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Observation Study of Housing Estate Elements

Authors: R. Mulvihill, E. Burke, N. Byrne.
Book
€ 7.95 

This paper reports on a study investigating aspects of housing estates related to the pedestrian precinct or residential yard concept.

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Ireland in the Year 2000: Towards a National Strategy

An Foras Forbartha
Book
€ 7.95 

This 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.

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Post Industrial

Editor: Miriam Delaney.
Book
€ 0.00 

Post Industrial features a series of essays discussing the physical and material world of Irish industrial settlements; how these villages as worked a social spaces, while at the same time highlighting future conservation priorities.

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Free Market News

Editors: Jeffrey Bolhuis, Jo Anne Butler, Miriam Delaney, Tara Kennedy, Laurence Lord, Orla Murphy.
Book
€ 0.00 

Free 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.

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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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streets for living: a conference on residential road design

Editor: Eoghan Brangan.
Book
€ 7.95 

Organised by an Foras Forbartha, this paper documents the proceedings of a conference on residential road design from Jury’s Hotel in Dublin in May 1976.

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