Journal
2020
Architecture Ireland Publishing Ltd.
Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #309 focuses on the theme of ‘Obsolescence’.
Contents
Platform
RIAI President Ciaran O’Connor
MATTERS
Conceptions of change: An architectural history of obsolescence
Daniel M. Abramson
Calculating the cost of building: Obsolescence, architecture, and the climate crisis
Oliver Kinnane
Thinking about the future: Designing buildings for retrofit
Robert Schmidt III and James Pinder
Non-linear thinking: Obsolescence within a circular built environment
Mark Kelly
Expiry date unknown: The precious persistence of the Phibsboro Centre
Cormac Murray
WORKS
Colin Connect Transport Hub
Hall McKnight
Review by James Grieve
Extension, Gairmscoil Éinne
Paul Dillon Architects
Review by Helena McElmeel MRIAI
Student Residences, Thapar University
McCullough Mulvin Architects
Review by Johnny Tucker
Small Works, Belvedere College
TAKA architects
Review by Gillian Brady MRIAI
CURRENTS
News
RIAI Gandon Medal
‘Poetic pragmatism’: An interview with RIAI President Ciaran O'Connor
Michael K.Hayes MRIAI
PRACTISES
Learning from Peter Rice: Reflections on a collaborative student project
Jim Roche MRIAI
Measuring embodied carbon: Translating information into action
Pat Barry MRIAI
Detail: Bear Market Coffee
Darragh Breathnach MRIAI / DUA
That moment between the complexities of the past and an unknown future: An interview with Níall McLaughlin MRIAI on his first five years in practice
Eimear Arthur MRIAI
Adjudication under the Construction Contracts Act 2013
Beale & Company
REMARKS
Housing, Architecture and the Edge Condition: Dublin is Building, 1935-1975
Ellen Rowley
Review by Brian Ward
Housing in Ireland: The A-Z Guide
Lorcan Sirr
Review by Thomas Halligan
Eutopian worlds
Traumnovelle
Review by Marcus Donaghy MRIAI
Tactful confidence
Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter
Review by Aoife-Marie Buckley
Keeping Ireland Modern
Review by Livia Hurley
Architecture as a story-telling art
David Adjaye
Review by Andrea Doyle MRIAI
Early Buildings Conference
Review by Margaret Keane and Nicki Matthews FRIAI
Colophon
Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Authors: Ciaran O’Connor, Daniel M. Abramson, Oliver Kinnane, Robert Schmidt III, James Pinder, Mark Kelly, Cormac Murray, James Grieve, Helena McElmeel, Johnny Tucker, Gillian Brady, Darragh Breathnach, Fredericka Sheppard, Eimear Arthur, Ronan O’Boyle, Brian Ward, Thomas Halligan, Marcus Donaghy, Aoife-Marie Buckley, Livia Hurley, Andrea Doyle, Margaret Keane, Nicki Matthews, Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, Jim Roche, Pat Barry.
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