Poor housing design may mean refusal, planner warns
The chairman of Bord Pleanala has criticised the poor quality of design in many new housing developments and warned about planning refusals as a result.
The chairman of Bord Pleanala has criticised the poor quality of design in many new housing developments and warned about planning refusals as a result.
A proposed development of 100 houses for the tiny West Cork village of Castletownshend has proved unifying with 93 per cent of the residents opposed to it.
Text © Shane O’Toole. Drawings and photo of souvenir cards © de Paor architects. Bottom photo © Thetis SpA. All other photos © Dennis Mortell.
Text © Shane O’Toole. Railway footbridge and pavilion at Four Oaks, Birmingham, designed in collaboration with Eilís O’Connell. Photo of O’Connell’s maquette © Eilís O’Connell.
Text © Shane O’Toole. Collage and bottom photo © Niall McLaughlin Architects. All other photos © Nick Kane. First published in The Sunday Times,
Although 42pc of architectural students who qualified ten years ago were women, only 16pc of women are currently registered as working in the profession here.
Text © Shane O’Toole. Photo of Castle Street © Dublin Civic Trust. Photo of corner of Castle Street and Werburgh Street © de Blacam and Meagher.
Ireland is now the second most expensive country in Europe for buying a house according to a new international survey. It now costs 18 times the average yearly disposable income to purchase a typical urban home.
One notable shortcoming in Dublin Corporation’s otherwise all-encompassing integrated area plan for O’Connell Street was its failure to address what should happen to O’Connell Bridge House,
A new £31m third-level college for Dublin’s Docklands was announced yesterday. The new campus for the National College of Ireland will be built on a 1.3 acre site on Mayor Street in the heart of the financial services centre.
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