U2 tower is ‘stuck in a moment’
There are growing doubts over the future of the landmark U2 tower in Dublin’s docklands as the fallout from economic downturn continues to take its toll on the property market. Informed construction industry...
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Arnotts backs €1.2bn ‘park in the sky’ plan
A €1.2bn redevelopment of Dublin’s Carlton cinema has been backed by the company behind major plans for a neighbouring site. Arnotts Properties has written to Dublin City Council expressing its support for Chartered...
Conversations about Architecture and the Built Environment
The Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Irish Architecture Foundation have launched a series of public meetings to consult with the public on the new Policy on Architecture. The Irish...
City is capital for country’s best buildings
A total of 17 of the capital’s structures were among the 25 shortlisted in the Irish Architecture Awards 2008. The list which included the Health and Science Centre in UCD, Irish Lights in...
Shane de Blacam to lecture on his recent work in New York
Following the success of Shane O Toole’s lecture Import+Export and Anchor and Animation by Grafton Architects, Shane de Blacam’s lecture, Recent Buildings by de Blacam and Meagher will take place on Tuesday the...
AAI Awards 2008 announced
The aims of the AAI Awards are to encourage higher standards of architecture throughout the country, to inform the public about emerging directions in contemporary architecture and to recognise projects that make a...
Colour fix
Architects the world over come in all shapes and sizes and embrace a variety of philosophies, but one thing many of them share is a common love of the stark white wall. Architect...
Architectural photographer snaps up new business
When Gerry O’Leary was a child, his mother owned a Brownie Box camera. When he was eight years old, she let him hold it. When he was 12, he bought a camera and,...
Passive resistance
Beware the snake-oil sellers. This is the advice traditionally handed down to any novice seeking to build their own eco-home. But compared with even the boldest of boasts offered by some within the...