Studio buildings serve as the backbone of media production across film and television. In Ireland, the maintenance and construction of studio architecture underscores a critical issue: the future of RTÉ’s infrastructure amid global shifts in media production. This article explores the history of studio design from its origins in early twentieth century Los Angeles to present-day challenges in the sector.
ReadArchitects are part of a problematic industry that produced nine million tonnes of construction and demolition waste in 2021 alone. This figure is projected to grow each year unless action is taken. Should the construction industry continue its current economic model, which encourages and facilitates the needless creation of waste?
ReadIn this article, Shelly Rourke explores migratory patterns of movement and inhabitation, through reflection on both Athens and Dublin, and the inequalities inherent within these patterns – inequalities of both social displacement and of the structures repurposed to allow a modicum of normality in people's daily lives.
ReadDublin’s unchecked, capital-driven development has prioritised foreign investment over civic values, creating sterile, single-use districts disconnected from residents' needs. Inspired by models like Paris’s 15-minute city, urban theorists advocate for a balanced approach, fostering diverse, inclusive urban spaces. A reimagined planning model could reinstate community-focused design, shaping a vibrant, resilient Dublin.
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2ha #13 considers the physical, legal, economic, and symbolic borders which bind our everyday definition of suburban life. Three essays outline the contested nature of this space and the multiple means of separation made for the benefit of some, to the exclusion of others.
Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
2ha #04 explores the relationship between history and suburban development. Three essays respond to the changing processes by which suburbia has been bought, built, and sold.
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.
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.
An annual yearbook featuring staff and student work from the UCD School of Architecture.
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.
Read moreFirst 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.
Read moreFirst 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.
Read moreFirst 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.
Read moreArchitectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
Read more2ha #12 considers the power of local, national, and international governance in determining suburban morphology. Three essays focus on the multiple means by which bureaucratic structures and political ideologies control the ways, rules, and regulations in which suburban development takes place.
Read moreUTOPIA 7 is a published a study of utopian settlements in Ireland by students in the Dublin School of Architecture.
Read moreCelebrating Pugin features a selection of drawings by 19th-century architect A. W. N. Pugin, displayed as part of an exhibition in the Irish Architectural Archive marking the bicentenary of his birth. The book also includes an essay by Roderick O'Donnell providing an overview on the role of Pugin in Ireland.
Read moreRural is a collection of projects and essays on contemporary issues facing rural modes of inhabitations and ways to reimagine their potential future.
Read moreOrganised 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.
Read moreThis paper documents the proceedings of a colloquy on Ireland in the Year 2000, held in Kilkea Castle in February 1980.
Read moreThirty-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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