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Tracing Process Knowledge

In this article, Jack O’Hagan and Bodil Eiterstraum travel to Japan to document the demolition and reconstruction of the Ise Jingu Shrine, a cyclical process that preserves traditional construction methods and subverts conventional ideas of authenticity.

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Working Hard / Hardly Working

The mainframe #2: AI and inclusive research

In the second issue of our mini-series 'the mainframe', Annamae Muldowney speaks with Rebecca Joskow, a researcher and practitioner in disability inclusion and assistive technology at the Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub), a research and practice centre driving disability innovation for a fairer world, based at University College London (UCL). They discuss AI, inclusion and the built environment.

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Future Reference

Working with the grain

Paul Maher reviews ‘The Heart of the Matter’ a lecture by Stephen Witherford of Witherford Watson Mann Architects, part of the Architectural Association of Ireland’s ‘Social Inclusivity in Architecture’ lecture series. The lecture was held on 24 September in the Robert Emmet Theatre in the Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin.

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the write-up

Girls just want to have fun: How can we design public space for teenage girls?

In this article, Sinéad Hickey discusses gender mainstreaming in urban spaces through the lense of teenager and women in sport. Sinéad explores the nature of spaces provided for teenagers, the disparity in provision for genders, and the issues affecting teenage girls use of these public spaces in particular.

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Present Tense
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2ha: the journal of suburban design #16

Editors: Michael K. Hayes, Alan Mee.
Journal
€ 4.00 

2ha #16 considers the edge city: collating existing analysis, offering new methods and insights, as well as proposing alternative visions of future transformation.

urban design, UCD studio, suburbanisation, edge city, defining, locating, designing, metropolitan design, block design, inclusive walkability, industrial intensification, keeping above water, uncovering connectivity, city edge, Ballymount, Naas Road, SDCC, South Dublin County Council, Greenhills, Sandyford, Leopardstown, Tallaght, Dublin City, Ranelagh, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire, Broombridge, boundary, NACE, sururban employment clusters, density, morphology, scale
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The Relative Importance of Elements of Low Rise Housing Environments

Author: Ray Mulvihill.
Book
€ 7.95 

This working paper documents research undertaken to discover residents’ views on their housing environments to identify those elements associated with overall satisfaction and to make such information available to designers and policy makers.

Planning division working paper, housing user satisfaction, relative importance of elements, low rise, housing complaint level, Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Estate Appearance, Vandalism, Play, Back Garden, School, Front Garden, Rent, Shops, Work Convenience, Traffic, Census, Tomas O’Beirne, The estate outside the dwelling, Journal of Architectural Research, American Journal of Sociology, Urban Studies, Encounter, Environment Planning,
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Architectural Survey 1957

Editor: Luan P. Cuffe.
Journal
€ 4.75 

Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.

Directory of Architects, Classified Buyers’ Guide, Index to advertisers, Commerce, Health, Industry, Education, Religion, Housing, Public Service
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UCD Architecture 2008

Editor: Pierre Jolivet.
Book
€ 0.00 

An annual yearbook featuring staff and student work from the UCD School of Architecture.

Richview, drawing, collage, photography, studio, technology, scale, light, movement, functional, social, technical, aesthetic, environmental, urban, suburban, exhibition, library, social architecture, UCD, studio, college, university, architecture school, craft, construction, drawing, collage, photography, model making, collaborative, civic, urban, Suzanne Betts, Darran Brennan, Donal Browne, Henry Browne, Amy Bulman, Jo Ann Butler, Aiden Carty, Dara Challoner, Mark Choi, Robert Coleman, Patrick Conway, Keith Cormack, Alan Coughlan, Donal Crowe, Alice Devenney, Aisling Donnelly, Elaine Fanning, Andrew Flood, Robert Francis, Garrett Fullam, Garrett Garvey, Seamus Guidera, Sarah Halpenny, Nicole Hardy, Lloyd Helen, Edwin Jebb, Laura Keating, Vadim Kelly, David Kennedy, Tara Kennedy, Neil Keogh, Kate Laffan, Stephen Laverty, Ciana March, Jennifer Martin, Helena McCarthy, Caitriona McGilp, Jennifer Martin, Conor McGowan, Jennifer McLoughlin, David McMillan, Barbara McShane, Caoimhe Merrick, Cathal Monaghan, Orla Monaghan, David Morgan, Melanie O’Brien, Eileen O’Connor, Dawn Parke, Sandra Plantos, Sharon Quigley, Sharon Sugrue, Shane Twohig, Brona Waldron, Rebecca Wallace, Amy Widdis, Adrian Wong, Roisin Lewis, Noel Dowley, Jim Murphy, Samantha Martin-Mcauliffe, Silvia Forlati, Adam Hall, John Tuomey, Tom Maher, Brian Ward, Jamie Doyle, Elizabeth Burns, Sarah Cremin, Miriam Delaney, Tiago Faria, Irena Kondratenko, Mark Price, Peter Tansey, Vivienne Brophy, Gerry Cahill, Kevin Donovan, Anne Gorman, Fiona Hughes, Orla Murphy, Michael Pike, Simon Walker, Matthew Beattie, Sinead Bourke, Martin Henchion, Ryan Kennihan, Michael McGarry, Sheila O’Donnell, Sterrin O’Shea, Emmett Scanlon, Derek Tynan, David Ahearne, Aisling Ahern, Amine Ait M'hand, Eimear Arthur, Marian Balfe, Leila Budd, Moira Burke, Emma Byrne, Jarlath Cantwell, Rachel Carmody, Niall Carroll, Daniel Collins, Eimear Daly, Christina Devereux, Ray Dinh, Andrea Doyle, Rachel Dudley, Pierre- Emmanuel Escoffier, Megan Etherton, Edward Feeney, Kate Griffin, James Hayes, Michael Hayes, Leah Hogan, Matthias Horn, William Hutch, Jonathan Jannsens, Fergal Joyce, James Kennedy, Shirley Kenny, Hyung Joon Kim, Damien King, Donal Lally, Sara Madigan, Alva Maguire, Conor Maguire, Suzanne Maverley, Colm MacEochagain, Ciara McCurtin, Aonghus McDonnell, Kevin McGonigle, Patrick McGrath, Sarah McKendry, Louise Moriarty, Scott Morton, Sorcha Murphy, Stephen Murray, Fiona Nulty, Maurice O’Brien, Catriona O’Connor, Jennifer O’Donnell, Aoife O’Leary, Aisling O’Sullivan, Dina Ryan, Darren Snow, Patrick Stack, Joe Stokes-Kelly, Albert Tobin, Salvatore Borza, Darrgh Butler, Jarlath Cantwell, Dina Ryan, Robert Bruton, Ronan Dunne, Donal Lally, Niall Carroll, Sean Dunleavy, Ross Gibbons, Louise Moriarty, Paul Flynn, Russell Jacob, Sue Maverley, Warren Hayes, Ross Lally, Jennifer O’Donnell, Roisin Kilrane, Darren Louth, Leila Budd, Thomas Kinsella, Fiachra McInerney, Matthias Horn, Paul Lenihan, Daniel McNamara, Megan Etherton, Michael Lennon, Darren Moore, Sorcha Murphy, Brendan Lyons, Clodagh O’Brien, Edward Feeney, Stephen Mitchell, Harry O’Doherty, Sarah McKendry, Conor Trawinski, Brendan Scales, Colm MacEochaghain, Eoghan Looney, Oisin White, Jonathan Janssens, Fionn Tynan-O’Mahony, Daniel Wright, Fiona Nulty, Sean Dunleavy, Laura Nugent, Darren Snow, Anthony Clare, Laura Mays - GMIT Furniture College, Letterfrack and Orla Murphy, Daniel P. Sudhershan - UCD Architecture, Wendy Barrett, Will Dimond, Eileen Fitzgerald, Mary Laheen, John-Barry Lowe, Stephen Mulhall, Jim Murphy, Ruth O’Herlihy, Dermot Boyd, Jim Coady, Tiago Faria, Seán Harrington, MJ Long, Pierre Long, Donal Lynch, Niall McLaughlin, Andrew Morrison, Ciaran O’Connor, Padraig O’Duineen, Pat Ruane, Stephen Tierney, Darina Tully, Mark Turpin, Brian Ward, Barber, Timothy Brick, Lisa Cassidy, Claire Chawke, Ciaran Conlon, Alex Crean, John Crowley, Brendan Dalton, Michael Doherty, Pierre-Emmaneul Escoffier, Sean Finegan, Leonie Fitzgerald, Padraig Flynn, Denis Forrest, Alessandra Fugazzi, Katy Giblin, David Hannon, Riona Hartman, Carla-Harte Hayes, Eoin Horner, Mary Hughes, Alison Hyland, Rachael Jennings, Ralphie Keane, Sorcha Kenneally, Oriana Kraemer, Elspeth Lee, Meabh McCarthy, Dermot McGlade, Philip McGlade, Padraigh McMorrough, Cillian Magee, Brian Massey, Caitiona Moloney, Laura Moran, Conor Morrissey, Maria Mulcahy, Mark Murphy, Kieran Murray, Banbha NicCanna, Aine Nic an Riogh, Aisling NiDonnchu, Aedamair NiGallchoir, Donncha O’Brien, Luke O’Callaghan, Jennifer O’Leary, Patrick Phelan, Orla Phillips, Sarah Prendergast, Hugh Queenan, Paddy Roche, Conor Rochford, Cian Scanlon, Sean Schoales, Enida Skalonjic, Ruth Stewart, Robert Tobin, David Walsh, Su Wang, Paul Kenny, Hugh Campbell, John Olley, Tiago Faria, Brian Gallagher, Irena Kondratenko, Vivienne Brophy, Anne Gorman, Seoirse MacCraith, Donal Finn, Joseph Gannon, Pierre Long, Andrew Morrison, Rick Watson, Daniel P Sudhershan, Michael Murphy, Holger Falter, Amanda Gibney, Mark Richardson, Loughlin Kealy, Paul Arnold, Bill Hasting, Pierre Jolivet, Chris Boyle, Peter Cody, Merlo Kelly, John Tuomey, Emmett Scanlon, Stephen Tierney, Michael McGarry, Daniel Rosbottom, David Kohn, Paul Kelly, Gerard Carty, Gary Lysaght, Shane O’Toole, Michael Pike, Peter Carroll, Roisin Aherne, Jennifer Belton, Maurice Brooks, Myles Burke, William Casey, Shuo Chen, Jerome Clairoux, Elizabeth Clyne, Ludo Ditlhong, Tara Doherty, James A Doran, Paul Durcan, Tadeusz Fic, Morwenna Gerrard, Alice Gibson, Faela Guiden, T. J Hartnett, Anna Hellgren, Jack Hogan, Patrick Hunt, Lucas Jollivet, Emmet Kenny, Adrian King, David Ledwith, Aoiffe Magner, Natalie Maras, Anne McGetrick, Michael Nolan, Therese Nolan, Donal O’Herlihy, Lucy O’Reilly, Ekaterina Papakovoska, Andrzej Soloduszkiewicz, Jessica Sturmer, Aisling Walker, Ewelina Walkusz, Hanna Weber, Brendan Whelan, Richard Yates, Arnau Neus Isart, Breffni Clarke, Elaine Hanna, Laura O’Brien, Brian Hewson, Helen Kelly, Julie Leysen, Joanne Lyons, Aisling Maher, Philipp Sihertler, Timmy Blackwell, Mathias Bastian, Cristina Muros, Neil Glesson, Elaine Ni Donnchadha, Ivan O’Connell, Michael Stack, Kevin Quinlan, Laura O’Brien, Lynn McMahon, Hugh Campbell, Marcus Donaghy, John Parker, Mark Price, Tom Maher, Robin Lee, Kevin Donovan, John Olley, Irene Kelly, Tiago Faria, Brian Gallagher, Gerry Cahill, Carmel Murray, Jim Murphy, Esmonde O’Briain, Jimi Sheilds, John Mclaughlin, Shelley Mcnamara, Chris Boyle, John Tuomey, Oran O’Siochain, Roisin Heneghan, Shih-Fu Peng, Samantha Martin-McAuliffe, Dan Sudhershan, Patrick Lynch, Simon Walker, Matthias Reese, Irenée Scalbert, Paul Clarke, Elizabeth Hatz, Emmett Scanlon, Michael Pike, Derek Tynan, Dougal Sheridan, David Naessens, Stuart Mcknight, Mark Pimlott, Tom de Paor, Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Howard Davies, Niall Mclaughlin, Peter Carroll, Dermot Boyd, Brian Ward, Jason O’Shaughnessy, Paul Hegarty, Emer O’Daly, Mary O’Neill, Urs Meister, Jane Ashe, Deirdre Brophy, Finn Christiansen, Eibhlin Clifford, Brian Collins, Christopher Collins, Cathal Curtin, Joaquin Dabeizes, Catherine Degroot, John Dobbin, Hugh Dolan, Michael Duffy, Cormac Fahey, Michael Fingleton, Paul Finn, Piers Floyd, Darren Gill, Brian Guckian, Brian Hagan, Diane Harrington, Clare Heffernan, John Hennigan, Grainne Keane, Orla Kennedy, David Leyden, John Lineen, Matthew Mccrum, Laura Mcdonnell, Sarah-Jane Mcgee, Deirdre Mckenna, Brendan Money, Elizabeth Mulligan, Emma Murtagh, Grainne Nestor, Celine Ni Chonchuir, Kitty O’Brien, Sorcha O’Higgins, Orla O’Loinsigh, Diarmuid O’Sullivan, Kevin O’Sullivan, Neal Patterson, Emily Power, Patrick Quinlan, John Quinn, Declan Reilly, Shane Reilly, Kate Rhatigan, Janette Scott, Brendan Sexton, Mark Skehill, Laura Sloan, Emma Spierrin, Bryan Tormey, Tim Varian, Mark Walker, Patrick White, Hugh Campbell, Marcus Donaghy, Tiago Faria, Michael Murphy, John Parker, Daniel P Sudhershan, Marcus Collier, Charles Lyons, Ciaran McNally, Michael Murphy, Simon Walker, Michael Goan, Dorothy Jones, Alan Mee, Miriam Fitzpatrick, Philip Geoghegan, Derry O Connell, Hugh Brady, Conor Norton, Michael Cregan, Michael Wall, Seamus Mc Gearailt, John Prosser, Aine Ryan, Prof. James Wyckham, Joost Beunderman, Conor Moloney, Dr Mary Gilmartin, Roisin Heneghan, Paula Russell, Martin Colreavy, Sean O'Laoire, Garry Miley, Dr. Mary Corcoran, John Mc Laughlin, Angela Rolfe, Ali Grehan, Ciaran Cuffe, Dick Gleeson, Gerry Cahill, Paul Altman, Siobhan O'Dea, Paul Arnold, Finola O Kane Crimmins, Susan Roundtree, Loughlin Kealy, John Cahill, Dr. John Olley, Mary Clark, Jackie Donnelly, Lisa Edden, Jason Ellis, Dr Aubrey Flegg, David Griffin, Aideen Ireland, Frank Keohane, Donal Lennon, Alistair Lindsay, Charlie Lyons, Daniel McInervey, Paul McMahon, M. McParland, Emily Moore, Rachel Moss, Dr. Conor Murphy, Ciaran O’Brien, Dr Freddie O Dwyer, Mona O’Rourke, Aighleann O Shaughnessy, Sara Pavia, Margaret Quinlan, Noel Riordan, Pat Ruane, Linzi Simpson, David Wall
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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 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.

Bord na Móna Headquarters, That daft draft directive, Subventions to Housing, RIAI Council, Brick Seminar, Competing against the clock, Ballinasloe Featured, The Architectural Association, Townscape, National Housing Conference, Derelict Land, Architect Board Members, Pascal Lavin, Liam Cregan, Pat O’Daley, Tom McKenna, Myles Murphy, Dermot Grumley, Donal Proctor, Jim Halpin, W. O’Sullivan, Paul Richardson, John Sisk & Son, Henk Snoek Photography
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Architecture Ireland 306

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #306 focuses on the theme of 'Waterford'.

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Architectural Survey 1953

Editor: Luan P. Cuffe.
Journal
€ 4.75 

Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.

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RIAI Bulletin 3

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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Architecture Ireland 303

Editor: Michael K. Hayes.
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #303 focuses on the theme of ‘health and wellbeing’.

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2ha: the journal of suburban design #16

Editors: Michael K. Hayes, Alan Mee.
Journal
€ 4.00 

2ha #16 considers the edge city: collating existing analysis, offering new methods and insights, as well as proposing alternative visions of future transformation.

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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'.

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Dublin School of Architecture Yearbook 2016

Editors: Philip Duffy, Anne-Lise Olivier, Julia Vivien Rober, Colin Mac Suibhne, Stephen Johnston.
Book
€ 0.00 

An annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.

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The Hidden Architecture of Things

Editors: Gary A. Boyd, Gregory Keeffe.
Book
€ 0.00 

This book investigates the global architecture of commodities. It does so by examining the spaces of production and transportation of seven specific items, chosen for their ubiquity within everyday life. In doing so, we not only realise how a washing machine can relate to a banana, but also how, as architects, we might begin to design alternatives.

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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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Carlow Carbon Futures: vol. 1

Editors: Sean Brunswick, Orla McKeever, Sam Carse, Juliette Bosschaert.
Book
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Fuelled by love, rage, and imagination, this publication displays the wide variety of student work produced as part of a regional vision for a zero-carbon County Carlow by 2050.

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The Relative Importance of Elements of Low Rise Housing Environments

Author: Ray Mulvihill.
Book
€ 7.95 

This working paper documents research undertaken to discover residents’ views on their housing environments to identify those elements associated with overall satisfaction and to make such information available to designers and policy makers.

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The Dublin Region: Advisory Plan and Final Report (Part II)

Author: Myles Wright
Book
€ 7.95 

The second of the two volumes, The Dublin Region: Advisory Plan and Final Report (Part II) examines the social, economic and physical resources of county Dublin and its environs with a view to guide the use of land and public and private building works for the following thirty years.‍

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