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If discussed at all today, Ludwig Hilberseimer's late European and American work is identified as a precursor of contemporary ecological approaches to the city. Scott Colman suggests that his theory of architecture and his approach to design have broader implications – not because Hilberseimer was free of modernist problematics, but because he squarely confronted them.
ReadPeter O’Grady reviews 'Absolute Wasters', a panel discussion between Tanad Aaron, Ciarán Cuffe, Jane Larmour, Ste Murray and Orla O’Kane. The discussion was chaired by Professor Hugh Campbell and organised by UCD student curators. The event was held on Friday May 22nd as part of the opening night of 'Outside In', the UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy’s annual end-of-year exhibition.
ReadCreativity has long been the human capacity we considered beyond the reach of any machine. Most can agree that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has crossed the threshold of being on the periphery to our work and is now embedding itself into our thinking, our workflows, and our society. As these shifts begin influencing the creative industries, we have to ask: what truly changes, and is creativity still what makes us human?
ReadIn this article, Ciara O’Connell closes our mini-series ‘Drafting Identity’ which focuses on the experience of women in Architectural Education from both personal and professional perspectives, supporting the FIAE movement. Ciara explores the pressures a career in architecture places on life outside of work, and the significant material impacts that places on women, in particular.
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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.
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.
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.
Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
2ha #01 explores the potential of mapping in understanding the suburban condition.
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.
Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #315 focuses on the Ireland House Tokyo architectural design competition.
Read moreBeginning 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 is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #301 focuses on the theme of ‘Community & Place’.
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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.
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Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
Read moreBeginning 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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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.
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An annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.
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An annual yearbook featuring staff and student work from the UCD School of Architecture.
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An annual yearbook featuring student work from the Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin.
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The first of the two volumes, The Dublin Region: Advisory Plan and Final Report (Part I) 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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This publication documents a 1983 colloquium concerned with the need for an Irish national strategic plan to provide the physical, economic, and social infrastructure required by the end of the 20th century.
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