Felix McNamara considers what James Joyce and Theodor Adorno might teach us about the glib sloganeering and corporate technologism of contemporary property development in the Silicon Docks.
ReadMáirtín D’Alton reviews Pivot Points, an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Square.
ReadIf 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.
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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #282 focuses on the theme of 'architecture and community'.

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.

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.

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

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.

Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
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Architectural Survey was an annual review of contemporary architecture in Ireland, which ran from 1953-1972.
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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.
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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.
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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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Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #275 focuses on topics such as Irish modernism and contemporary Irish design.
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Featuring projects from 1953 to 1977, this book lays out 109 examples of modern architecture in Dublin, varying in occupation and scale, from small housing schemes and churches, to masterplan university development and city office blocks.
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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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Mapped is the outcome of a Dublin School of Architecture research project interested in the origins and morphology of Irish villages. The book is intended as a guide to planned villages; those distinctly formed by the actions of landlords, religious groups, and entrepreneurs.
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A speculative architectural manifesto reimagining the post-coal South Wales Valleys through ecology, mobility, identity, and regenerative design towards a socially equitable, post-carbon future.
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UTOPIA 7 is a published a study of utopian settlements in Ireland by students in the Dublin 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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