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Modernism is Almost All Right #5: James Joyce, Adorno, and the Silicon Docks: Modernism against Technocracy

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.

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Pivot Points

Máirtín D’Alton reviews Pivot Points, an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Square.

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Modernism is Almost All Right #4: Abundance, with Concision and Equality: The Values of Ludwig Hilberseimer’s Rational Modernism

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.

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Absolute Wasters / Outside In

Peter 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 282

Editor: Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

Architecture Ireland is the journal of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Issue #282 focuses on the theme of 'architecture and community'.

architecture review, book review, community design, urban planning, town planning
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Free Market News

Editors: Jeffrey Bolhuis, Jo Anne Butler, Miriam Delaney, Tara Kennedy, Laurence Lord, Orla Murphy.
Book
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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.

market, town, public square, trade, local, village, regeneration, urbanism, urban design, rural, Ireland, morphology, settlement, tradition, conservation, planning, Small town life; Back to the future for town square; The demise of the Irish market house; The morphology and form of the Irish market town; Ballinrobe Market House; Macroom Mountain Dew Festival; OutType: The shopfronts of Irish towns and villages; Redesigned public spaces in Clonakilty provide vital lessons in collaborative place-making; Checking the pulse of Ireland's historic towns; RIAI Town Toolkit: making places for people; Developing an app for land use surveys; Network of walled towns fosters twin aims of conservation and economic growth; Action needed to address the impact of rural housing on towns; The future of rural towns in Ireland; The clearing; The shape of towns - Clones, Athy and Inistioge; The Irish town, and time; Planning and Irish towns; The town in Irish literature; A day in the life of a town; Small town revival in the age of globalisation; Making small towns strong again; The Daily Yonder - a newspaper that is connecting rural communities; New ways for towns to adapt consiered at Callan Workhouse; Love lost to Longford; A new model for community bookshops; Athenry for Apple; A meeting at the market; Ballymahon market house: A modern day agora; Immigrants open shops; Extract from The Clancy Kid; Market day; Rural by choice: yoga nights at the Art & Frame
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Architecture in Ireland - vol. 1, no. 1

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.

An Introduction to Modern Ulster Architecture, Kilkenny - Its Architecture and its history, book review, University, Modular concrete blocks, National Specification, Lecture theatres, Library, UCC, UCD, Brown Thomas, Duke Street, Russia, Architectural tour, SfB, An Foras Forbatha, Lansdowne Pavilion, Dan Henihan, British Agreement Board, urban communities, RIAI Triennial Gold Medal, Housing Medal, USSR Embassy, Costello Murray and Beaumont, Modern Ulster architecture, Ulster architectural society, North of Ireland Arts Council, David Evans, Katherine M.Lanigan, Gerald Tyler, Thomas Garland & Partners, Boyd & Creed, John Sisk & Sons, JA Kenny & Partners, Belfield, UCD, University College Dublin, Pieterse Davison International Ltd., gridlink, school design, Neo-Georgian facades, Architects as Artists, UCC, University College Cork, library, lecture hall, lecture theatre, university, S McD Murphy & Partners, DeLeuw Chadwick OhEocha & Partners, MacArdle McSweeney & O’Malley, PJ Hegarty & Sons, Architectural Corner Boys, To Russia with Pearse, Guide to SfB, New Lansdowne Pavilion, Agreement Board for The Knock, Urban Communities, Nominations Sought for RIAI Gold Medal, Inventive Planner, USSR Embassy Building, An Introduction to Modern Ulster Architecture, David Evans, Ulster Architecture Heritage Society, Kilkenny – Its History and Architecture, Katherine M. Lanigan, Gerald Tyler
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Architectural Survey 1958

Edited by: Patrick M. Delany.
Journal
€ 4.75 

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

Office, School, education, primary school, secondary school, Kilmacud, shrine, jesuit, ecclesiastical architecture, church, technical school, house, residential, aer lingus, aviation, shop, pub, bar, grafton street, coffee shop, coffee, factory, zoo, hostel, theatre, Gate Theatre, Meath, Galway, Dublin, Belfast, Antrim, Cork, Waterford, Sligo, Kildare,
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RIAI Bulletin 46

Editor: J. Owen Lewis.
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.

Southern Report, Council, New Members, Northern Report, Western Report, Mid-Western Report, Continuing Professional Development, Specimen Structural Drawings for Modular Building, Murray Collection: A fund-raising appeal, marketing, house design competition, Europa Nostra Awards, New roles for architects, An Taisce Award, Society of Chartered Surveyors, Lectures, Equipment for Sale, The Architects’ Golfing Society, Cut price tendering, Payments to contractors, Glandore, Notices, standards, circular, newsletter, committee, competition, conference, course, lecture, planners, membership, RIAI, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, Royal Hibernian Academy, AAI, Architectural Association ireland, NUI, Architectural Graduates Association, UIA, Richview, University College Dublin, UCD, professionalism, legislation, the public, Glass and China Shop Dawson Street, Martello Mews, de Blacam & Meagher, Diamond Redfern Anderson, Denis Anderson, The Royal Hospital, Repair Work at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Conservation, Registration, The 2000 Plan, The President’s Inaugural Address, Interior, 1984 - The year for change, Statement on the Building Control Bill, Conservation and Re-Use of Buildings, Architectural Award to Geoffrey Bannister, Richview Open Day
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Architectural Survey 1955

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, Sallynoggin, Recreation, Church, Ennistymon, Clare, Rosgill, Donegal, Mortuary, Naas, Chapel, Dining room, Russell Hotel, Dublin, The Punch Bowl, Bar, Pub, Booterstown, Offices, County Council, Cork, Private House, Midlands, residential, housing, Killiney, Children’s House, Social, Care, Institution, Stillorgan, Nursery, Maryland, County School, primary school, national school, Holywood, Vocational, Secondary School, school, Wicklow, The institute of clinical science, Belfast, Laboratory, Bostock House, Crumlin, Factory, mill, Blackwater, Cork, garage, Telephone Exchange, Foxrock, Filling station, petrol station, Ashford, Inchicore, Angus Buckley, H. Fitzgerald Smith, Hilary Heron
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Architectural Survey 1969

Editor: Patrick M. Delany.
Journal
€ 4.75 

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

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Architectural Survey 1958

Editor: Patrick M. Delany.
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 10

Editor: Tomas O’Beirne.
1975
€ 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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RIAI Bulletin 49

Editor: J. Owen Lewis.
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 in Ireland - vol. 2, no. 2

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.

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Architecture Ireland 275

Editor: Sandra O'Connell
Journal
€ 9.50 

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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A Guide to Modern Architecture in Dublin

Editor: Tomás O'Beirne.
Book
€ 9.00 

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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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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Mapped: a study of planned Irish villages

Editor: Miriam Delaney.
Book
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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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HOLOBIONT VOLUME I : Faniffesto

Editors: Gary A. Boyd, Óran Ó’Síocháin, Tabassum Ahmed, Emma Campbell ,Rebecca Jane McConnell.
Book
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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

Editor: Miriam Delaney.
Book
€ 0.00 

UTOPIA 7 is a published a study of utopian settlements in Ireland by students in the Dublin School of Architecture.

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LINE 01

Editors: Caoimhe Power, Gabriella Brady, Helen McFadden, Lauren Forde.
Book
€ 0.00 

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

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