‘Cities that value and apply design in how they think, plan and act are more attractive, humane and competitive.’ (extract from City Architects World Design Capital 2014 bid feasibility report, April 2010). “What do City Architects do?” is a question that I get asked often.

We are currently seeking three interns for suitably qualified job-seekers to participate in internships in City Architects in the following roles:

We thought we would share this film of a recent project at the historic City Markets building by the Way Wiser Collective.

A contract is currently on site for the demolition of two of the existing flat blocks, known as the Granby blocks, on the East side of Dominick Street Lower.

This talk will look at the architectural history of Inchicore Library with some thoughts on the Art Deco style as interpreted more generally in building design. A talk by Susan Roundtree, Senior architect with Dublin City Council.

  How can Dublin create competitive working places that attract and sustain innovative enterprises? How can commercial developments give more to the city in terms of social and environmental sustainability? How do cities accommodate the range of businesses which make up a healthy business ecology, from large floor-plate investors to smaller scale start-ups?

Recently the ground floor reception rooms and the Lord Mayor’s apartment at the Mansion House have been re-lamped with LED bulbs – one of a number of energy saving measures completed at the house over the past 12 months, initiated by City Architects and supported by SEAI

It’s nice to see Palace Street public realm works recently completed – a good example of how a relatively small project can greatly change the quality of experience.

  Earlier this summer, City Architects participated in the ‘Ideas Lab’, part of the Science Gallery’s interactive ‘Hack the City’ exhibition running until 8th September as part of Dublin’s designation as European City of Science 2012.

City Architects and the City Archaoelogist’s office will be giving two walking tours around the historic Aungier Estate (centred on Aungier Street) on Wednesday August 22nd, as part of Heritage Week 2012.

McKee Court, designed by City Architects, is a development of homes for senior citizens close to McKee Barracks and Phoenix Park. The scheme, which has been shortlisted for a Chambers Ireland Award for Excellence in Local Government,  consists of 38 apartments (36 x 1-bed and 2 x 2-beds) and a small community facility on a steeply sloping triangular […]

Smithfield Quarter Enhancement Scheme is a City Architects Division led project by Dublin City Council and jointly funded by Dublin City Council and the E.U.

In the final blog post responding to guest curators le cool Dublin on pivotdublin.com, we turn to proposals for a new city library for Dublin.

T.P Nolan, Ushers Quay, photo by Come here to me! Continuing with talking about questions put on the pivotdublin.com blog by recent guest curators le cool Dublin, we come to the question of dealing with neglected or under-used buildings and respecting urban character by preserving old signage.

DMC ‘Her Redundant Heart’ St Andrews Lane, Dublin 2 We’re answering questions put on the pivotdublin.com blog by recent guest curators le cool Dublin which you can see here. One topic they asked about is street art in the city.

  The latest guest curator of the pivotdublin.com blog, le cool Dublin, posed a number of questions about developments going on in the city in their final posts. Here on the City Architects blog we provide some hopefuly useful answers in this and the next few posts. First up was the question of markets.

Paul Keogh Architects’ Sean Treacy House has been shortlisted for the People’s Choice Award in this year’s RIAI annual awards. 

Opened in 2011, Rathmines Square is a mixed-use development which provides a state of the art public leisure centre together with residential accommodation on Rathmines Road in Dublin 6. Designed by the award-winning Donnelly Turpin Architects, the project is managed by the South East Area with input from the Culture, Recreation & Amenity Department with […]

  During 2010 and 2011 final year students in UCD School of Architecture carried out a study of Mountjoy Square in association with the Council’s Conservation Officer.

The Dangerous Buildings section has been dealing with the danger posed by two buildings, Nos. 5 and 6 Benburb Street, following a fire which broke out on St. Patrick’s Day.

You are cordially invited to come and join the conversation about design in Dublin and the design of the city we want at the ReThink + ReAct exhibition in Filmbase, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.

PIVOT Dublin is an initiative led by City Architects to promote design as a driver of innovation and to communicate, demonstrate and celebrate design’s role in Dublin’s social, cultural and economic development.

Dublin City Council developed a new masterplan for the regeneration of Dominick Street’s 1960s social housing in 2008.

The Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin City, has remained at the centre of Dublin’s civic hospitality for 300 years.

Quality of design and architecture in the public procurement system is a major issue for the public sector in getting the quality of facilities needed to deliver the best public services.

Kevin Street Library bade farewell to its cupola earlier this month, temporarily.

Sean Treacy House, a housing scheme completed last year, recently won two design awards from the Irish Council for Social Housing in the Community Housing Awards 2011.

English Heritage recently produced useful guidance on looking after vacant historic buildings, aimed at helping owners prevent unnecessary damage, dereliction and loss of significance.

The recent launch of the Council’s Draft Public Realm Strategy attracted significant media attention and a good bit of reaction – which is all great for getting as much input as possible during the consultation.

Following on from our last post, here are some images of the original building of the markets. Great to see how this solid landmark building rose out of the ground…