The proposed Duke St / Anne St South Public Realm Improvement Scheme reached a significant milestone recently as it was granted Part 8 planning approval at the April meeting of the Dublin City Council. Reimagining Dublin’s primary retail core as a more welcoming, modern and beautiful space was the design intent. The design, developed by […]

Dublin City Council recently launched the results of a new digital twin project, examining different ways to future-proof its social housing stock. A digital twin is a virtual representation using real-time data, which can be used to simulate relationships between factors such as people, buildings and the environment. These virtual models have become a staple in […]

As part of the EPA Climate Change Lecture Series, City Architects were invited to present examples of our Climate Resilient Design Work at The Round Room at The Mansion House, Dublin on 19th April 2023. A lecture entitled ‘Ocean Circulation, Tipping Points and the Public Climate Debate’ by Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, Professor of Physics of the Oceans […]

DCC has recently completed a mixed use development on Dominick St Lower and residents have begun moving into the apartments. Dominick Hall represents the first phase of the long term ambition for the social, economic and environmental regeneration of the former flat complex and establishes the rules for future development on sites in this north […]

  Dublin City Council is seeking applicants for the post of Deputy City Architect and for Senior Executive Architect posts to join the team in City Architects Division in designing and managing construction of new and retrofitted homes, civic and historic buildings, public realm and urban design projects. The application process is being managed through […]

Designing housing regeneration projects involves bringing together many different issues: designing high densities; streetscape and urban scale; context and heritage as well as the over-riding brief of creating homes and community places. Sean Foster Place, named in memory of a child shot and killed on North King Street during the 1916 Rising, provides 30 new […]

All of the City Architects team were deeply saddened at the untimely passing of our colleague and friend, architect Dearbhla McClean, just before Christmas after a short illness. Dearbhla was a compassionate and talented designer and a wonderfully positive presence in City Architects.  She worked on the Council’s libraries and other cultural buildings and was […]

Dublin City Council’s Environment & Transportation Dept has recently established an Active Travel Network Office to deliver a programme of improved walking and cycle infrastructure across the city. City Architects are excited to be a part of this multi-disciplinary team and look forward to collaborating with engineers, landscape architects and planners to help facilitate the modal shift from […]