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. (more…)

Donal Murphy Photography

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 site off Blackhorse Avenue in Dublin 7.

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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.

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The shortlist for the Dublin Impac Literary Award 2012 which is run by Dublin City Public Libraries. The 2012 winner was announced as 'Even the Dogs', by Jon McGregor earlier this week. Photo: Jason Clarke Photography

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. (more…)

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. (more…)

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. (more…)

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.

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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 technical input from City Architects during its design and construction. (more…)

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.

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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.

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