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UPDATE: Details of the Cork Hill Public Realm Design Workshop confirmed
The details of the workshop below are as follows:
Date: Friday 15th March
Time: 10.00am
Venue: Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8
Contact: email design@dublincity.ie to reserve a place
Dublin House workshop
‘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. (more…)
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.
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?
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. (more…)
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.