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"Well designed places, well designed homes, well designed public domains create value, respect, empathy between people."*

Dublin City Council is committed to using design to improve the attractiveness, liveability and sustainability of our built environment in its roles as planning authority, manager of public spaces and buildings and through its own construction projects.

Dublin City Architects is responsible for promoting design and providing architectural, urban and conservation design services to Dublin City Council. In doing this, we will:

  • Aim for Dublin’s citizens to enjoy the highest quality built environment; one that is clear, generous, appropriately scaled, positive to context, well made and which promotes access and inclusion.
  • Work to achieve excellence in the ordinary.
  • Consider places before buildings so that new developments contribute positively to public spaces.
  • Learn from the past in creating architecture that matches the quality and longevity of earlier periods.
  • Facilitate architecture that is contemporary, performs to the highest environmental standards, addresses climate change and is culturally cosmopolitan.

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06.12.2011Draft Public Realm Strategy launched – tell us what you think

The Draft Dublin City Public Realm Strategy identifies the importance and character of the public realm and the challenges to be addressed in order to achieve significant change and improved quality of the city’s spaces.

 Dublin City Council recognizes that it requires a new and collaborative approach to develop a standard of public realm befitting our capital city.  The Strategy examines the current issues affecting public spaces and aims to develop an agreed vision and an improved experience for all users. It then defines guiding principles and sets out detailed actions to be undertaken to achieve this in agreement with all those who have responsibility in the public realm. 

The document has been launched as a draft so that stakeholders have an opportunity to input there comments. Members of the public are invited to view the Strategy and make submissions from 1st December 2011 to 25th January 2012 on line at www.dublincity.ie/planning or in the Civic Offices at Wood Quay, the Area Offices and branch Libraries. Submissions must be received by 25th January, 2012.

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