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.

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

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. (more…)

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…

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Happy Christmas and all the best for the New Year from Dublin City Architects! (more…)

The National Disability Authority has launched new design guidance with the aim of promoting the accessibility of heritage sites (more…)

Dublin City Council is one of the key providers of housing in the city. The Council lets and manages 27,000 homes, 11,000 of which are flats or apartments arranged in 249 flat complexes, 106 of which provide homes for older people. (more…)

Welcome to the Dublin City Architects blog. This will be a place where you can find out about issues affecting Dublin’s urban form (more…)

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 (more…)

City Architects Division has recently supervised emergency repair works to the roof of Aldborough House, a protected structure. The building was the last great town house (more…)