Rock of Cashel work essential
The Minister for Public Works Dr Martin Mansergh has said that the maintenance work currently taking place at one of Ireland’s most famous ecclesiastical sites is essential.
RIAI issue election manifesto – Building a Better Ireland
The RIAI has issued an election manifesto setting out the RIAI’s detailed proposals to the incoming Government for reforming the construction sector.
Gutted cathedral to rise from ashes
A landmark cathedral, ruined by fire on Christmas Day 2009, is to rise from the ashes over the next five years as part of a multi-million euro project.
Patience needed to get St Mel’s Cathedral right
The unveiling of the architects who will draw up the plans for the new cathedral,
Architects ‘a basic need’
Architects were told this week that they need to overcome negative public perceptions about their profession if they are to persuade people that “having a good architect is as basic as damp-proofing”.
Audit discovers hundreds of illegal architects
More than 300 people are illegally trading as architects in Ireland,
‘Pillars of Society’ on RTE Radio
Five buildings that occupy a central place in Dublin’s architectural landscape will be explored through interviews and visits in a new radio series entitled ‘Pillars of Society’.
Irish Landscape Institute lecture – Children, Play & the Elements – Harry Harbottle
The first talk in the ILI lecture series 2011 takes place on Thursday,
QUB architecture students’ visions for change in Belfast’s Sandy Row
Architects constantly look outside the design and construction of buildings to the landscape around and beyond for inspiration and for new territories in the creation of the built environment.
OPW work at historic friary is condemned
Conservation work by the OPW on historic Ennis Friary has been described as “the mutilation of one of the country’s most important national monuments”.
